Stranger Than Fiction

                             



                                                              Stranger Than Fiction


     The film Stranger Than Fiction staring Will Farrell hits on the concept of post modernism. You may ask well what is post modernism? Well, in a nutshell, post modernism is the idea that nothing now a days is original. Some examples of post modernism would be a comedy about a comedy or a western about a western. Post modernism can be humorous, scary, upsetting, dramatic, anything. The film Stranger Than Fiction contains a lot of mixed emotions, but really does hit on the idea of post moderism.

        In Stranger Than Fiction, A man named Harold Crek leads a life of consistency. From waking up in the morning, brushing his teeth, getting on the bus, going to work to the time he goes to bed at night, everything is the same, and Harold makes sure of it with his wrist watch. One day Harold's life takes an unusual turn something interferes with his everyday schedule... He begins to hear the narration of his actions by a British woman, who is unaware that Harold is a real person and is using him and his life as a character in her newest novel. As soon as Harold thinks things can't get any worse than this, the narrator mentions something about Harold's death. Obviously, he doesn't want to die, he seeks help in finding the narrator to save his life. Eventually, he does find his narrator and Harold's life is spared. 

         So how does Stranger Than Fiction hint on the idea of post modernism? Well, it basically tells its viewers a story about the story of Harold Crek. It is a story about a story. It hits on the fact that the idea of life is just a story told a million times is warn out, overplayed and unoriginal. That is give or take the main idea of post modernism, to prove that nothing is original anymore. That creativity is dead and those who work in the media are just feeding off of the ideas of another's work. Even with the post modernism ideas, overall, Stranger Than Fiction is an enjoyable film to have a good laugh and possibly shed a tear or two. The film contains both great actors/actresses as well as great ideas.