A good example of Duke's editing rhythm is his use of
staccato jump cuts, including what appear to be forward zooms broken up by skip framing, or eliminating every other frame — a rhythm that suggests a needle skipping across a record and that perfectly captures the panicky Los Angeles drug milieu the hero penetrates.
Using freeze frames, slow motion,
jump cuts, exotic camera movement,
staccato step - printing and more to make a triad murder ring out with visual (and aural) poetry.