"Time Code" is an interesting experiment, kind of the World's Fair-type go-go movies as "Purple Rose of Cairo" done as an improv.
With four related quadrants going at all times, I frequently was on sensory overload and had to tune out.
While the improv aspects of goofing on the superficiality of what goes into making a movie were a bit precious, what was intriguing was the experiment with the opposite of opening up the fourth wall by in effect opening up the other three walls.
In another step from the circular story-telling of "Pulp Fiction" and "Go" we literally see what happens before a character enters a room and where they go when they leave (whether or not that's interesting). It's one way to make a point that everyone in Hollywood is a hypocrite.
(originally written 5/29/2000)
With four related quadrants going at all times, I frequently was on sensory overload and had to tune out.
While the improv aspects of goofing on the superficiality of what goes into making a movie were a bit precious, what was intriguing was the experiment with the opposite of opening up the fourth wall by in effect opening up the other three walls.
In another step from the circular story-telling of "Pulp Fiction" and "Go" we literally see what happens before a character enters a room and where they go when they leave (whether or not that's interesting). It's one way to make a point that everyone in Hollywood is a hypocrite.
(originally written 5/29/2000)