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DUNKIRK [2017]: WHY THE NON-LINEAR NARRATIVE DIDN’T WORK

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[THIS IS NOT A REVIEW OF DUNKIRK BUT MY THOUGHTS ON THE NARRATIVE APPROACH OF THE FILM. AS A REVIEW OF THE FILM, I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THAT I RECOMMEND WATCHING THE FILM.] Christopher Nolan is one of the more popular contemporary directors in the world. One might even go as far as to say that he is a star, a moniker often associated with actors. Even though this fame of his is much due to the Batman Trilogy and Inception (a bit of assumption here, from observation), it was his debut feature that made me admire the craft of Nolan. ‘Following’ was one of the finest low-budget films. Right from ‘Following’ and later vividly in ‘Memento’, what became apparent is that Nolan has a certain affinity for nonlinear narrative. This affinity is reflected in his later works such as ‘Prestige’ and ‘Inception’ too.  So, it is not extremely surprising to see this approach in his latest feature ‘Dunkirk’ based on the Dunkirk evacuation during World War II. The film is shown from three perspecti