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Following a 'Twilight Zone'-type intro, a mysterious voice announces an unorthodox story in the classic boy-meets-girl mould. As the ominous clouds slowly disperse, the magical withropolis Romance City unfolds in all its nocturnal charm of light and neon. In a cinema empty apart from themselves, and where 'Casablanca' and 'The Dambusters' mingle on the screen, a garage attendant meets a secretary. In the dream-world of the cinema, the two project their deepest desires onto the story and characters of the film: a melodramatic love-story set in war-time. Our identification with fiction in film, television and literature, is a strange but understandable phenomenon. In 'Romance City' the surprising transformation undergone by the main characters gives a new and slightly ironical interpretation to this kind of psychological escapism.
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Erik Quint
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Scenario: Peter Solheid, Jean Vijdt, Camera: Jan Vancaillie, Editing: Peter Solheid, Sound: Vincent Cappelle, Music: Lieven Lauwers, Production: St. Lukas Hoger Instituut voor Beeldende Kunsten, Brussels, With: Nick Gasparotto, Lieven Baes, Voice: Ronny 'Doc' Brack
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