Stranger than Fiction Blog

[ihatetroyduffy]

As they say on movie websites, Spoiler Alert!

Having seen the film Stranger than Fiction before (and quite a few times, might I add), I have to say that I find very little difference in watching the film for entertainment and watching the film for class. To be fair, I've seen it enough to have taken the time to examine the themes and messages the

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[crystalleebell]

I had never watched Stranger Than Fiction before class. SInce then I have borrowed a copy from a friend and have finshed it. I liked it for entertainment the first time but really didn't pick up much the first time around for themes except for the obvious "tax man" etc. characters. It is a very interesting film. We'll see as I watch it again for a purpose.

[andrewy1]

Ive only watch the being of this film when it first came out but I didn't take much interest in it but now I really want to see the rest of it now.

[laxguru92]

Wow that's really looking deeply into a film! I bet the director and writer's of Stranger than Fiction (and Author if there's a book) would be happy that there are people out there understanding the deep meaning behind the film and it's other elements. I know I wouldn't have caught it haha.

[dr_angel_cann]

If you think about the fact that one of the functions of the Greek chorus is to provide the viewpoint of the "everyman," do you think Harold's co-workers (the guys from the Sonic ads) could be viewed as a form of chorus?

[ihatetroyduffy]

They could be if they were in more of the film. Also, for me to see them as being a form of chorus, they would have to be privy to more knowledge than they seem to have; they simply ask Harold a question dealing with multiplication of multiple-digit numbers, and they make ignorable comments when he returns to work to get Eiffel's phone number. They don't seem to offer much more than that. They could represent how the rest of the outside world (inside the film) views Harold, but we simply don't get enough of that for me to see them as a chorus.
At the same time, if you grouped them with some of the other minor (very minor) characters, including the foreign woman at the bus stop ("Harold, it's okay, it's Wednesday"), the psychiatrist (the Linda Hunt one), the man who wants to sit in Harold's seat on the bus, and the doctor at the end, as well as a few other characters, then perhaps I could see that as a bit of a chorus.

[rshofner1]

I didn't make it through the film the first time I tried to watch it. I enjoyed the story line after we watched it in class though.