Pros: intriguing on the romantic comedy plot Cons: Casting is hit and miss
Time Code, Mike Figgis' 97-minute feature from 2000 focuses on four main stories and a collection of characters involved in the casting sessions for a film being produced by a small film company in Hollywood. The melodramatic story worms its way through ...
Pros: Mike Figgis Takes a Daring Detour Cons: Figgis Overestimates Entertainment of Security-Cam Format
As this tape rolled on my VCR, I figured, "Hot damn, I'm going to get in the first review of this on Epinions!" Okay, it might be a little optimistic to think that a movie that hit theater screens months ago would have been overlooked by...
Pros: good acting, fresh and novel idea for format Cons: weak ending, should have been much better altogether
I saw this movie last Saturday night, and have thought a lot about it over the following days. I started to review it a few times, and now I'm glad I waited because my view has shifted a little bit as I mulled it over.
Alex Green (played by Stellan Skarsgard), the alcoholic playboy producer in this film says it best during a pitch meeting “That’s the most pretentious piece of sh*t I’ve ever heard.” (That’s not an exact quote but gets the idea across well.) I was...
Pros: A truly fascinating visual format Cons: No real content to back it up
The first time I heard about Time Code, I wondered how its visual premise could possibly work. In case you're out of the arthouse game, allow me to explain -- director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) splits the screen into four rectangular...
Pros: The information density is nice and high Cons: Most actors can't adlib something interesting for 90-odd minutes
Time code is for people that appreciate the concept of picture-in-picture. If the idea of watching two news feeds simultaneously on the one screen is your idea of torture, don't see Time Code. However if, like me, you've actually done this, or...
In 1948 Alfred Hitchcock constructed Rope, so that it appeared to be filmed in one long take. Last year Brian DePalma attempted to impress current movie aficionados with a 15-minute long take to begin the lame Snake Eyes. Now...
Pros: Film students may be interested in this film Cons: Torturously bad to watch
This movie is actually 4 different movies shown on a screen that's split into four sections. All the films are shot without editing and in real-time. All the films are taking place simultaneously and are inter-related with actors leaving one film and...
Pros: Wonderful cast and dynamic direction (choreography?) by Mike Figgis. Cons: "That's the most pretentious bull I've ever heard."
It is a fine line which separates the genuinely innovative from the merely pretentious. Countless new inventions and ideas have been thrust upon the moviegoing public in the last century. The very first films were single shots, that ran for sometimes...
Pros: concept is great: Stellan Skarsgard is fantastic Cons: the lack of story, bad improv by most actors
Mike Figgis’ "Timecode" clearly is an experiment. But it’s also supposed to be a feature film. The question is: can it be both? Can Figgis pave the way for a new style of telling stories, while actually telling an interesting story of his own?...
Pros: Imaginative, fun, fast-paced, terrific ensemble acting. Cons: Can give you a headache!
On November 19, 1999, writer/director Mike Figgis ("Leaving Las Vegas", "The Loss of Sexual Innocence", "Miss Julie") set up four digital cameras to run real-time and capture four stories that would ultimately converge. By...
Pros: Some funny moments, keeps your attention Cons: Plot difficult
Mike Figgis' split-screen movie is well worth the 93 minutes of your time, if not for the strength of the plot or performances (exceptions noted below), then for the sheer ambition of its goal and a fairly decent delivery thereof.
Pros: Interesting and engaging experimental film. Cons: eyes will grow tired watching it. May require multiple viewings.
“Timecode” is an experiment done on film. As viewers we are presented with four square frames in which a set of characters interact within their frame with other characters and occasionally break free from their frame and enter into another. Sound...
Product DetailsOriginal Title:Time Code - Special EditionActors: Golden Brooks - Richard Edson - Saffron Burrows - Viveka Davis - Xander BerkeleyCond...More at iNetVideo.com
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