Film
See also: List of nonlinear narrative filmsDefining nonlinear structure in film is, at times, difficult. Films may use extensive flashbacks or flashforwards within a linear storyline, while nonlinear films often contain linear sequences. Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) — influenced structurally by The Power and the Glory (1933) — and Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950) use a non-chronological flashback narrative that is often labeled nonlinear.
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“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.”
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