A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.
Direction
Figgis composed live music to cue actors through simultaneous takes.
Editing
Zero editing — sound mixing in real-time selects your focus.
Production
Digital video pioneer; shot on Sony PD150s, looked like nothing else in 2000.
Director
Mike Figgis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Figgis released a 'director's cut' where all four audio tracks play simultaneously — unwatchable, but the point.
Influenced everything from '24' split-screens to Zoom-era filmmaking; predicted our fractured attention spans.
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