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A flashforward (also spelled flash-forward, and more formally known as prolepsis) is a scene that temporarily takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. [1] Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future. They ...
A flashback, more formally known as analepsis, is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story. [1] Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. [2]
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Nonlinear narrative is a storytelling technique in which the events are depicted, for example, out of chronological order, or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as ...
Pay It Forward: Mimi Leder: The main plot, involving Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment, moves forward in time; while in the subplot, investigative journalist Chandler tracks the altruism movement backward in time. Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors: Hong Sang-soo [93] [94] Amores perros: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Films on the list span a period of 80 years, starting with Sherlock Jr. (1924) directed by Buster Keaton, and finishing with Finding Nemo (2003) directed by Andrew Stanton. Of the 33 films in the list that were released before 1950, only 6 were produced outside Hollywood, and 13 of those 27 American films were directed by men born abroad: [4]
This short film is the first film adaptation of the short story "12:01 PM" by Richard A. Lupoff, which was published in 1973 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It originally aired on cable television as part of the Showtime 30-Minute Movie anthology series. It was nominated for an Academy Award. [10] 12:01: 1993
1776 (1972) – historical musical drama film depicting a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence [72]; Aguirre, the Wrath of God (German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972) – West German-Mexican-Peruvian epic historical drama film about Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who lead a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in South ...
For the First Time: (1959 & 2008) For a Good Time, Call... (2012) For Heaven's Sake: (1926, 1950 & 2008) For a Lost Soldier (1992) For the Love of Ada (1972) For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) For Love of the Game (1999) For Love or Money (1993) For Me and My Gal (1942) For No Good Reason (2012) For One Night (2006)