Nonlinear narration

The nonlinear narration is the narrative process used by an author when he reports events without respecting their chronology. Strictly speaking , as from the moment when a work proposes a flashback, one can speak about nonlinear narration. In the facts, the term is rather reserved for works whose Chronologie of the intrigue is upset in a preoccupation of sophistication or an effectiveness.

Required effects

To create a play for the spectator who must reform the puzzle
Simuler an interaction by connecting nonchronological elements in relation
Traduire the mental state of the hero
Traduire the non-linearity of the destiny
Démontrer the plurality or the subjectivity from the points of view of
Montrer the interaction between several stories, several courses, several characters
Diluer time
Créer a suspense

Films

Among films and televised series having recourse to the nonlinear narration, one can quote:

1928 : a Andalusian dog , film of Shine Bunuel
1986: Frida, naturaleza viva , film of Paul Leduc
1994: Pulp Fiction , film of Quentin Tarantino
1997: Lost Highway , film of David Lynch
1999: Magniolia , film of Paul Thomas Anderson
2000: Loves bitch ( Amores perros ), film of Alejandro González Iñárritu
2000: Memorandum , film of Christopher Nolan
2000: Peppermint Candy , film of Chang-dong Lee
2000: Snatch , film of Guy Ritchie
2001: Mulholland Drive , film of David Lynch
2002: Irreversible , film of Gaspar Noé
2002 - 2003: Boomtown , televised series
2003: Elephant , film of Gus Van Sant
2003 - 2004: Kill Bill , films of Quentin Tarantino
2004: 21 grams ( 21 grams ), film of Alejandro González Iñárritu
2004: 5×2 , film of François Ozon
2004: Eternal Sunshine off the Spotless Mind , film of Michel Gondry
2006: Babel , film of Alejandro González Iñárritu
2007: Paranoid Park , film of Gus Van Sant

Realizers

the realizer Steven Soderbergh frequently uses a nonlinear narration ( Horsdeatteinte , the English , Schizopolis , frontal Full , Solaris …).
Quentin Tarantino also uses this process in the majority of its films ( Reservoir Dogs , Pulp Fiction , Jackie Brown , Kill Bill ).
Alejandro González Iñárritu used a nonlinear structure in Amours bitch , 21 grams and Babel .
Since its first film Eraserhead, David Lynch was made a speciality of the films déconstruits ( Sailor and Lula , Lost Highway , Mulholland Drive , Inland worsens )

Quotations

Mike Figgis: “It seems more interesting to me to establish connections between images and events by basing me on non-linear principles, rather than while following pre-formatted intrigues. Jean-Luc Godard and Luis Bunuel had a colossal influence; they are the two uncontested Masters of the kind déconstruit”

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