'The Clock' cast Cillian Murphy as “The Generic Man”—a haunting monologue on time, identity, and escape, shot guerrilla‑style in East London’s fancy‑dress shops and under-lit streets. Paul Hartnoll linked Murphy into the project after working with him on the Peaky Blinders score, alongside Flood and PJ Harvey. “I’ve always been interested in time,” Paul reflected at the time. “I’ve always had a thing for clocks, and for time as a powerful force – but also the way time oppresses you. It’s one of