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Film Language Tag: flashback

A sequence that follows an image set in the present with an image set in the past. Corrigan and White, The Film Experience: An Introduction, 5^th ed.

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41 Film Clips

A Movie About Flowers, Adaptation.

Charlie meets up with Valerie to discuss adapting The Orchid Thief into a screenplay.

Adapting is Shameful, Adaptation.

Leroache and Susan talk about natural adaptation as they drive.

Antique Store, The Night Porter

Lucia visits an antique store and finds a pink negligee.

Closing Scene, The Great Beauty

As Santa Maria climbs the long staircase inside the Scala Sancta, Jep recalls a recurring memory from his past.

Closing Sequence, Don't Look Now

John follows the red-hooded figure while Laura races to catch up to him.

Closing Sequence, Minority Report

Burgess decide whether to spare Anderton or to kill him, with his freedom or his life’s work hanging in the balance.

Cobb's Flashback, Inception

Cobb flashes back to Mal's suicide.

Confessional, The Conformist

Marcello goes to confession in order to marry Giulia.

Confessione, Il Divo

Andreotti shares his thoughts on all the accusations and rumors.

Dancing For Max, The Night Porter

Klaus performs a ballet routine for Max.

Don Balosa, Amarcord

The town priest hears Titta's confession.

Flashback to Paris, Casablanca

Rick remembers his time with Ilsa and the arrival of the Nazis in Paris.

Francis and Jane, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Francis remembers the ordeals that Jane and he went through.

Honey, Its Late, Memento

Leonard wakes up in a room filled with his wife's belongings and has a flashback to her assault.

Killing the Rooster, Caché

In a dream, Georges recalls a violent episode involving a rooster at his childhood home.

Lucia Performs, The Night Porter

While imprisoned, Lucia performs a German song for the Nazi SS officers.

Max and Lucia Meet Again, The Night Porter

Max sees Lucia again while working as a porter at the Volksoper Hotel.

Nightmare, Vertigo

Johnny has a psychedelic nightmare about his experience with Madeline.

Obsession, Vertigo

Johnny transforms Judy into Madeline and begins to confirm her true identity.

Occlusion, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

A loss of function leads doctors to suture one of Bauby's eyes.

Opening Sequence, Pan's Labyrinth

Princess Moanna's backstory is revealed.

Opera Performance, The Night Porter

While at the opera, Lucia and Max remember the past.

Pilar's Story, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Pilar recalls a time when Pablo was different and they first fought the Nationalists.

Playback, The Conversation

Harry plays back the recordings of the couple.

Post Internet, Transcendence

Max Waters reminisces about his friends Will and Evelyn Caster in a post-internet world.

Pronto, Marriage Italian Style

While at work, Filumena receives a surprising phone call.

Registering Prisoners, The Night Porter

The Nazi SS officers register the new prisoners and take photos.

Richie's Suicide Attempt, The Royal Tenenbaums

Richie shaves his hair off and attempts to commit suicide.

She's Happy, Don't Look Now

Laura goes to help Wendy and Heather tells Laura that she saw Christine laughing and sitting with Laura and John.

T'Challa's Vision, Black Panther

T'Challa is met by his father in the Ancestral plane after taking the heart-shaped herb.

The Memory of an Attack, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Sam recounts to Guilia how he witnessed the attempted murder and tries to make sense of his flashbacks.

The Radio Station, The Conformist

Marcello visits his friend, Italo at the radio station.

The Removal of Majid , Caché

Young Majid is removed from the Laurent family estate.

The Ring, The Ring

We discover the truth behind the murder of the little girl.

Then I Sank into a Coma, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jean-Do recalls the events leading up to his stroke.

This is Life?, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Magazine editor Jean-Dominique (Jean-Do) Bauby awakes from a coma to find himself suffering from locked-in syndrome in a hospital in Berck-sur-Mer, France.