Glossary: Flashback / forward

Plot shows past events and then returns to present (flashback); plot shows future events and then returns to present (flashforward).

 

From L.A. Confidential

Frame 1: Bud remembers his previous meeting with Susan Lefferts (flashback)

 

From Schindler's List

Frame 1: Schindler asks Stern to bring the Pearlmans over
Frame 2: In the labor camp, the Pearlmans are called (flashforward)
Frame 3: Schindler gives Stern his watch to pay for the Pearlmans (return to present)

 

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