Time Code
Seen: 2002-08-25
Overall: ****
Writing: ***
Acting: ****
Cinematography: *** 1/2
Music: *** 1/2
Art: ****
Direction: *** 1/2
Originality: ****
Enjoyment: ****
Conditions: *** 1/2
Venue: Bitscape's Castle Lair
Medium: DVD
More Info
This film takes the concept of sensory overload to an
entirely new dimension.
Four cameras, running continuously throughout the
entire 97 minute take record this great piece of
modern film art. All 4 views are shown all the time,
on a 4-way split screen. Different characters are
shown interacting at different locations, but all of
them run into each other at one point or another.
It's all done at once. No faking.
Sound from different scenes fades in and out, but that
doesn't necessarily mean that nothing important is
happening on screens where we aren't hearing anything.
Frankly, I think it is humanly impossible to absorb it
all in one viewing. (Well, maybe if I had watched it
during my manic insanity trip two weeks ago. But God
only knows what trying to watch this would have done
to my poor little lesbian-infatuated nutcase mind then.)
What a great movie though. Just the non-stop improv
acting is enough to make an amateur student of the art
(referring to myself) pause in awe.
The movie has a lot of good touches of humor, as well as
amazing dramatic story arc(s). Very well planned, and
executed on-the-fly. Loved the self-referential scene
in the board room near the end too. That was just too
clever.
There's good stuff being produced out there. Ya just
gotta find it. :)
P.S. This Time Code DVD is beyond cool. You can
watch it again, switching on the fly to whichever
audio track you out of the 4 you prefer. Outstanding.
This film takes the concept of sensory overload to an entirely new dimension.
Four cameras, running continuously throughout the entire 97 minute take record this great piece of modern film art. All 4 views are shown all the time, on a 4-way split screen. Different characters are shown interacting at different locations, but all of them run into each other at one point or another. It's all done at once. No faking.
Sound from different scenes fades in and out, but that doesn't necessarily mean that nothing important is happening on screens where we aren't hearing anything. Frankly, I think it is humanly impossible to absorb it all in one viewing. (Well, maybe if I had watched it during my manic insanity trip two weeks ago. But God only knows what trying to watch this would have done to my poor little lesbian-infatuated nutcase mind then.)
What a great movie though. Just the non-stop improv acting is enough to make an amateur student of the art (referring to myself) pause in awe.
The movie has a lot of good touches of humor, as well as amazing dramatic story arc(s). Very well planned, and executed on-the-fly. Loved the self-referential scene in the board room near the end too. That was just too clever.
There's good stuff being produced out there. Ya just gotta find it. :)
P.S. This Time Code DVD is beyond cool. You can watch it again, switching on the fly to whichever audio track you out of the 4 you prefer. Outstanding.