Linear (film)

Linear is a 2009 film directed by Anton Corbijn. The film includes music from U2s 2009 studio album, No Line on the Horizon, and was included on both digital and DVD formats with several editions of the album.

The plot is based on the characters Bono created for the album No Line on the Horizon, with the story revolving around a Parisian motorcycle cop who has become disillusioned with his life, as well as the conflict between immigrants and the police in the city, causing him to leave and see his girlfriend in Tripoli. The film features a mix of blackandwhite and colour filming, and runs for 5820. Linear was completed in time for the albums original November 2008 release date, but as the band continued to work into December the film became out of sequence with the album.of thesongs in the film were edited as a solution, and the original running order was kept intact. The film features Sad Taghmaoui as the cop, Lizzie Brocher as the waitress, Marta Barrio as the lone dancer, and Francisco Javier Malia Vazquez as the barman.The film opens with a scene of Paris as night falls, before moving on to a journey through the city streets Unknown Caller. At the end of the trip through Paris, a motorcycle cop Taghmaoui sits on his policeissued motorcycle, staring at some graffiti on a wall which reads Fuck the Police in French. Kicking his bike over, he pours gasoline on it, sets it alight, and watches it burn Breathe. As dawn breaks, he gets on his own motorcycle and begins his journey through the French countryside before crossing into Spain, aiming to see his girlfriend in Tripoli Winter. Pulling off for a break partway through the journey, the cop lies on his back and watches a cloud form the image of the African continent before falling asleep White as Snow. Waking up, he resumes his journey across Spain No Line on the Horizon. ........

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