this movie is good because of the way it is done - one event cut up in pieces and then they slowly add up. It's similar to Memento and maybe some of Tarantino's work.
So I wonder, does anyone know any movies like that, cut up in pieces... not linear.
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You might want to check out some of Atom Egoyan's movies, he's used complex interweaving characters and narratives in most of his work. His films tend towards high-power drama rather than this sort of comedy thriller though. Ararat and Exotica are my personal favourites.
Also Out of Sight, (quite similar to Jackie Brown in tone, mainly because it's based on a book by the same guy, Elmore Leonard.)
And has anyone mentioned ID? The opening has a clever little sequence that introduces the different characters like this.
Vantage Point is the same, some random scene seen from the point of view of different characters.
shareWell, I don't know if the movie is done the same, but a book that does this non-linear thing brilliantly is Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey. It starts off from the eyes of one of the minor characters who is not very sympathetic, and then starts jumping around and you get all caught up in it, wondering what the hell is going on until the end where everything drops perfectly into place. The Movie was Never Give an Inch which had some other problems (miscasting for one), so I don't recommend that as much.
Rashomon comes to mind also. Everyone needs to see this movie!
e style & lack of linear plot reminded me of Pulp Fiction.
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