"Fantasy Life", tragedy and tragedy and comedy

Sydney 2022-01-25 08:05:58

When the protagonist of the movie "Fantasy Life" discovers that he is the protagonist of a novel, his most important question is whether this novel is a tragedy or a comedy? This will determine his life and death. What I care about is whether this movie is a tragedy or a comedy, which will determine the value of this movie. Novels are tragedies, movies are tragedies, and vice versa.
A true writer's writing must unconditionally obey his own writing, that is to say, writing cannot be influenced by other than writing. When your writing must let the protagonist die, this is normal, but if the protagonist appears in reality and ask you not to kill him, in the face of the true life and the value of writing, what choice should the writer make? So how should this movie be handled?
Dustin Hoffman said in the film, I am sorry, but this is the nature of all tragedies. The protagonist dies and the story remains.
But in the end this movie had to choose goodwill. The writer of the novel has given up the value of the novel, and the movie has given up the complete tragedy.
This became another tragedy. Especially for someone who is both a novelist and a movie writer, such as me.
Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson performed very well in this film.


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  • Penny Escher: And I suppose you smoked all these cigarettes?

    Kay Eiffel: No, they came pre-smoked.

    Penny Escher: Yeah, they said you were funny.

  • Kay Eiffel: [narrating] Why was Harold talking to this man? This man was an idiot.