intercut
verb
in·ter·cut
ˌin-tər-ˈkət 
intercut; intercutting; intercuts
1
: to insert (a contrasting camera shot) into a take by cutting
2
: to insert a contrasting camera shot into (a take) by cutting
: to alternate contrasting camera shots by cutting
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This scene is intercut with a comparatively calm flashback to when Julia gave birth to Claire (the character played by Caitriona Balfe in the flagship series).
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
One of the most poignant choices is to intercut scratchy film of the train that in 1921 transported the Unknown Soldier to Rome in a coffin draped with patriotic banners and flowers, to be enshrined in the Altar of the Fatherland with an eternal flame at the Vittorio Emanuele II monument.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
An orchestra is layered over African drums, and shots of Congolese laborers stacking and rolling goods are intercut with shots of dances.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The film hits the streets, and Lee unfolds an absolutely sublime piece of New York City filmmaking, with a subway car full of Yankees fans chanting their anti-Boston sentiment, intercut with a Puerto Rican Day Parade performance by the Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
One of the most poignant choices is to intercut scratchy film of the train that in 1921 transported the Unknown Soldier to Rome in a coffin draped with patriotic banners and flowers, to be enshrined in the Altar of the Fatherland with an eternal flame at the Vittorio Emanuele II monument.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
An orchestra is layered over African drums, and shots of Congolese laborers stacking and rolling goods are intercut with shots of dances.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The film hits the streets, and Lee unfolds an absolutely sublime piece of New York City filmmaking, with a subway car full of Yankees fans chanting their anti-Boston sentiment, intercut with a Puerto Rican Day Parade performance by the Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Intercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercut. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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