Following (1998)

Following: Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell, John Nolan. A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.

“Great film. No gratuitous gimmicks like in most Hollywood films. Everything supported the suspense of the plot. Bu0026amp;w gave it a basic, no-frills feel also. In short, it was visceral in its simplicity of cinematography and cast.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFollowing serves as an interesting contrast to Memento. Characters in both used manipulation and subterfuge extensively. In that sense, both reminded me somewhat of u0026quot;In the Company of Men,u0026quot; also highly recommendable. One difference between Nolanu0026#39;s two films is that Memento was a little easier for me to follow, given that the bu0026amp;w scenes progress in a constant chronological direction, and so do those in color. I donu0026#39;t think that was true of Following, where scenes seemed to be shown at random. If you have the choice between VCR and DVD, Iu0026#39;d highly recommend DVD, since that gives you the option of watching the movie a second time in chronological order, not just in the scrambled (albeit ingenuous) order presented by Nolan. It also makes it easier, upon a second viewing, to piece the order together for yourself, if you want to.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs another viewer noted, one of the best things about both this movie and Memento is that none of the cast were famous. They were characters, not big-name actors who brought in personas developed in other movies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGiven certain similarities in the plots, I wonder if Memento is sort of a remake of Following, but intended to reach a bigger audience, like Edward Burns made Sheu0026#39;s the One in the mold of — and with largely the same cast as — The Brothers McMullan.”