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* DropTheHammer: Several characters are strong believers in the use of ordinary hardware hammers as weapons of self-defense, torture, or murder.
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''Following'' is a 1998 [[FilmNoir neo-noir]], directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan as his first feature-length film.
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''Following'' is a 1998 independent [[FilmNoir neo-noir]], neo-noir]] film, directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan as his first feature-length film.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: For at least two reasons, both related to the tiny budget:
** Black and white film was cheaper.
** Filming in black and white meant that Nolan didn't have to spend time and money matching the colour palette in different scenes.
** Black and white film was cheaper.
** Filming in black and white meant that Nolan didn't have to spend time and money matching the colour palette in different scenes.
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Not be confused with the television series ''Series/TheFollowing''.
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Not be confused with the television series ''Series/TheFollowing''.
''Series/TheFollowing'', or the 2016 horror film ''Film/ItFollows''.
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* PantyThief: Cobb steals a couple of pairs of panties from the Blonde's room. He acts like he's just messing with her head, but it's actually part of the frame-up.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Cobb putting rubber gloves on and wiping his prints from the glass that the Blonde gave to him, are signs that something very bad is going to happen, and it immediately does.
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* PreepmtiveDeclaration: Cobb admires the writer's suit and then says "Pity about the bloodstains on it." The Writer barely has time to blink at this before Cobb attacks him.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivered by the blonde to the writer.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivered by the blonde to the writer.
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* PreepmtiveDeclaration: PreemptiveDeclaration: Cobb admires the writer's suit and then says "Pity about the bloodstains on it." The Writer barely has time to blink at this before Cobb attacks him.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivered by the blonde to thewriter.writer, as she tells him that he's a loser who was easy to manipulate.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivered by the blonde to the
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* StalkerWithoutACrushStalkerWithoutACrush: The Writer just... follows people, for no particular reason.
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* PreepmtiveDeclaration: Cobb admires the writer's suit and then says "Pity about the bloodstains on it." The Writer barely has time to blink at this before Cobb attacks him.
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* InadvertentEntranceCue: Cobb tells the young man about the pleasure of breaking into apartments and entering the lives of "people you'll never meet." This is instantly followed by the sound of the person who lives in that apartment opening the door.
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* GentlemanThief
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* GentlemanThiefGentlemanThief: Cobb, who is cultured and refined and breaks into people's apartments just for kicks.
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* OneBookAuthor: Most of the cast were just friends of Nolan's who had day jobs. Cobb is actor Alex Haw's one and only film credit, though he gives a good performance. This is also Jeremy Theobald's only major screen role, though he worked with Nolan previously on the short film ''[[https://youtu.be/MCDl3sjNF0I Doodlebug]]''. He has a regular job in the field of health.
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* OneBookAuthor: Most of the cast were just friends of Nolan's who had day jobs. Cobb is actor Alex Haw's one and only film credit, though he gives a good performance. This is also Jeremy Theobald's only major screen role, though he worked with Nolan previously on the short film ''[[https://youtu.be/MCDl3sjNF0I Doodlebug]]''.Doodlebug]]'', and would return to [[TheCameo cameo]] in a [[Film/{{Tenet}} later film 22 years after this one]]. He has a regular job in the field of health.
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* OneBookAuthor: Most of the cast were just friends of Nolan's who had day jobs. Cobb is actor Alex Haw's one and only film credit, though he gives a good performance. This is also Jeremy Theobald's only major screen role, though he worked with Nolan previously on the short film ''[[https://youtu.be/MCDl3sjNF0I Doodlebug]]''. He has a regular job in the field of health.
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* StalkerWithACrush, as far as the Blonde is concerned.
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* StalkerWithACrush, as StalkerWithACrush: As far as the Blonde is concerned.
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* InterrogationFlashback: The bulk of the film is [[NoNameGiven the writer]] explaining his story to a police detective. It's soon revealed that he went to the police of his own accord. He made some very unsavory friends and got in over his head, so now he's coming clean before the situation can get any worse.
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* HouseSquatting: Features this as part of the big TwistEnding. The apartment that the burglar Cobb claims as his own, isn't—he's just squatting there while the real owner is on holiday. (When not at that apartment, he uses a condemned apartment complex, or stays at his girlfriend's place.) Not keeping any permanent residence of his own is just part of Cobb's long-term strategy to [[TheSpook leave no trace of his existence]].
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'''''Following''''' is a 1998 [[FilmNoir neo-noir]], Creator/ChristopherNolan's first feature-length film.
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Not be confused with the television series starring {{Kevin Bacon}}, ''Series/{{The Following}}''.
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Not be confused with the television series starring {{Kevin Bacon}}, ''Series/{{The Following}}''.
''Series/TheFollowing''.
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* OneBookAuthor: Most of the cast were just friends of Nolan's who had day jobs. Cobb is actor Alex Haw's one and only film credit, though he gives a good performance. This is also Jeremy Theobald's only major screen role. He has a regular job in the field of health.
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Dangerously Genre Savvy is being merged with Genre Savvy. Misuse and zero context examples will be cut.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A rather subtle one at the end, hearkening back to what started the whole thing. [[spoiler:After framing the Writer for the Blonde's murder, Cobb makes his escape through a crowd. He pauses to look around if he's been followed again, then disappears forever.]]
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* CriminalDoppelganger: TheReveal that Cobb [[spoiler:was deliberately grooming the Writer to be his fall guy for the police to arrest. He deliberately planted evidence to falsely implicate him and even surreptitiously convinced the Writer to start dressing like him]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A rather subtle one at the end, harkening back to what started the whole thing. [[spoiler:After framing the Writer for the Blonde's murder, Cobb makes his escape through a crowd. He pauses to look around if he's been followed again, then dissappears forever.]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A rather subtle one at the end, harkening back to what started the whole thing. [[spoiler:After framing the Writer for the Blonde's murder, Cobb makes his escape through a crowd. He pauses to look around if he's been followed again, then dissappears forever.]]
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* CriminalDoppelganger: TheReveal that Cobb [[spoiler:was [[spoiler:Cobb's plan was to turn the Writer into one for himself, deliberately grooming the Writer him to be his fall guy for the police to arrest. He deliberately planted evidence to falsely implicate him and even surreptitiously convinced the Writer to start dressing and acting like him]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A rather subtle one at the end,harkening hearkening back to what started the whole thing. [[spoiler:After framing the Writer for the Blonde's murder, Cobb makes his escape through a crowd. He pauses to look around if he's been followed again, then dissappears disappears forever.]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A rather subtle one at the end,
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* CriminalDoppelganger: The twist ending of ''Film/{{Following}}'' is TheReveal that [[spoiler:Cobb]] was deliberately grooming [[spoiler:"Bill"]] to be his fall guy for the police to arrest--aside from deliberately planting evidence to falsely implicate him, he even surreptitiously convinced [[spoiler:Bill]] to start dressing like him.
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* CriminalDoppelganger: The twist ending of ''Film/{{Following}}'' is TheReveal that [[spoiler:Cobb]] was Cobb [[spoiler:was deliberately grooming [[spoiler:"Bill"]] the Writer to be his fall guy for the police to arrest--aside from arrest. He deliberately planting planted evidence to falsely implicate him, he him and even surreptitiously convinced [[spoiler:Bill]] the Writer to start dressing like him.him]].
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* NoBudget: The budget was about $6000; Nolan said that, even for a low-budget shoot, the production was "extreme".
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* FallGuy: Ultimately, the plot boils down to a very elaborate scheme to set up a semi-innocent man to take the fall for a crime that has not yet been committed.
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* FallGuy: [[spoiler: Ultimately, the plot boils down to a very elaborate scheme to set up a semi-innocent man to take the fall for a crime that has not yet been committed.committed]].
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* TheSpook: Cobb. The police have no record of his existence, and he tricks his fall guy into dressing and looking just like him. The final shot of the film is Cobb stepping into a bustling street and completely disappearing.
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* TheSpook: Cobb. The police have no record of his existence, [[spoiler: and he tricks his fall guy into dressing and looking just like him. The final shot of the film is Cobb stepping into a bustling street and completely disappearing.]]
