Sunday, 8 December 2013

Four ways to fail

Timecode (2000)

Written and directed by Mike Figgis this film has a large cast including Salma Hayek, Stellan Staksgard, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Saffron Burrows. Four continuous 90 minute takes, shot simultaneously are presented at the same time to tell the a story at an LA film production company.

This may be an experimental film but there is much to be impressed with here in the staging, filming and acting of this film which must have been some effort in logistics. Unfortunately all the hard work is for little as the final product is confusing and plenty of the story ends up being lost in the execution. It is hard to decide where I stand on this film as it is as impressively made as it is disappointing in it's final form.


2/5

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