[neverending]

There is no definitive answer. Your quest is defeated. Some prefer to escape, some prefer to engage.

No film is realistic, though, despite how naturalistic it may appear. Film telescopes time or condenses it, through editing and shot selection. A characters gets in a car and drives away from the house. Cut to the next shot and they're pulling up to the office. Or, as in the climax of The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, we see an instant played out in all three men's faces.

Film is magic, but it's not real.