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Larceny (1996 film)

Larceny is an unreleased 1996 short film written, directed, and edited by Christopher Nolan. The film is a little over eight minutes long and involves an apartment burglary.

Plot

A man who pick-pockets people gets chased through the woods by the people he's trying to steal from.

Cast

  • Jeremy Theobald – The Man
  • Mark Deighton – Toby
  • Dave Savva – Wooly Hat

Production

Nolan shot the film over a weekend in black and white with limited equipment and a small cast and crew. It was funded by Nolan and shot with equipment, specifically with 16-millimeter cameras, from the film society of the students' union of University College London (UCL). The society describes the film as "one of the best (if not the best) shorts of filmsec recent generations".

Release

It was screened at the Cambridge Film Festival in 1996 but has not been made public since. David Julyan, who made the music for the film, said in 2024 that he had a VHS copy of it.

References

External links

  • Larceny at the UCL Film & TV Society