Harold, an IRS clerk, lived a bland and orderly life. He planned every moment of the day in perfect order, every second. The watch on his wrist was the ruler of his life plan. However, one day, a strange woman's voice suddenly came to Harold's ear. This voice could describe Harold's life in great detail, which made Harold extremely confused. What was even more terrifying was that the voice revealed According to the information, Harold will inevitably die soon. In order to save his own life, Harold must go everywhere to find answers to his questions. In the end, he was surprised to find that he turned out to be the protagonist of a British novelist's latest work, and the protagonist of each of the novelist's previous works would inevitably end in death...
This is an attractive story, with a Bright ideas, and then tell the story in place. After reading it, I felt that not only Harold, but also the female writer herself, as an almighty "God" who controls everything, also has her own pain.
She had been troubled by the fact that she couldn't find a creative way to kill Harold. After that, she finally found it, but she saw the real Harold who came to the door and fought for her own destiny. She painfully reflected on herself. In the past, in order to pursue the bizarre plot, she had brutally killed "eight people", and she was about to kill the ninth, she wanted to give up, but at this time, after reading the first draft of the novel, Harold Running to tell the female writer that she must die, this kind of story is a great work. The female writer typed hard on the keyboard in the pain, describing the scene of Harold's death...
Of course, the film comes at the end. It has a positive ending and returns to the main theme of exhorting the audience to cherish everything in front of them. Although it is a bit clichéd, but considering the good starting point of the choreographer and director being merciful and dedicated to goodness, we should not ask for anything more.
The screenwriter of this film is called Zackheim, who is a young descendant. The famous Charlie Kaufman is his idol. It is no wonder that from the idea to the feeling of this film, there is a taste of Charlie Pie everywhere. Of course, in today's lack of creativity in Hollywood, such references can also be very popular. Mark Foster, who had filmed "Dance of Death Row" and "Finding Neverland", happily took over the script. After reading the script, they didn't say a word, rolled up their sleeves and started work.
If you delve deeper, in fact, this film explores a question of reality and fiction. The name of the film, Stranger than Fiction, is taken from Mark Twain's words: "Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't). In short, it's what we often complain about: reality is more cruel than fiction.
Harold in the film is actually not a particularly failed person, but when he discovered his identity, he realized how pitiful he was, ignoring too many things worth cherishing and grasping, borrowing Zhou Xingxing. In one of his lines, he said, "I can't regret it until I lose it", so he began to fight hard, hoping that "God will give him another chance", and we all know that this kind of resistance is useless, and it is also correct. Because of this, the struggle is all the more poignant. However, is this art? Is this a tragedy? Wouldn't that be a little too cruel? Especially if the fictional protagonist also has his own emotions and wishes.
When watching this film, it is easy to think of "The Truman World", the innocent and painful feeling of being manipulated, which we will never forget for a long time. Fortunately, those are all movies, Truman won, opened the door, saluted, and walked into the real world in the applause of kind people; Harold also won, he woke up, kissed his girlfriend lightly , after the ideological struggle of the female writer, he escaped from a fictional life; however, what about us? There are many, many people living in reality. It is estimated that everyone is still striving to win, but who is the object of our struggle?
Of course, I firmly believe that the situation in the film will not happen to me. One day I suddenly realized that my life was being controlled by others. Every move, joy, sorrow, joy, frustration and joy all depended on the person who created me. This is absolutely impossible. The only person who can control my own life is me. I am responsible for my every move. I enjoy my emotions. I bear the pain and joy of life. It’s me, it’s me, it’s me.
Frankly, am I a fictional character after all? If you think about this question over and over again in your mind, I guarantee you will be confused, sometimes you think it's possible, and sometimes it's impossible, at least that's how I am. So if I am, I don't want to know the truth either, just let me live like this. On the one hand, I don't want to find myself so pitiful. On the other hand, from a positive point of view, I don't want to know the future. Come to think of it, it's not too much to ask for.
It is when there are thoughts that life has a taste, and it is more alive. Life, refuse spoilers!
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