The best moments of these fractured narratives of desire, eroticism and memory have a real, almost visceral charge, and are captivating.

In fact, this type of fractured narrative has turned out to be a hallmark of this year's thoughtful, independent-spirited films.

I'm not sure if this is the case for other people but I guess I wanted this phenomenon to be reflected in the somewhat fractured narrative.

The fractured narrative moves in fits and starts, employing a variety of storytelling devices that seem more borrowed than inspired.

So the sanitarium becomes your reference point, a linking device that holds the fractured narrative together.

Its fractured narrative is indeed almost circular, but that "almost" is very deliberate.

This fractured narrative lends a pleasingly "Rashomon"-like effect to all the jokes and stories.

In recounting these developments in a fractured, digression-filled narrative, Christopher emerges as a wonderfully vivid individual.

"Nonlinear" might seem clear enough: fractured narratives or no narratives at all.

The film is told in a fractured narrative that jumps through different time periods in the lead character's life.