What you need to know: Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is in US theaters now. Set inside a single 1980s cinema in Limerick, Ireland, one chaotic Friday night: burst pipes, rodents, unruly patrons, and VHS threatening to close everything down. Colin Morgan plays the owner.
Why it matters: The film runs in real time while Breathless plays on screen. You watch the crowd watching a movie. That is a genuinely clever thing to do with a film.
Who should see it: Anyone who has worked in a movie theater, mourned a closed one, or loves a packed crowd.
See this first: Breathless (1983). The Richard Gere version. It is the movie playing inside this movie.
Group chat take: They filmed it in a real Irish cinema that had been closed for 30 years. They filled it with 150 extras. That is commitment.
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