The introduction of dialogue titles was far from being a trivial matter, for they entirely transformed the nature of film narrative.

Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars criticizing the story's film within a film narrative.

Ellipsis is a common procedure in film narrative, where movement and action unnecessary to the telling of a story will often be removed by editing.

The films of Yasujirō Ozu are well known for their unusual approach to film narrative.

Here she identified film 'narrative' with Freud's ego and spectacle with the sexual instincts of the id.

These stars were definitely enhanced by their brilliant outfits, which were important to the film narratives and supported their roles.

The work uses the illusion in film narrative to investigate the fleetingness and impossibility to grasp time and reality.

The LA Times called it a "bold, successful attempt at a film narrative in which images are everything and words are few."

It then moves forward into being a traditional film narrative.

Too often, children are pressed into film narratives as either emblems of joy or martyrdom.