Code Not all experiments work, and Time Code is a perfect example. The Loss of Sexual Innocence was a meandering, stream of consciousness semi-autobiographical movie, while Miss Julie was a period piece. Time Code claims to be the first movie shot simultaneously on four digital cameras, all in one take.
Events also move in real time, which means that approximately an hour and a half pass in the movie.
Although Figgis gets the writing credit, the credits at the end of the movie say that aside from a basic structure, much of the story was improvisation. And it shows. There are four main characters. Holly Hunter, Kyle MacLachlan, Julian Sands, Alessandro Nivola, and a number of other good actors are also in the film, but they only play marginal roles. The intriguing thing about Time Code is that four stories play on the screen, which he divided into quarters.