 Based on the classic Jorge Luis Borges short story  Death and The Compass , this was a graduation film made at the National Film School in 1975 by Paul Miller, who later went on to found Paul Miller Post Production in London. The film sat on a shelf until 2000 when Dave Bridges, the lighting cameraman, mentioned it to Alex Cox . Spiderweb was then included as an extra on the 2001 DVD release with Alex Cox s version of the same story starring Peter Boyle. Subsequently it has been reviewed favorably with requests for it to be listed on IMDB.