We see it both ways in parallel.
Sliding doors 1998 film.
Sliding doors is not without its problems but on the whole it s an entertaining what if film about destiny.
If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
The plot of lord dunsany s if also hinges on a future determin ed by catching or missing a train.
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Sliding doors uses parallel time lines to explore the different paths that a woman s life might take after she does and doesn t find her lover in bed with another woman.
Sliding doors was shown at the 1998 s undance film festival.
Directed by peter howitt.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
The acting is good and it is nice to reminiscence over the uk back in 1998 and to.
Is either time line interesting in itself.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
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Sliding doors is a 1998 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by peter howitt and starring gwyneth paltrow and john hannah while also featuring john lynch jeanne tripplehorn and virginia mckenna the film alternates between two storylines showing two paths the central character s life could take depending on whether or not she catches a train.
We see it both ways in parallel.
As the sliding doors close while she stands on a subway platfo rm in the lond on underground helen ponders the events in her alternate reality.
Sliding doors 1998 plot.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.