Stranger than Fiction

Postmodernism can be defined as a sense of irony where what we expect to happen is played around with. It doesn't provide a "moral" to the story and sometimes there is no point at all. In a way, it's taking a work of art, no matter the type, and unveiling how it is put together in a mocking sort of way. 

The movie, Stranger than Fiction,  could be seen as both a movie about movies and also a story on story telling. As a movie, postmodernism plays in as a way to mock those movies who all have a character who needs some type of change in their life. Harold Crick, our main character, is an IRS agent whose life is run by his watch, numbers, and who follows the same routine everyday. He than meets Ana who is the complete opposite of him. After meeting Ana and finding out about his untimely death that is to come, he himself begins to change. For example, he begins to play guitar and develops a relationship with someone who he knows he shouldn't be with. He's attempting to change his life so that in a way it could change his death from happening.

 It can also be seen as a movie about story telling because it follows the same guideline as a story, even though they could also be found in movies. As a story, qualities of postmodernism that could be found is the narrators voice and Harold Crick's watch that is symbolic of his life. In general, Harold Crick more of a character in a book rather than a real person. The author who is writing the book, Karen Eiffel, tells him what to do, how to do it, what to feel and why. After Crick learns about his death, is when our plot comes into play. In this story, the main symbol is his watch; telling him when to wake up, to go to sleep, catch the bus, and etc. In the end, the climax becomes how he will die. Nothing about how he will is revealed to us but only that he will. 

The twist in the movie is that we don't know whether to think of Crick as a character or real person and what the other characters might be as well. Could the author, Karen, have written herself into the book? Or do their two worlds collide once Harold learns of his death and attempts to stop it? By the end of the movie, Karen and Harold are on the same page as to how the story will end while the audience stands by, clueless.