For the Term of His Natural Life (1908)
- Directed by
- Charles MacMahon
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 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 man is wrongfully convicted and sent to a brutal penal colony in Australia. The story follows his harsh life and struggle for justice in that harsh environment.
starkhistoricalbleakslow-burnmelancholicvisually datedatmosphericsolemn
What happens
For the Term of His Natural Life was a 1908 Australian silent film based on the 1874 novel of the same name by Marcus Clarke. The film was an adaptation of James and Charles MacMahon's stage adaptation of the novel. It was the fifth Australian feature-length film made (after The Story of the Kelly Gang, Eureka Stockade and two versions of Robbery Under Arms) and is considered a lost film. The 1908 film was the first screen adaptation of Clarke's novel. It was also filmed in 1911 as The Life of Rufus Dawes , and again in 1927. In 1983 it was made as a television mini-series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Driving a Girl to Destruction (1911)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.