toffetomas
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 | Subject: Following - Christopher Nolan (1998)  Tue May 13, 2008 7:26 pm | |
| just brilliant. dont know how to describe it otherwise. also dont want to give to much away, you just have to see it. could be compared with Pi, Memento, the machinst or the Usual Suspects. typically a movie you want to see again after just seeing it.  for the ones that want to know a bit more (although i think you should just watch it without reading anything more about it): - Quote :
- Before there was Memento, there was Following. Shot on a shoe-string budget in and around England, Following contains many of the same themes writer/director Christopher Nolan explored in Memento - identity, deception, and unrequited love. But (most notably) Following is similar to Memento in that it toys with the audience by shifting the timeline away from the linear, a technique which is at first confusing but eventually incredibly satisfying.
The storyline of Following is almost impossible to discuss without giving some pivotal plot point away, but here's a truncated synopsis: An aimless young man spends his days following people around, just to see what they'll do with their day. He eventually finds himself following one particular man around, until the man confronts him. It turns out that he's a thief, and isn't terribly upset by the fact that he's been stalked for the last couple of weeks. He offers the young man the chance to accompany him on a few jobs. To say any more would be unfair and downright cruel.
Nolan's first feature was obviously shot on a minuscule budget - the film's in grainy black and white, there are no recognizable actors, etc. - but it manages to be just as fascinating and compelling as Memento was (if not quite as polished). The first half hour seems to be a simple story of a guy with way too much free time on his hands, but as we soon discover, there's a lot more going on than is initially revealed. Nolan takes his time peeling back the layers (and plays around with our notions of what's in the present and what isn't in a big way), but when everything is laid out - it's a stunner.
And it makes sense, too. Unlike some other flicks that have had this sort of labyrinth structure, Nolan's made sure that everything works (same as he did with Memento). It's the sort of film (again, like Memento) that demands a second viewing, just so you can see what sort of hints Nolan dropped along the way.
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| | Subject: Re: Following - Christopher Nolan (1998) Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:11 pm | |
| Ohh yeah! i saw this movie ages back,will c it again this weekend after getting high  | |
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