Image from Timecode Mike Figgis Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stallan
Skarsgard, Salma Hayek, Saffron Burrows, Holly Hunter, Kyle
MacLachlan  TIME CODE is an exciting, innovative new film
project from acclaimed director Mike Figgis that breaks all the
rules. Part of Figgis' daring evolution towards the ultimate in
minimalist film production, the film was shot in one day
entirely with hand-held digital video cameras in sequence, in
real time with no editing. The plot-a black comedy thriller set
against Los Angeles lifestyles-literally unfolded before the
cameras as the actors each forged an improvised trajectory for
their characters based on the central elements of an affair, a
murder and an ensuing Hollywood mystery. Four main characters
are at the center of the plot: Stellan Skarsgerd is a motion
picture executive; Saffron Burrows is his wife; Salma Hayek is
an aspiring actress in the midst of an affair; and Jeanne
Tripplehorn is a woman whose actions will alter all their fates.
Mystery, comedy, intimate drama-these a