Following (1998) (s/w)

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Armed with a 16mm camera, a tiny budget and using his now trademark non-linear structure Nolan presents a gripping Neo-Noir set on the backstreets of London. Shot over the course of 12 months, with Nolan covering the majority of production duties himself, Following a thrilling introduction to one of modern cinema's great visionaries.

Curiosity develops into voyeuristic fixation as a young writer, Bill (Jeremy Theobald) follows strangers around London to research a novel. After following Cobb (Alex Haw), a well-heeled stranger, who is actually a thief, Bill’s obsession takes a sinister turn. Drawn into Cobb’s world of burglary, prying into the personal lives of victims, he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, played by Lucy Russell, an aspiring actress making her movie debut. In Cobb, Bill has found a strange companion, part mentor, part confessor and part evil twin.

following is a wickedly clever story of how a young man's obsession with following people leads him into a dark underworld. bill, the unlikely hero, is a marginalized but intriguing everyman who follows strangers at random on the street. when cobb, a man bill has been following, catches him in the act, bill is drawn into cobb's world of breaking into flats and prying into the personal lives of their victims. in cobb, bill finds a strange companion - part mentor, part confessor and part evil twin. with an ingenious structure that involves flash forwards and doubling back, the film tests our knowledge and understanding just as the protagonist is being duped into an elaborate triple-cross. following heralded christopher nolan as a promising new talent whose promise was amply confirmed with memento.