"Pirata! A cult movie" - a movie from the 80's

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I'd like to give a little visibility to this movie here: "Pirata! a cult movie" from 1984, but filmed between oct. '82 - feb '83, by 25 year old director Paolo Ciaffi Ricagno and presented to the Venice international film festival of that year.

 

Pirata! a cult movie

 

The plot goes something in the lines of: In a hypothetical future, the Supreme Dreamer models people's behavior through the "Hat of Dreams" network. His dominion is threatened by a rebel businessman, the Pirate, who carries out an attack on the network's transmission center, overthrows the Supreme Dreamer and replaces him, however imposing a dictatorship similar to that of his predecessor.

 

Whatever; but it really stands out videogaming wise for two reasons, in my opinion:

 

1) inserts of video game snippets into real life footage (i.e. see min. 12.55 - but few more along the way - and I think this is pretty unique);

 

2): an entire sequence filmed in a '80s italian arcade (from min. 22.00 on).

 

So take some popcorn and a beer and give it a try!

 

Cheers!