Tale of Tales, like Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror, attempts to structure itself like a human memory. Memories are not recalled in neat chronological order; instead, they are recalled by the association of one thing with another, which means that any attempt to put memory on film cannot be told like a conventional narrative.
Tale of Tales, similar to Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror, aims to structure itself like human memory. Memories are not recalled in a linear fashion; instead, they are evoked through associations between different elements, which suggests that any attempt to film memory cannot be told as a conventional narrative.