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Allen Roughton
Can you think of any other movies or TV with Cutaways?

I'm trying to look at how successful scripts/movies/TV deal with cutaways. The most famous example would be the stylized cutaways in THE BIG SHORT, where we break away to learn about some finance topics. Can anybody think of other projects that utilize this technique?

David E. Gates

Family Guy.

Allen Roughton

Nick Perkins Yeah, seems like a lot more comedy than I was considering. Even The Big Short has strong comedy elements.

Bill Costantini

Gotta love Ian's explanation of the purpose of his cricket bat from This Is Spinal Tap.

P.S. - how do you make website links work in forum replies?...

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Chad Stroman

That reminds me. All of Christopher Guest's "mockumentary" style films have cutaways. Same with "The Office" tv show.

Mike W. Rogers

I am making a small movie with my phone and I found a photographer on Twitter who does some small videos wof what she is shooting before she shoots them. I have asked if she could lend me two or three...

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