Episode 114: Following (1998)

A revisit to Christopher Nolan’s first feature film, Following — a low-budget black-and-white thriller that already contains many of the ideas he would explore throughout his career.

I look at Nolan’s fascination with time, identity and perception, the film’s clever structure, the brilliant final reveal, and whether the early signs of one of modern cinema’s most discussed filmmakers were already there.

A short, inventive debut that shows the blueprint was already forming.