Jim Emerson's Scanners : Blog picked the starting scene of Brick, viewed above, as the first mentioned "Moments Out of Time," where they pick the best shots of the year. In this one, (seen above), gumshoe Brandon stares as his former dreamgirl's dead body as she lays in a ditch. The shot cuts back and forth, from her hand to the spread out shot of him looking at her, to his focused stare, then back to her hand. It cuts to the same hand putting a note into Brandon's locker two days ago. We then watch as the film starts from before the ditch, the audience aware to pay attention as we know what's going to happen in 20 minutes. 
Brick is not a popular, over the top movie with big names and a famous director. No Oscar went to it. (Article still under construction...)
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