 Two interesting camera techniques are used in the film. In the scene  where Benjamin is running, he is shown at some distance running  straight at the camera, an effect which makes him look as if he  getting nowhere as hes running. (This technique is accomplished  with a very long telephoto lens, which foreshortens distances in  relation to the camera.) In another scene, Benjamin is walking from  the right side of the screen to the left, while everyone else in the  scene is moving from left to right. In western culture, things that  move left to right seem natural (think of the direction you read  words on a page), those that move right to left seem to be going the  wrong way. These two visual techniques echo the themes of the film,  Benjamin is going the wrong way, and getting nowhere in life.