Soderbergh uses the device effectively. He even flashes back as far as 30 years, using footage from an old Terence Stamp film called Poor Cow to contrast the young Wilson of 1968 with the vengeful old man of today. The Limey was a perfectly good, energetic crime thriller with an engaging storytelling structure, but it didn't cause enough excitement to warrant a theatrical release. Then came Erin Brockovich, Traffic and Oscar. Terence Stamp being one of them.
Stamp says with a laugh.
The last time he saw the film was in Cannes about three years ago. About 50 people were expected to show, but 600 turned up. A friend of mine was in Los Angeles from New York, and he came to see it with me. It was one of those really momentous occasions where everybody was moved in a way they didn't have any previous concept of. They had nothing to compare it with.