Following (Nolan, 1998): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.30pm
This film also screns on November 22nd at the Prince Charles. Details here.
Time Out review:
Shot at weekends on a shoestring, Christopher Nolan's 16mm b/w feature is more Shallow Grave
than Shane Meadows. Blocked writer Bill (Jeremy Theobald) takes to following
strangers through the streets of Soho, ostensibly to kickstart his
fiction. One day, one of his 'targets' bites back: Cobb (Alex Haw) introduces
himself as a burglar skilled at 'reading' people's identities from
rifling through their possessions, and he insists that Bill should tag
along to experience the thrill for himself. A complicated time structure
(the film flashes backwards and forwards) signals that more is going on
here than meets the eye. Sure enough, the denouement involves two
double crosses, a femme fatale, a murder and a crowning triple cross.
The generic pay off is a little disappointing after the edgy, character
based scenes of exposition, but the film is acted and directed
confidently enough to work well as a wry mystery thriller.
Tony Rayns
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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