An Analysis of Postmodern Narrative Film Technique in Annie Hall

Siqi Lin; Xinwen Zhang

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An Analysis of Postmodern Narrative Film Technique in Annie Hall

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Siqi Lin¹^{, †}, Xinwen Zhang²^{, *}^{, †}

¹College of art, Xi ‘an International Studies University, Shaanxi, 710128, China

²College of Humanities, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, 225009, China

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Those authors contributed equally

^*Corresponding author. Email: 192303137@stu.yzu.edu.cn

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Xinwen Zhang

Available Online 14 July 2022.

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Keywords: Annie Hall; Postmodernism; narrative strategy; Montage; breaking the fourth wall
Abstract: The narrative techniques of postmodern cinema are characterized by playfulness and fragmentation. Woody Allen lends a special quality to Annie Hall through the subtle settings of the film’s narrative techniques. Building on the explanation of montage in Pudovkin’s Film Directors and Film Materials and the concept of the “fourth wall”[1] proposed by Denis Diderot, this essay analyses postmodern film narrative techniques in Annie Hall from two perspectives: the multi-temporal narrative and the intermittent narrative of breaking the fourth wall. Drawing on rich post-modern narrative techniques, the film reflects the perception on life, love and age, presenting a complex and fractured understandings of city life in contemporary society.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange（ICLACE 2022)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 14 July 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6239-592-3
ISSN: 2352-5398
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