follow be a little known 1998 british film and which be make with a budget of £8000 and have a running time of 70 minute . when watch it and you would never expect it director to go on to make it in hollywood and become one of the most acclaimed and celebrated director of the 21st century well and everybody have to start somewhere i suppose . the director of follow and a you probably already know be englishman christopher nolan and who directly after follow would go on to direct the critically acclaimed independent film memento while a few year later he would be hire by warner bros. to direct the new batman series and which far bring him acclaim and and so on and so forth . my point be and everybody have to start somewhere even if it not in the most astounding debut and christopher nolan introduce himself to the world in 1998 with follow . when watch it and i couldn not help but draw resemblance to another directorial debut and avant garde auteur david lynch eraserhead . follow be not a surrealist psychological horror film in that sense and but the similarity be noticeable while most notable and it shoot in grainy black and white and have an atmosphere about it that make it unique . it hard to describe in word and but it loosely resemble the smoky atmosphere you would find in the film noirs of old . hence and it can be say that follow be a contemporary film noir and or a neo noir . overall and it an amalgamation of that and a psychological thriller and and the story be most appropriate to these two genre . the main character be nameless and and the movie title stem from an early and obsessive compulsive trait he possess randomly pick out people on the street and follow them and sometimes even for hour on end . during one of these talk expedition and the main character becomes notice by one of the people he be follow and and be confront . turn out that the confronter be a man who be willing to befriend our narrator and and he introduce himself while his name be cobb and and he a petty burglar who invite the narrator to follow him on his burglary . from there and the main character becomes sweep up in cobb world and and he become embroil in crime and passion and violence a he get more and more intimate with cobb . follow be not so much a character study and but instead a film which follow the tumultuous relationship between these two main character and and the devastating ramification it have on our narrator . nolan succeed in make the film resemble a film noir and and emulate the respective atmosphere well . a a thriller and following be taut and atmospheric while however a a film in general and it somewhat of a disappointment . if not that and then one could definitely call it underwhelming . the entire film be shoot in a non chronological and non linear fashion and and it make the story and film experience unique and to some extent this style have be do so many time now it almost commonplace technique and the story itself be unique to some extent . however and follow be ultimately underwhelming for the entire film and and be disappointingly unspectacular . the story call for more more action and more suspense and more thrill but it become too embroil in it own storyline and and instead focus on create an intricate story . follow do succeed in do that and but without any other element it a film noir that doesn not quite work out while it get a sense of emptiness which isn not enormous and but still noticeable nonetheless . furthermore and the film shock revelation at the end almost a mandatory convention in film noirs be one that make u feel cheat while it unpredictable and come out of nowhere and but in relation to the story it disappointing and a it essentially make the precede scene and and the entire film and seem like an enormous waste of time . but the positive far outweigh the negative and and in the end follow turn out to be a flaw but satisfy film and yes and everybody have to start somewhere . christopher nolan do it with follow and and he do it in a fine manner . a quiet and meek but fine manner . it not the most astounding movie and and it isn not quite worthy of the accolade the director would go on to receive in the following decade and but it still a good film nonetheless . when single out follow and you find a well make and taut and atmospheric thriller and one which lack noticeable nuance or innovative style but still manage to grip audience nonetheless .