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Director: Christopher Nolan
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From Time Out Film Guide
Shot at weekends on a shoestring, Nolan's 16mm b/w feature is more Shallow Grave than Shane Meadows. Blocked writer Bill (Theobald) takes to following strangers through the streets of Soho, ostensibly to kickstart his fiction. One day, one of his 'targets' bites back: Cobb (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.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Christopher Nolan
Producer: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Jeremy Theobald
Cast: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell, John Nolan full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Rated: 15
Duration: 70 mins
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