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Continuing the theme of films shot with CCTV cameras (as our friends across the pond like to call them), Paul Oremland's film Surveillance explores what happens when instead of being caught in the act, you're tracked when it's over. The film, which was screened this week at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, follows what happens to a young teacher named Adam after he has a one night stand with a guy who just happened to be the secret love of a member of the British royal family. After his trick turns up dead, he turns to a journalist friend to figure out what happened and why he has the sinking feeling he's being watched. Said friend thinks she's on to a hot story, only she gets hushed because the honcho at her network happens to be the father of Mr. One Night Stand and would much rather have his son's past swept under the rug. Plots thicken, pulses quicken, another friend of Adam's turns up dead and someone is after Adam. It's all meta nail-biting after that, but surprisingly there isn't a Radiohead song anywhere to be found. According to the film, British residents are captured on CCTV about 300 times a day by some four million cameras (it doesn't say if they're the creepy screaming kind). The film Look postulates that 30 million U.S. cameras capture Americans 170 times per day. Anyone else starting to think veils might be the hot new look for summer?
