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12 great vignette films - Magical Realist - Apr 3, 2025
"Vignette storytelling in cinema is a distinctive method for presenting multiple, interconnected narratives within a single movie.
This approach crafts a mosaic of separate stories that are linked by a common theme, offering a variety of perspectives.
It creates a complex world filled with an array of characters and experiences."
Here's my list of IMO very good and artfully-made vignette films:
1) "13 Conversations About One Thing"
2) "Pulp Fiction"
3) "Magnolia"
4) "Shortcuts"
5) "Crash"
6) "Grand Canyon"
7) "Cloud Atlas"
8) "Night On Earth"
9) "11:14"
10) "Amore Perros"
11) "Babel"
12) "21 Grams"
All these films involve multiple initially distinct story lines all woven together over time into one overriding narrative. I enjoy this style of movie making. There is a sort of spiritual or karmic sense of life choices, chance meetings, unlucky mishaps, and quirky little coincidences all coming together across different lives in meaningful and hope-giving ways.