Brian De Palma's lost 1961 debut about... an IBM punch card? The most cursed student film ever.
Known as a 5081, what was its role in the industry? Note: As of now, the film is considered lost and no known copies are publicly available.
Direction
De Palma's first film—literally vanished.
Director
Brian De Palma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De Palma shot this at Columbia University with borrowed equipment; the 5081 was already obsolete when he filmed it.
This exists now only as a catalog entry—making it perhaps the most-wanted 9 minutes in cult cinema.
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