Consider the Greek
tragedy framing device of Mighty Aphrodite, the trip to Hell in Deconstructing Harry or the musical sequences of Everyone Says I Love You (which features a brave Julia Roberts churning out a song in a voice only a mother could appreciate).
Not exact matches
One thing I decidedly did not like was the
framing device of Nick Carraway writing the story from a sanitarium, where he has gone to recuperate from the «morbid alcoholism» (I think those are the words we see on his diagnostic papers) brought on by the
tragedy to which he was witness.
Director Craig Gillespie and writer Steven Rogers rely on a
framing device of interviews with the older versions of the people at the heart of this uniquely American, often - farcical
tragedy, along with meta flashbacks and occasional fantastical interludes.