real time = 'a point or period of time in actuality'; (also adj.)

[Dan Goncharoff]

Sorry, I am very confused. The distinction between the concepts of
"flashback" and "real time" goes back at least to the 70s, as in this
Village Voice article:

http://bit.ly/cg6Txo
The Village Voice - Nov 2, 1972

"Popularity is almost precluded by the dimensions of Rivette's work:
four and a half hours of reel time encompassing two weeks of real
time..."

Am I missing something?

DanG


On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> 1988 Nancy Anisfield in W. J. Searle, ed. _Search and Clear_ (Bowling Green,
> O.: Bowling Green U. P.) 58: [T]he charge...is enacted twice, once in real
> time (42 pages into the novel) and once in Paul Berlin's imagination.
> _Ibid._ 59: The novel is divided into real time...flashbacks...and
> imagination....[M]emory and imagination...are as important and powerful as
> "real time" thought.
>
> Not a surprise but kind of early. I think.
>
> JL
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