While audiences are familiar with the conventional, linear presentation of time in which they see a story unfold from beginning to end, filmmakers can challenge these conventions through restructuring the order of time. Michael Gondry uses a non-conventional structuring of time in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) by mixing present time with memories, flashbacks and dreams throughout the narrative. The unconventional time structure of the film develops the theme of confusion and loss, which is part of the story of two lovers who have their memories of one another erased. (Heinemann Media ed.2)
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Rocky (Avildsen, 1976)
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Up (Docter & Peterson, 2009)
This is a beautiful montage which occurs not long after the opening sequence in the animated film Up. |
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The Big Bang Theory (Cendrowski, 2009)
The Pirate Solution, Season 3, Episode 4 Here is a montage to make you laugh! |