black-and-white neo-noir film "Following"
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"Following" is a 1998 low-budget British black-and-white neo-noir thriller written and directed by Christopher Nolan, following an aspiring writer who becomes entangled in crime after obsessively trailing strangers in London.
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| black-and-white neo-noir film "Following" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: black-and-white neo-noir film "Following" Context triple: [Jeremy Theobald, featuredIn, black-and-white neo-noir film "Following"]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: black-and-white neo-noir film "Following" Target entity description: "Following" is a 1998 low-budget British black-and-white neo-noir thriller written and directed by Christopher Nolan, following an aspiring writer who becomes entangled in crime after obsessively trailing strangers in London.
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A.
film 'I'm Not There'
"I'm Not There" is a 2007 experimental biographical drama film that portrays different facets of Bob Dylan's life and persona through multiple actors playing fictionalized versions of him.
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B.
Velvet Film
Velvet Film is a film production company best known for producing socially and politically engaged documentaries, including Raoul Peck’s acclaimed work.
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C.
Vide Noir
Vide Noir is a 2018 studio album by American indie folk band Lord Huron, noted for its atmospheric, cinematic sound and themes of love, loss, and nocturnal wanderings.
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D.
A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Killing is a 1988 Polish drama directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski that starkly explores the morality of capital punishment through a brutal murder and its legal aftermath.
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E.
Little White Lies
Little White Lies is a 2010 French ensemble drama film written and directed by Guillaume Canet that follows a group of friends whose annual seaside holiday is strained by buried tensions and unspoken truths.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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film ⓘ independent film ⓘ neo-noir film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| budgetUSD | 6000 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Darren Wheeling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Christopher Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorialDebutOf | Christopher Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorUS | Zeitgeist Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gareth Heal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening |
San Francisco International Film Festival
NERFINISHED
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Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | 16 mm film ⓘ |
| filmingSchedule | weekends over about a year ⓘ |
| genre |
crime thriller
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neo-noir ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice |
nonlinear timeline
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voice-over narration ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
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identity ⓘ obsession ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Criterion Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | aspiring writer ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Julyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
nonlinear narrative structure
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very low budget production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An aspiring writer in London becomes entangled in crime after obsessively following strangers. ⓘ |
| producer | Emma Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Next Wave Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUK | 1998-11-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 69 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Christopher Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| stars |
Alex Haw
NERFINISHED
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Jeremy Theobald NERFINISHED ⓘ John Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Christopher Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: black-and-white neo-noir film "Following" Description of subject: "Following" is a 1998 low-budget British black-and-white neo-noir thriller written and directed by Christopher Nolan, following an aspiring writer who becomes entangled in crime after obsessively trailing strangers in London.
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