Chasing Robert Barker

This is an amazing little film.

Caught it at the San Diego film festival and all I had in mind was, that's the kind of discovery that Film Festivals are for. Acting is superb and so is directing, photography, music.

It follows a paparazzi working in London, UK, and as the day goes on we learn more about him and what took him there, until things start to get complicated with the assignment he's on and with his boss, a corrupt gossip columnist.

We never really know where the script is taking us, and when it finally gets there and we know it's gone full circle, it's like: WOW.

I've read a comment here from someone saying basically he didn't understand the film. Well, I believe that's your problem, not the film's. Maybe you should watch it again, or look for something a bit more "simple".

Amazing performances and excellent direction.

Chasing Robert Barker is a film that deserves attention for its cinematic qualities. Especially the aesthetic care, often dirty and dark, to reflect the tension and narrative anguish.

The actor who plays the central character also deserves credit for revealing, without excesses, the suffering and moral conflict of the protagonist.

Script that deals with shrewd way the squalor of the paparazzi industry. Criticizes and condemns without using clichés and bad dualism and, most importantly, without ceasing to be an interesting story in itself.

It's just a miserable guy going around the city being miserable to miserable people.

His drug of choice is being a Paparazzi, I guess. Something is bothering him from the past, but we never really know what it is.

Anything that could be described as plot is only revealed through exposition about two thirds of the way through. And even when that is revealed, it does not make sense how the man who betrayed him actually betrayed him.

This movie is awful. I cannot think of one redeeming quality. The other reviewers who keep saying "good film" over and over, well, maybe they just watched a different movie than I did.

I agree wholeheartedly with the reviewer, "funnyfaceking" who reviewed this awful plotless film ; and, tactfully at the end of the review, stated: "Those who were raving about how wonderful the film was and complimenting various amazing yet subtle qualities about it, 'MUST HAVE WATCHED ANOTHER FILM. ´ " To me, an admirer of speaking the : TRUTH , though it may only be "MY TRUTH" and thoroughly SUBJECTIVE and RELATIVE , can frankly state that : THIS WAS A TOTALLY DARK FILM , literally , photographed in dark rooms and dark spaces, and ENTIRELY , PLOTLESS . . . The lying complimentary words of reviewers who found charm and well-thought through, originality and independence in the making and production, must have been heavily BRIBED to review like this. If drama , in 2015 is a reflection of society in our time, and in Texas, then, I pity those who live in the USA in our time ! It is the documentary unfolding of the life of a photographer, who is searching for his "subject" and THERE IS NO MORE PLOT THAN THAT! This is not a "full mystery thriller drama" by any definition!

This is a a good independent production with a very interesting plot.

The film reveals an unexplored drama of how gossip columns are produced as the main character (David) chases an actor seeking photos of his personal life.

The cinematography is noteworthy for its quality and good production, which is particularly relevant due to the crowd-funding campaign fulfilled to cover some of its costs. I believe that the quality end result is able to show the seriousness and commitment of the staff.

After all, the film kept me engaged and curious throughout most of its story.