Director Mike Figgis is a leading figure in the exploration of the avant-garde possibilities which digital technologies allow cinema. His latest experiment was entirely created (conception to final cut) by a collective of filmmakers within a single six day period. Its pivotal concern is the indistinction between reality and fiction, their mixed bag of final products intermingled with the production process as it was documented and mockumented. Any clear division between these components could be purposely/accidentally ambiguous/deceptive, as they each overlap and bleed into one another. Despite the respect that has to be handed to Figgis for breaking cinematic convention, and for taking responsibility for a project he has so little apparent control over, it's insufferably and unforgivably dull. Afterwards, the overwhelming feeling is frankly, "So what? Who cares?" It's a brave experiment but one that simply fails to engage. [Jack McFarlane]
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