Following

Christopher Nolan is now an acclaimed film director, with massive successes such as Memento and The Prestige under his belt. But he began in 1999 with a low budget black and white movie called Following, which is short, sharp and compelling.

I found the premise fascinating. A young wannabe writer gets into the habit of following strangers just 'to see where they go'. He isn't really a stalker, just an eccentric loner, and really quite a decent person in many ways – but very naïve. His...