By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore
The moment the phone rings in "88 Minutes" and Al Pacino is told he has the titular amount of time left to live, the film joins the small group of flicks set in real time — every minute that ticks by in the film is equal to a minute of the audience's time. "24" may have conditioned us to follow narratives as they unfold (and wonder if the characters will ever manage a bathroom break), the real time feature remains tricky and often gimmick-driven. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at some of the directors, from Hitchcock to Linklater, and some of the structures, from dinner parties to hostage situations, of films set in real time.
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[Photo: "88 Minutes," Columbia Pictures, 2008]
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