Loops, flashbacks and fractured narratives: why filmmakers love to play with time
Most film narratives move in one direction. A character wants something, obstacles appear, time passes, and eventually they – and we – arrive at an ending. This is narrative linearity, and it has been the default mode of cinematic storytelling for more than a century. Think of the classic 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, which follows Andy Dufresne, a man wrongly imprisoned, over several decades. The linear progression of time allows us to witness the gradual development of Dufresne’s plan to…
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united states: 37.090, -95.710
france: 46.230, 2.210
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