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Timecode (2000) Movie Reviews
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The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Near the end (when, by the way, the film has lost most of its subtle observation of human relations and become rather farcical), someone pitches a crazy idea to the film studio: What about doing a movie in which four movies happen simultaneously, all...read the complete Timecode (2000) review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Who knew the famous Canadian media philosopher Marshall McLuhan was also a movie critic -- with precognitive skills?McLuhan long ago coined the oft-heard phrase "The medium is the message." Twenty years after his death, the statement...read the complete Timecode (2000) review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
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Long Island Press (Prairie Miller)
Too often the subconscious pleasure of watching a movie is interrupted by the conscious reminder that a movie is in the process of being made....read the complete Timecode (2000) review at Long Island Press (Prairie Miller)
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The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
I guess the on-set choreography must have been pretty good, because sometimes characters inhabit more than one quadrant, and the cameras never bump into each other. Figgis also gives us five or six earthquakes, which must have required great...read the complete Timecode (2000) review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
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MovieMusings.com (Ken Rosenberg)
Time Code is a radical experiment in high-tech filmmaking. It is four separate films, each made with a hand-held digital camera in real time (that is, no edits), broadcast simultaneously on a screen divided into quadrants....read the complete Timecode (2000) review at MovieMusings.com (Ken Rosenberg)
User Reviews
by Sensen on May 16, 2009
Definitely not a thriller. But if you're a fan of watching the subtleties of actors getting into a role, you will probably enjoy this film. ...
by Frazzled Glispa "... on March 15, 2002
The best expression that I can utter about this film is Wow!Four seemingly disparate storylines, filmed in real time merge into one compelling movie. This was a bold experiment in cinema, showing 4 films at once, drawing your attention to the frame the ...
by Jeremy Heilman on September 05, 2001
True, Mike Figgis' great experiment is not an unqualified success, but it's so far from a failure that it deserves recognition. The split-screen shooting, which initially might seem a gimmick, quickly becomes a revelation. ...
by "emeraldavatar" on February 26, 2001
Film is an art form. Sometimes. Timecode is art. Its story reminds me of an Altman ...
by teresa ruggles on December 29, 2000
THE NEW FILM MEDIUM OF THE FUTURE IS NOT EVEN FILM! IT IS DIGITAL VIDEO. THIS FILM IS QUITE BRILLIANT AND INNOVATIVE IN MANY WAYS. THE FIRST IS THAT FIGGIS BRINGS THIS NEW MEDIUM TO A FAIRLY CONVENTIONAL MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE. SURE, DOGME 95 IN ...
by Mark L. Brendle on June 28, 2000
Split into four different sections, Mike Figgis' new film Timecode deals with the barriers people set up around themselves and how, even though we are all separated into our own microcosms, we are all connected. One of the main themes throughout the ...
by Joe Sixpack -- S... on December 11, 2002
Whatever. I mean, I appreciate the experimental nature of the film -- the screen split into four separate-but-interlocking screens, each shot in a continuously-running tracking shot, filmed on digital video. ...
by D. Litton on August 22, 2001
In the mind of director Mike Figgis, a vision has been born. That vision ...
by "eroka" on June 10, 2001
This a real flick for movie lovers, and since most people are what I would think can be described as the lowest common ...
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