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Writer:
Mike Figgis (story)
Release Date:
28 April 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
Four cameras. One take. No edits. Real time. more
Plot:
Four frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company. full summary | full synopsis
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2 nominations
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(5 articles)
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(From FilmExperience. 10 August 2009, 1:10 PM, PDT)
Culture Warrior: Digital Cinematography in Hollywood
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(From FilmExperience. 10 August 2009, 1:10 PM, PDT)
Culture Warrior: Digital Cinematography in Hollywood
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Too many degrees of freedom
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Xander Berkeley | ... | Evan Wantz | |
| Golden Brooks | ... | Onyx Richardson | |
| Saffron Burrows | ... | Emma | |
| Viveka Davis | ... | Victoria Cohen | |
| Richard Edson | ... | Lester Moore | |
| Aimee Graham | ... | Sikh Nurse | |
| Salma Hayek | ... | Rose | |
| Glenne Headly | ... | Therapist | |
| Andrew Heckler | ... | Auditioning Actor | |
| Holly Hunter | ... | Executive | |
| Danny Huston | ... | Randy | |
| Daphna Kastner | ... | Auditioning Actor | |
| Patrick Kearney | ... | Drug House Owner | |
| Elizabeth Low | ... | Penny - Evan's Assistant | |
| Kyle MacLachlan | ... | Bunny Drysdale |
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Rated R for drug use, sexuality, language and a scene of violence.
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97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Singapore:M18 |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Australia:MA |
France:U |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R (#37352)
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The film was written on music paper, exactly like a string quartet. Each bar line representing a minute.
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Crew or equipment visible: When the masseur goes into the film studio and up to the front desk, you can see one of the other cameras coming in on the right of him, just before the camera turns away.
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Spoofed in My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
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Comfort Of Strangers
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There is a rule in science that for an experiment to be meaningful, all the variables must be controlled but one. That rule could be applied to experimental cinema, too; at least it should have been applied to this film.
Time Code combines two experiments, one that has promise, and one that is doomed. The promising experiment involves multiple screens following different parts of the story in "real" time. The doomed experiment involves requiring actors to script and direct themselves.
In addition, this movie was shot in four simultaneous uninterrupted takes. Maybe this was an experiment, too, but it is comparable to live theater, which is not exactly a novelty. It is neither a good thing nor a bad thing -- and should be a matter of complete indifference to the audience, as long it works. Instead of cutting from scene to scene, our attention shifts from screen to screen.
The four-screen experiment did work reasonably well here, especially on DVD, where one can instantly back up to catch bits one missed. The multi-view device might even have been truly excellent in this film, had it not been for the other experiment -- the Absentee Director.
A feature movie is not an improv sketch. There is a reason that an army has one general, and that a movie has one director. Although each of these endeavors requires the effort and cooperation of many talented people, both a military campaign and a feature film must be focused on one person's vision and goals.
Time Code has the same fatal flaw as Dancing at the Blue Iguana. Each actor was instructed to invent his own character, and then to direct himself. In Time Code each performer was evidently told to make of his character a recognizable Hollywood stereotype. The result: eight variations on "coke-snorting pretentious but sycophantic loser," who all walk stiffly through their parts like zombies trying to perform soap opera. I cannot imagine how desperate a viewer would have to be, in order to care about any of them.
I suppose this should not reflect badly on the performers, although it cannot have helped their careers. I have seen most of them in other films, and they are all capable actors. It does reflect dismally on the director. Where was he hiding while the four cameras were running? Maybe he was busy watching four tumble dryers at the laundromat up the street.
Time Code might be worth a peek on dollar-day at the video store -- which is how I found it. Otherwise, forget it. 3/10.