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Now here is a different film that will certainly not please most filmgoers. Neither will TIME CODE
be seen in many theatres. Distribution will be limited as this film is really not for the average movie
fan. Director Mike Figgis made this film to test the digital film waters. He made this film
with an almost tongue in cheek style even though it is a drama but with touches of comedy.
The screen is split into four sections with a picture and story going on ineach one at the same time.
It was shot with four digital handheld cameras and shot in real time...93minutes. What happens on
screen happens in the same amount of time. There is no editing on this film. It is shot live. The actors
know the general story and then they act out to pre-determined scenarios. It was shot all in one day and
takes place in Los Angeles.
Four main characters are at the center of the plot: a motion picture executive (Stellan Skarsgård)
and his wife Saffron Burrows , an aspiring actress Salma Hayek in the midst of an affair,
and a woman Jeanne Tripplehorn whose actions will alter all their fates.
The film is one interrelated story about a fictitious Hollywood production company. Everything that
happens is in one way or another related to the studio. All the stories take place on the screen at the
same time in one of the four sections. Believe it or not it wasn't as hard to follow as you might think.
Figgis fades the sound on three while another is brought up. The sound and story still continue in the
other quadrients.
The story is about to women who are lovers and one is affairing an affair with a studio executive, while
he ignores his wife whom he really loves. Fatal combination. Much more happens but in this type of film
the gimmick is the movie so you do not need to know more, except to say that ending is very good and
does not cop out. Catch TIME CODE if it shows up in you city but it will probably only play in major
urban centers.
Last thought...Director Mike Figgis is having fun, and it shows.
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