His MFA thesis film , '' Recon '' , a tech noir co-written and co-produced by Steven Cantor , stars Peter Gabriel , Elizabeth Peña and Charles Durning . Set in Los Angeles in 2007 , Gabriel plays a weary detective who in order to catch a serial killer uses a new experimental technology , Recon , which allows him to see the last living minutes of the killer 's victims through their eyes . Gabriel agreed to appear in the film after having been asked to by Cantor who had served with him on a media advisory board . Peña came on board because she wanted to work with Gabriel while Durning had the same agent as Peña . The film , made for a budget of $ 21,000 , was shot in 1994 but completion took until 1996 . It screened at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival , the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival , among others
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
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