Re: temporal cross-cutting [a trivial pursuit?]

From: "Henry Bacon" <[email protected]>

Toward the end of Visconti's Vaghe stelle dell' Orsa/ Sandra there is a
sequence where Sandra is preparing for the memorial occasion of her father.
This is cross-cut with her brother Gianni committing suicide - still hoping
that Sandra will come and save him. These may easily appear like two
simultaneous lines of events, but actually Gianni must have died during the
night while we Sandra in the morning. The temporal structure makes the
point that Sandra has abandoned Gianni seem very poignant.

Henry
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Henry Bacon
Elokuva- ja televisiotutkimuksen professori/
Professor of Film and Television Studies
Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki
FINLAND