Etymology

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Today it means: A multilinear form of cinema involving interwoven storylines, plot twists, and flashback and flashforward sequences. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by author Alissa Quart in her 2005 review of the film Happy Endings.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.