An ambient film can achieve coherence through non-linear consistency rather than fragmentation

Evidence

Content could be classified as an essay film, but it’s less essayistic than aphoristic. This isn’t to say that it’s disconnected or incoherent: Petit himself has called Content a ‘21st-century road movie, ambient’, and its reflections on ageing and parenthood, terrorism and new media are woven into a consistency that’s non-linear, but certainly not fragmentary. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 497

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes ‘non-linear consistency’ from fragmentariness as a formal principle worth applying to one’s own criticism.
• XREF: Connects to the hauntology/ambient theme running throughout Fisher’s other essays in this book. — connects to: Ambient TV minimizes plot and event to enable near-passive consumption — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 232

Broader Connections

• Ambient TV minimizes plot and event to enable near-passive consumption #qualifies (0.75) — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 232