Armed with a 16mm camera, a tiny budget and using his now trademark non-linear structure Nolan presents a gripping Neo-Noir set on the backstreets of London. Shot over the course of 12 months, with Nolan covering the majority of production duties himself, Following a thrilling introduction to one of modern cinema's great visionaries.

Curiosity develops into voyeuristic fixation as a young writer, Bill (Jeremy Theobald) follows strangers around London to research a novel. After following Cobb (Alex Haw), a well-heeled stranger, who is actually a thief, Bill’s obsession takes a sinister turn. Drawn into Cobb’s world of burglary, prying into the personal lives of victims, he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, played by Lucy Russell, an aspiring actress making her movie debut. In Cobb, Bill has found a strange companion, part mentor, part confessor and part evil twin.

following is a wickedly clever story of how a young man's obsession with following people leads him into a dark underworld. bill, the unlikely hero, is a marginalized but intriguing everyman who follows strangers at random on the street. when cobb, a man bill has been following, catches him in the act, bill is drawn into cobb's world of breaking into flats and prying into the personal lives of their victims. in cobb, bill finds a strange companion - part mentor, part confessor and part evil twin. with an ingenious structure that involves flash forwards and doubling back, the film tests our knowledge and understanding just as the protagonist is being duped into an elaborate triple-cross. following heralded christopher nolan as a promising new talent whose promise was amply confirmed with memento.

Product details

Actor	John Nolan, Lucy Russell, Alex Haw
Director	Christopher Nolan
Label	Columbia

Content	DVD
Edition	b/w
Age rating	from age 14
Publication date	11.12.2001
Genre	Crime Mystery Thriller

EAN	0043396076037
Length	71 minutes
Audio	English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles	English, Spanish
Extras	Additional information, Biographies, Theatrical trailer, Audio commentary of the director
Year of production	1998
Original title	Following
Region code	1
Version	US Version

Customer reviews

Meega

Written on 19. July 2005 by Pflatsch.

Ein kleines Filmjuwel.
paul auster lässt grüssen!

Written on 07. April 2003 by dävu.

Ein verschachtelter Film über Randexistenzen, ein bisschen wie die New York Trilogy in Bild und Ton. Besser inszeniert als Memento. Dazu sind solche Low-budgetproduktionen sowieso geiler! Die Dreharbeiten dauerten übrigens ein ganzes Jahr, da Christopher Nolan immer nur am Samstag zum drehen Zeit hatte.
Solides Machwerk

Written on 02. October 2010 by P. Ryser.

This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Interessante Thematik aber leider ist die Handlung etwas vorhersehbar. Kommt definitiv nicht an Memento heran. Lohnt sich aber allemal anzuschauen.
Die Macht des Voyeurismus

Written on 19. May 2009 by 8-Ball.

This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Zuerst mal nicht erschrecken - der Film wurde in schwarz/weiss gedreht, was jedoch nichts an Spannung nimmt.

Als Liebhaber des Kultmovies "Memento" mochte ich auch bei "Following" die Tatsache, dass man als Zuschauer mitdenken muss, um Handlung, Charaktere und Details zu entdecken und verstehen. Als Strickzeug ruhig weglassen!!

Bestimmt kein Film, den man so schnell vergisst. Kaufempfehlung!

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Following (1998) b/w English · DVD

Following (1998)
b/w English · DVD