Sentence:  Peter Weir's "The Cars That Ate Paris" (1974), for example, begins with two brothers driving through the small town of Paris, Australia, only to suddenly encounter — via <WSD>flash cut</WSD> — a blinding white light in the road. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An fast cut, often as short as one frame, used to create a subliminal effect on the viewer.