Great. Now do Memento.

MarcScott · on Aug 16, 2017

Or Primer.

zentiggr · on Aug 16, 2017

timestamp = now

while (true); if ( now - timestamp > rand() ) now = now - rand();

bonzini · on Aug 16, 2017

$ man tac

DeepRote · on Aug 16, 2017

    def memento(x=Float::INFINITY)
      memento(x-1)
    end

qbrass · on Aug 17, 2017

The events in color are reverse-order and take place after the shooting of Jimmy. The events in black-and-white are in-order and take place before the shooting.

The movie interleaves them so you have a post-shooting event then a pre-shooting event until you get to the end where the shooting happens then it leads to the exposition.

arethuza · on Aug 17, 2017

That sounds similar to the structure of the Culture novel "Use of Weapons":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Weapons

DeepRote · on Aug 17, 2017

I was going for just the overview