“Novelists (forgive me if you’re a novelist who disagrees with this) seem not to give much of a shit about story structure. On my shelves right now I see Rachel Cusk, David Mitchell, Mark Danielewski… Even more mainstream authors think little of introducing a character, then jumping back in time in the next chapter to fill in some relevant detail, then jumping sideways to bring in a new person etc etc. There’s no reason why a movie can’t do this (plenty of movies already do). There’s no reason why a movie HAS to start with the status quo, then introduce a complication, then have a debate, then cross some stupid threshold…”