Even if this had remained two films, as initially intended (and everything was essentially the same with massive chunks taken out), it's likely the story still wouldn't have worked without a streamline of the narrative and a clearer focus.
Former 2000AD writer Carey's script departs astutely from his 2014 novel of the same name, most notably in stripping out the "junkers" (gangs of rebel humans) in order to streamline the narrative.
STREAMLINE THE LIFE OUT OF THE NARRATIVE: The emotional core of "Nightwatch" isn't the rampaging necrophile.
On the surface, "The Immigrant" channels the nearly oppressive solidity and narrative streamlining of the Hollywood movies of the late nineteen-thirties — the tightly strung studio mechanisms that Orson Welles would soon gleefully unwind and re-tangle.
For the sake of streamlining the film, the characters of Pete and Joey were merged.
The main problem with the piece is that Mr. Tantalo has streamlined the novel's narrative to the point of draining it of moral complexity.
Which part of the "narrative"?
Still the streamlining of the ticketing process also has its drawbacks.
The documentary weaves off-screen interviews into a streamlined voice-over narrative, while the camera rarely strays from the racetrack.
Streamlining the conditions the I.M.F.
