The phrase "occasional flashbacks" refers to sudden memories of past events or experiences that come and go from time to time.
Sentences with «occasional flashbacks»
Too much of the movie stays within the confines of the courtroom with occasional flashbacks to the crime in the later half of the movie. (paulstriptothemovies.com)
[It] offers only occasional flashbacks to the seedy glamour of the debut, instead settling on lightweight MOR clichés. (metacritic.com)
That this is all mixed with occasional flashbacks and scenes playing out in Pasolini's mind (we see the inner visuals that go with his storytelling) should be a recipe for disaster, but Ferrara somehow pulls it off.» (vodzilla.co)