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KaminoNeko
Since: Jan, 2001
17th Aug, 2018 12:50:02 PM
It's the third segment of Meikyuu Monogatari, 'Cancelation of Construction Order'.
EricaB
Since: Apr, 2011
18th Aug, 2018 04:04:36 AM
Thank you! :D
KaminoNeko
Since: Jan, 2001
18th Aug, 2018 12:26:50 PM
No problem! I coincidentally just watched it for the first time earlier this week, so it was fresh in my mind.
I saw this back in the 90s. A man goes to an automated factory, I think in a jungle somewhere. What he doesn't know is that the factory is starting to break down, and the machines won't let him leave. One scene I remember is that each night when he receives his supper, it progressively gets worse and worse and more and more inedible. Near the end his "supper" is like spark plugs and a piston covered in oil or something. I don't remember how it ended.
Any ideas?