Look (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Adam Rifkin |
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Barry Schuler Brad Wyman |
| Written by | Adam Rifkin |
| Starring | Rachel Vacca Sebastian Feldman Rhys Coiro Jennifer Fontaine Heather Hogan |
| Music by | BT |
| Cinematography | Scott Billups Ron Forsythe |
| Edited by | Martin Apelbaum |
| Distributed by | Captured Films |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Look is a 2007 American found footage film directed by Adam Rifkin. The film is composed entirely of material shot from the perspective of surveillance cameras; though shot using CineAlta movie cameras, all were placed in locations where actual surveillance cameras were mounted. The scenes are staged, though, with actors playing a given script. The film's score was provided by electronic music producer BT.
The film follows several intertwining narratives as the security cameras watch over the characters in several different areas: a gas station, a high school, a mall and an office building. The storylines progress over the course of one week and many of the characters end up interacting with each other in the course of their lives.
Tony, a manager at a housewares store at a local shopping mall, openly flirts and touches several of his female co-workers. He is seen having sex with one woman, Lydia, in the warehouse space of the store. A day later, Lydia eventually hears from Naomi that Tony has had sex with her as well. When confronted, Tony tries to twist the conversation around, citing Lydia's husband and three kids, and eventually reconciles with her through more sex. Other security camera footage shows Tony having sex with multiple female employees. A few days later, Tony attempts to seduce Courtney, a new employee who flatly refuses his advances and notifies him of a previous sexual harassment lawsuit that she had to settle with her previous employer. Courtney eventually tells Lydia, who had forwarded her about Tony, but Lydia pretends that she never had sex with Tony and claims that only idiots sleep with Tony.
Office worker Marty is a socially awkward geek who seems to be born of bad luck: an ATM eats his card, he is awkward with social interaction and he ends up being the target of several pranks at his credit card firm, ranging from spiked soft drinks and drawers filled with sour cream, to the wheels from his car removed. Over the course of the film, Marty becomes increasingly upset by the wide range of pranks pulled on him by his mean and ungrateful co-workers and eventually explodes his frustration onto the person who pranks him, but the co-worker remains unfazed.
Meanwhile, Ben is a lawyer and his wife Louise is a banker who install cameras into their house to look after their baby while they are at work. Their eight-year-old daughter Megan ends up being the target of a pedophile over the course of two days, when she and Louise shop for clothes, housewares and toys at the mall. The pedophile wears a blue-colored boonie hat to hide his face from all the security cameras around the mall. On the first day, Ben is present and ends up running into George, a fellow lawyer who works in the same courthouse and shares the same gym. Unbeknownst to his wife, Ben is involved in a romantic affair with George. The two later go to a restaurant, where George tells Ben that while he is still in love with Ben, he cannot share him and happily leaves him with his wife and family. On the second day, the pedophile in the blue boonie hat makes his move and approaches Megan in the mall food court while she is waiting for her mother to return with their meals, and claims that he is a friend of her mother's. He takes Megan away and out of the mall. Louise, unable to gain assistance from the surrounding diners in locating where her child went, contacts security. The pedophile is revealed at this point to be Marty, the nerdish office worker.
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