Runaway Match (1903)
- Original title
- The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor
- Directed by
- Alf Collins
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A couple runs away together, chased by their families in a car. The film uses nine shots to show the pursuit and the escape.
fast-pacedplayfullightheartedearlynovelenergeticstraightforward
What happens
Runaway Match or The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor (UK title Elopement à la Mode) is a 1903 short silent film consisting of nine shots. It may be the "first auto-centered narrative film" and the first car chase in the movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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When Father Eloped with Cook (1906)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.