Timecode (Time Code)

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Timecode (Time Code)

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Timecode (Time Code)

Holly Hunter, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgård

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.

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  • puffchunk
    February 2, 2009
    puffchunk
    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)Could be awesome, but...epic fail.
  • kiriyamakazou
    September 17, 2008
    kiriyamakazou
    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)even the film itself points this out, demonstrates how film can still be a mind blowing experience without CGI etc. The actors are all remarkable, each one improvising there way around the final film. Another amazing fact is the timing and how everything runs perfectly. It takes a while to get used to the four screens but soon you get used to it. Watching the screen with sound at that particular time but watching the other screens out of the corner of your eye. Thumbs up to the camera men who I don't think got caught in a reflexion once. The story itself is also rather interesting, mostly as we get to see what minor characters do when not being filmed or at the center of attention. Multiple viewings will serve this film very well.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    February 10, 2008
    YosemiteSamFan
    An interesting experiment in filmmaking, but bad acting and a dull story made it less watchable.
  • bennytheclown
    September 8, 2006
    bennytheclown
    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
  • RashHunt
    June 3, 2006
    RashHunt
    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.
  • Mixxpix
    December 20, 2009
    Mixxpix
    very funny if you've ever been near a film production
  • littlecharmer1959
    August 4, 2009
    littlecharmer1959
    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.
  • 339z
    July 29, 2009
    339z
    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)irector had done a good job of directing this movie because u never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...this is an intriging movie 2 watch n its pretty good throughout as well..
  • Stinger839
    December 17, 2008
    Stinger839
    the split four screen film
  • catbox9
    November 28, 2008
    catbox9
    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) is sort of a plot to this film but the film is so terrible I'm not sure it's even worth mentioning. This film was supposed to be some sort of experiment in film making so the actual plot was largely irrelevant.

    While this film is occasionally praised for its innovation, there is nothing at all innovative about this film. The notion of showing several screens at the same time goes back as far as the silent epic Napoléon (1927) which projected three scenes at once. I have not seen that film so I cannot comment any further. Shooting a film in real-time is nothing new either - Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film Rope was also shot in real-time. I have seen that particular film and it is vastly superior to this film in every regard - the plot is interesting, the acting is is good, the film is easy to follow, and it even has philosophical undertones. Timecode offers no interesting acting, almost no plot, and brings no innovations.

    At first this film seems hard to follow, but as the film progresses this is no longer a problem. Most of what happens is irrelevant to what little plot this film has. The fact that the audio constantly switches between screens means that no action is ever maintained.

    Overall, this is the worst film I have ever seen by a very large margin. This was an absolute chore to sit through and this film feels like a very long film despite the fact it's barely 90 minutes. Gone with the Wind seems to go by faster than this film. I was tempted to turn the film off constantly while watching it, but I was able to finish it. I'll give the film a couple points for what it tries to do but very few points for anything else. The low score I have assigned seems to be quite generous. I cannot think of a single redeeming quality in this film and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

    9/100
    F

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