Timecode (2000) on Netflix
Rose, an actress, wants a screen test from Alex Green, the filmmaker she is secretly involved with. His wife, Emma, weighs a divorce, while Rose's girlfriend, Lauren, listens in from a limousine.
- Netflix2.6/5
- IMDb6.0/107,389 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes68%
Trailer
Plot summary
Four digital cameras each record one continuous take at the same time, and the screen is divided into quarters, with the sound raised on whichever frame matters most. The action gathers in a Los Angeles production office as it prepares a movie. Rose, an actress, tells her girlfriend, Lauren, that she is going to the office for an audition, but she is meeting Alex Green, the filmmaker she is involved with. Lauren hides a microphone in Rose's purse and listens from her limousine. Alex's wife, Emma, talks with a therapist about whether to ask him for a divorce.
Cast
- Andrew Heckleras Auditioning Actor
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Timecode (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film is constructed from four continuous 98-minute takes that were filmed simultaneously by four cameras; the screen is divided into quarters, and the four shots are shown at the same time.
- Largely improvised, the film had Figgis provide the actors with blank, four-staff music manuscript paper, each octave representing a camera view at that particular moment in time, up to the 93 minutes of camera capacity; the actors themselves kept track of what was happening in the other camera views.
