Cashback

Cashback follows a gentleman, Ben, who is broken with by his girlfriend. The experience is so brutal Ben develops insomnia and is always awake. He is so busy trying to get his paintings noticed during the day he uses the time at night to read. But when money become short, he gets a night job at the grocery store. One nights so many things overwhelm Ben he is able to freeze time. He uses this time to disrobe girls and draw still life portraits of them. Once he is done he puts their clothes back on and begins time again. He quickly falls for his co-worker and she is able to break his cycle; he begins sleeping again.

There are many artistic shots used in this film. There is one shot where he is standing at the telephone then after hearing some unsettling news the camera moves from the side of his face to the front while the background changes from the hallway to what makes it look like Ben is falling down to his bed. There is also some usage of a fisheye lens which is unique. The audio is amazing and every time I watch it people get dead silent to ensure they don’t break the attention and cause time to start again.

The director put together an amazing film and it is now my favorite film. Many trippy scenes are incorporated with a unique use of such a rare superpower that is hard not to acknowledge the creativity of it. Also Ben and I both tend to see very artistic shapes and lighting from things we see, especially females, so it was easy to relate to him.