Holly Hunter, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Saffron Burrows
Four frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company.
DVD Release Date: December 26, 2000
Stats: 201 reviews
Hmmm. I'd like to see this film re-made with a different cast and plot and director and producer and DP and screenwriter and sound guy and editor. The idea is cool: four things happening at once split on the screen in four ways, and they are all continuous shots in real time. ...( read more)
Timecode should be hailed as a masterpiece of complex cinematic techniques. The film is shot through 4 different cameras, each one consisting of one single take. Each camera is screened at the same time, taking up a quarter of the screen. What may seem pretentious, it kind of is ...( read more)
An interesting experiment in filmmaking, but bad acting and a dull story made it less watchable.
This is great, not just for the gimmick split screen, it's actually a good script (believe it or not). One to watch several times
You get a smile for trying? Anyhow, usually reliable director Mike Figgis stumbles in this abstract model of storytelling and does little to compliment the clever idea of dividing the screen as he does.
I blame the poor performers.
A four-way split screen and four continuous takes. Admittingly the concept can take a while to get use to. Whilst this may not be to everyone's liking it is without doubt an intriguing experiment.
wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...this has got a good cast of characters throughout this movie...i think that salma hayek plays a good part throughout this movie..this has got a good director behind this movie because the d...( read more)
Timecode is a rather unique film. For the duration of the film, the screen is split into four quadrants while four different parts of a story take place. The entire film is shot in real-time and the audio fades in and out between the four screens which are somewhat related. There...( read more)
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