Amoeba Music

Before he became a sensation with the twisty revenge story Memento, Christopher Nolan fashioned this low-budget, 16 mm black-and-white neonoir with comparable precision and cunning. Providing irrefutable evidence of Nolan’s directorial bravura, Following is the fragmented tale of an unemployed young writer who trails strangers through London, hoping that they will provide inspiration for his first novel. He gets more than he bargained for when one of his unwitting subjects leads him down a dark criminal path. With gritty aesthetics and a made-on-the-fly vibe (many shots were simply stolen on the streets, unbeknownst to passersby), Following is a mind- bending psychological journey that shows the remarkable beginnings of one of today’s most acclaimed filmmakers.

Special Features:

• Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Christopher Nolan, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• New 5.1 surround sound mix by sound editor Gary Rizzo, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
• Audio commentary by Nolan
• New interview with Nolan
• Chronological rendering of the story
• Side-by-side comparison of three scenes in the film with the shooting script Doodlebug (1997), a three-minute film by Nolan, starring Jeremy Theobald
• Trailers
• A booklet featuring an essay by film critic and programmer Scott Foundas