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  "id": 14363260,
  "title": "Loops, flashbacks and fractured narratives: why filmmakers love to play with time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/loops-flashbacks-and-fractured-narratives-why-filmmakers-love-to-play",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-14T02:56:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
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    "url": "https://theconversation.com/loops-flashbacks-and-fractured-narratives-why-filmmakers-love-to-play-with-time-291671"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cinema, almost from its infancy, has been drawn to telling stories out of sequence – and forcing audiences to reassemble what they have just seen.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}