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Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
Metz.m

Everything is present in film: hence the obviousness of film, and hence also its opacity. The clarification of present by absent units occurs much less than in verbal language. The relationships in praesentia are so rich that they render the strict organization of in-absentia relationships superflous and difficult. A film is difficult to explain because it is easy to understand. The image impresses itself uponus, blocking everything that is not itself. (Metz, p. 69.)

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