Postmodernism era being the era that came after modernism, both have some similar characteristics. In films, both modern and postmodern films try to break the conventional method of story telling by altering time and space in the movies. However, unlike in modern movies whereby the audience has an idea of the time and space in the movie, in postmodern movies, they are often challenged to figure it out by themselves. A classic example is 12 monkeys, a movie which involves time travels, and Run Lola Run which shows the main character turning back time to solve her problems. In both movies, the audience is never given a clear idea of time and space throughout the movie. There are some other movies which emphasis on challenging the audience to focus and pay attention to the movie in order to figure out what exactly is going on in the movie, but there are also a few more casual movies that can be easily enjoyed which can be categorized as pastiche.
Pastiche movies often pay homage to other popular movies and create a twist out of those movies. In results of that, these movies offer rich intertextualities in them. Some examples are Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Scary Movie.
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