Following (1998)'s activity

It may be Christopher Nolan's first (and cheapest) film, but Following has many of the hallmarks of what would become part of his style. It's told achronologically (though a little clumsily at times), with several time frames competing to reveal just what's really going on (with one more twist than one expects). It's got an intriguing premise and explores morality, with an habitual follower of random strangers getting more than he bargained for when one of his "victims" decides to confront him and use his voyeurism to rope him into his own voyeuristic burglaries. The key speech about taking something away to show the victim what they've lost so they can better appreciate it is interesting, but it's fuzzy as to whether it really comes full circle. So Following doesn't QUITE work on its own terms, but Nolan is already playing with heady concepts and packaging them for a mainstream audience. Worth a look beyond your native curiosity.