In terms of editing and sound, Peter Watkins' film is an incredibly poetic and lyrical take in the life of Edvard Munch. The past, present, and future blend together in the narrative, sounds carry from time to another. In the example above, a group of artists have a discussion about Munch and laugh about his Puritan up bringing. Then it cuts to a shot of Munch in his room crying. Interwoven in the the sequence is also of scenes of Munch's mother's death, with the sounds of Munch's sobs and the laughter of the artists carried through out. Even though these events are totally unrelated in a linear understanding of time (the first is from the present, the second we later learn is from the future, and the third is of the past) the decision to edit this way adds another layer of meaning to the moment at hand, of endless torment and sorrow.
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