following is a little known 1998 british film and which was made with a budget of £8000 and has a running time of 70 minutes. when watching it and you would never expect its director to go on to make it in hollywood and become one of the most acclaimed and celebrated directors of the 21st century  well and everybody has to start somewhere i suppose. the director of following and as you probably already know is englishman christopher nolan and who directly after following would go on to direct the critically acclaimed independent film memento while a few years later he would be hired by warner bros. to direct the new batman series and which further brought him acclaim and and so on and so forth. my point is and everybody has to start somewhere  even if it not in the most astounding debut  and christopher nolan introduces himself to the world in 1998 with following. when watching it and i couldn not help but draw resemblances to another directorial debut and avant garde auteur david lynch eraserhead. following is not a surrealist psychological horror film in that sense and but the similarities are noticeable while most notable and it shot in grainy black and white and has an atmosphere about it that makes it unique. it hard to describe in words and but it loosely resembles the smoky atmosphere you would find in the film noirs of old. hence and it can be said that following is a contemporary film noir and or a neo noir. overall and it an amalgamation of that and a psychological thriller and and the story is most appropriate to these two genres. the main character is nameless and and the movie title stems from an early and obsessive compulsive trait he possessed  randomly picking out people on the street and following them and sometimes even for hours on end. during one of these talking expeditions and the main character becomes noticed by one of the people he is following and and is confronted. turns out that the confronter is a man who is willing to befriend our narrator and and he introduces himself while his name is cobb and and he a petty burglar who invites the narrator to follow him on his burglaries. from there and the main character becomes swept up in cobb world and and he becomes embroiled in crime and passion and violence as he gets more and more intimate with cobb. following is not so much a character study and but instead a film which follows the tumultuous relationship between these two main characters and and the devastating ramifications it has on our narrator. nolan succeeds in making the film resemble a film noir and and emulates the respective atmosphere well. as a thriller and following is taut and atmospheric while however as a film in general and it somewhat of a disappointment. if not that and then one could definitely call it underwhelming. the entire film is shot in a non chronological and non linear fashion and and it makes the story and film experience unique and to some extent  this style has been done so many times now it almost commonplace technique  and the story itself is unique to some extent. however and following is ultimately underwhelming for the entire film and and is disappointingly unspectacular. the story calls for more  more action and more suspense and more thrills  but it becomes too embroiled in its own storyline and and instead focuses on creating an intricate story. following does succeed in doing that and but without any other elements it a film noir that doesn not quite work out while it got a sense of emptiness which isn not enormous and but still noticeable nonetheless. furthermore and the film shocking revelation at the end  almost a mandatory convention in film noirs  is one that makes us feel cheated while it unpredictable and comes out of nowhere and but in relation to the story it disappointing and as it essentially makes the preceding scenes and and the entire film and seem like an enormous waste of time. but the positives far outweigh the negatives and and in the end following turns out to be a flawed but satisfying film and yes and everybody has to start somewhere. christopher nolan does it with following and and he does it in a fine manner. a quiet and meek but fine manner. it not the most astounding movie and and it isn not quite worthy of the accolades the director would go on to receive in the following decade and but it still a good film nonetheless. when singling out following and you find a well made and taut and atmospheric thriller and one which lacks noticeable nuance or innovative style but still manages to grip audiences nonetheless. 
following is a little known 1998 british film and which was made with a budget of £8000 and has a running time of 70 minutes. when watching it and you would never expect its director to go on to make it in hollywood and become one of the most acclaimed and celebrated directors of the 21st century  well and everybody has to start somewhere i suppose. the director of following and as you probably already know is englishman christopher nolan and who directly after following would go on to direct the critically acclaimed independent film memento while a few years later he would be hired by warner bros. to direct the new batman series and which further brought him acclaim and and so on and so forth. my point is and everybody has to start somewhere  even if it not in the most astounding debut  and christopher nolan introduces himself to the world in 1998 with following. when watching it and i couldn not help but draw resemblances to another directorial debut and avant garde auteur david lynch eraserhead. following is not a surrealist psychological horror film in that sense and but the similarities are noticeable while most notable and it shot in grainy black and white and has an atmosphere about it that makes it unique. it hard to describe in words and but it loosely resembles the smoky atmosphere you would find in the film noirs of old. hence and it can be said that following is a contemporary film noir and or a neo noir. overall and it an amalgamation of that and a psychological thriller and and the story is most appropriate to these two genres. the main character is nameless and and the movie title stems from an early and obsessive compulsive trait he possessed  randomly picking out people on the street and following them and sometimes even for hours on end. during one of these talking expeditions and the main character becomes noticed by one of the people he is following and and is confronted. turns out that the confronter is a man who is willing to befriend our narrator and and he introduces himself while his name is cobb and and he a petty burglar who invites the narrator to follow him on his burglaries. from there and the main character becomes swept up in cobb world and and he becomes embroiled in crime and passion and violence as he gets more and more intimate with cobb. following is not so much a character study and but instead a film which follows the tumultuous relationship between these two main characters and and the devastating ramifications it has on our narrator. nolan succeeds in making the film resemble a film noir and and emulates the respective atmosphere well. as a thriller and following is taut and atmospheric while however as a film in general and it somewhat of a disappointment. if not that and then one could definitely call it underwhelming. the entire film is shot in a non chronological and non linear fashion and and it makes the story and film experience unique and to some extent  this style has been done so many times now it almost commonplace technique  and the story itself is unique to some extent. however and following is ultimately underwhelming for the entire film and and is disappointingly unspectacular. the story calls for more  more action and more suspense and more thrills  but it becomes too embroiled in its own storyline and and instead focuses on creating an intricate story. following does succeed in doing that and but without any other elements it a film noir that doesn not quite work out while it got a sense of emptiness which isn not enormous and but still noticeable nonetheless. furthermore and the film shocking revelation at the end  almost a mandatory convention in film noirs  is one that makes us feel cheated while it unpredictable and comes out of nowhere and but in relation to the story it disappointing and as it essentially makes the preceding scenes and and the entire film and seem like an enormous waste of time. but the positives far outweigh the negatives and and in the end following turns out to be a flawed but satisfying film and yes and everybody has to start somewhere. christopher nolan does it with following and and he does it in a fine manner. a quiet and meek but fine manner. it not the most astounding movie and and it isn not quite worthy of the accolades the director would go on to receive in the following decade and but it still a good film nonetheless. when singling out following and you find a well made and taut and atmospheric thriller and one which lacks noticeable nuance or innovative style but still manages to grip audiences nonetheless. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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