There are movies that intentionally break the montage and show narratives entirely stripped of its illusory power. A famous example is “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai

There are movies that intentionally break the montage and show narratives entirely stripped of its illusory power. A famous example is “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” by Chantal Akerman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Dielman,_23_quai_du_Commerce,_1080_Bruxelles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Dielman,_23_quai_du_Com... It was recently chosen as the greatest film of all time by the legendary Sight and Sound magazine, who conduct this poll among critics and other professionals since 1952. (“Citizen Kane” is still hanging on to third place after all these years.) But cinematic fiction without its familiar causal trappings is a hard watch for most people, especially as attention spans get shorter and shorter in the age of TikTok. I don’t suppose “Jeanne Dielman” will suddenly be discovered by regular viewers.