Saturday, February 2, 2013

POSTMODERNISM

Postmodernism is what could be considered breaking the fourth wall. It mainly involves literary features such as Irony and it Involves art to. Some other examples of Postmodernism is a topic about a topic. Stories with Postmodernism would make you think and question about it. There is no moral to it and it isn't original. Postmodernism could expose the similarities of two things and make them different from each other. Postmodernism breaks the fourth wall by making the characters or the narrator acknowledge the existence of the audience.

The movie Stranger Than Fiction is about an IRS agent named Harold crick. Harold is living his life through a speciffic routine thanks to his watch, but he starts to hear the voice of the person who is narrating the movie. We find out that the narrator is an author who's using Harold for her story and want to kill him. While waiting for the bus, the narrator said that Harold is going to die! Worried Harold goes to see a professor tells him that he may be in the middle of a story that is a tragity. While auditnig a girl named ana, he starts to fall in love with her. Harold tries to listen to the narrator and do in order to stop the story. But out of nowhere, a crane destroys a part of Harold's apartment. While his place is benig fixed, Harold stays with a co.worker. The next Harold is living his differently such as learning to play the guitar and seeing ana. When Harold tries to find the author Who just found out that Harold is a real person. Harold tries to get her to change the story but then changes his mind. The next mourning, harold goes to the bus stop and when a little boy falls off his bike, harold pushes him out of the way of the bus. getting hit in the process. But thanks to his watch he lives.

This movie is postmodern in a lot of ways. harold is hearing the narrators voice all through the film. This is basically a story about a story since the narrator is writing a story about him. At the end there really isn't moral to all this. The most important thng about this film  is the complete destruction of the fouth wall. Harold was hearing the voice of the narrator. That doesn't happen in movie a lot.

postmodernism could be something people can enjoy and laugh at. even though it doesn't make sence, it could be funny. Postmodernism, what can you do?