When I realized that I love Christopher Nolan, I had to pickup a copy of everything that he's made (only missing Quay documentary at the moment, in process). This movie was made for only $6k. He really turned out something awesome for such a low budget. I think you also see what he does with storytelling. He almost always has a big twist in the plot that makes sense and is wonderful. I remember being a little unsure about this movie until I got towards the end when stuff started to make sense. This was a great start to his career. The look and style feel very much the same as well. I kind of like the low budget look sometimes too. This smaller 16mm resolution fits the story well. A major plus side to this movie is also the fact that it is only a bit over an hour long. I say that, because I don't think the story could have drawn out much longer. I'm really glad they didn't try to stretch it just for standard run time. This isn't a movie that I think everyone will enjoy. It isn't filled with great actors or action scenes. While I do see some really flat moments and coldness, I certainly enjoy checking it out again from time to time. Also, I did watch his first short 'Doodlebug' as well again. That is quite the interesting student film, that's for sure. Check it out if you can.

Road to Oppenheimer: Part 1 In the months leading up to Oppenheimer, I have decided to watch all of Christopher Nolan's filmography and briefly give my thoughts about each one as a sort of preparation for his 12th directorial outing. It's often said that greatness comes from small beginnings, which is a phrase that I feel encapsulates my thoughts on this film quite well. Despite its minuscule budget and absurdly short runtime (68 minutes!), that special Nolan quality is still felt throughout every aspect of the film, from his signature twists and time dilation to his meticulously crafted characters and unfortunate low sound quality. The movie is also paced very well, with meaningful reveals and revelations keeping the story moving at a breakneck pace. Despite all of these qualities, Following suffers from one big problem: it's forgettable. While almost every Nolan film is remembered for some big action setpiece or an insane, mindbending reveal, Following kind of just comes and goes, not leaving much of an impression mere days after a first or second viewing. Of course, this isn't a film-killing issue, but when compared to Nolan's future filmography, Following certainly falls a bit short.

A solid debut from Christopher Nolan who of course brought us the latest Batman films "Memento" and "The Prestige". This is a short low budget exercise that looks feels and likely was a learning experience for Nolan. The story itself about a voyeur and a burglar is good but there's not enough time to develop much in the way of feelings towards the characters. I guess this film has a noir stylization to it but I think its look is mostly just cheap. It reminds me of another director's early effort "Pi" by Darren Aronofsky but its not as interesting as that was.

What an amazing directorial debut for one of the best in the business. Christopher Nolan loves his non linear storytelling and no one does it as good as him. It's crazy to think how they did this for only $6,000 and only on weekends. Edit: Second time viewing and first with the chronological order. It is an interesting story but not quite as good as the original version. The nonlinear timelines really elevates this to great. Still this is very impressive with what they had to work with.