Just watched this movie and felt that there was something worth writing about. Stranger Than Fiction literally means: "More absurd than a novel." This is precisely the inspiration for the film's story. Mark Twain once said: " Reality is more absurd than fiction, because fiction operates under a certain logic, while reality sometimes has no logic at all.”
In the film, the life of the protagonist Harold is more absurd and bizarre than the novel. The novel is fiction after all, but can you imagine the result of the intersection of the novel and the reality? In the modern society of the 21st century, people gradually lose their naturalness , have transitioned to mechanized and numb urbanites. Harold is such a victim, as a tax auditor, his daily work is inseparable from auditing and tax collection. Get up on time. Brush your teeth on time , get on the bus on time, everything is so on time. But lately he has always felt a woman's voice in his ear, like a narration of various fragments of people's lives. On the other hand, the tragic writer Emma is After completing her own work, she did not know that the protagonist of the story lived in reality, and his experience also coincided with her novel.
Life is like a play, more absurd than a novel. Everyone is the protagonist. When Harold knew that he was about to die, he resolutely pursued what he had always wanted (learned to play the guitar, fell in love), And you can't escape from life, in his own eyes he felt that the days before his death were worth it, because he was able to bravely escape the numbness and pursue nature. Pure life. As for the end of the film, Harold Survived, perhaps this is the most acceptable ending for the audience!
As an absurd comedy film, it not only gives the audience a joke, but also a moral fable—a wake-up call for most urbanites in the numbness and calmness.
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