A Message From Mars (1913)
- Original title
- A Message from Mars
- Directed by
- Wallett Waller
- Genre
- silent film, science fiction film, Christmas film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 13 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 wealthy man who ignores the suffering of the poor is visited by a spirit from Mars. The encounter teaches him to change his selfish ways.
whimsicalmoralisticdatedsentimentalquietearnestfantastical
What happens
A Message from Mars is a 1913 British science fiction silent film directed by J.Wallett Waller. According to the British Film Institute, it is the first British science-fiction film. The film was written by Waller and Richard Ganthony, based on Ganthony's 1899 play A Message from Mars. The play had been issued as a book in 1912 credited to Lester Lurgan (aka Mabel Knowles) and Ganthony. The story is similar to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol of 1843, with the theme that the rich should care for the poor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.