Cinema critics tend to be sniffy about voiceover narration, the idea being that dialogue and images should be sufficient to tell the story. Im not so sure: some of my favourite films – Trainspotting, GoodFellas, A Clockwork Orange, to name three masterpieces – are all the better for it. In his screenwriting bible, Story, Robert McKee rules that if the voiceover is removed and the film still makes sense, it can be left in: narration as counterpoint is acceptable.

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