Two days ago , I watched the film "Stranger Than Fiction" as part of the Narrative Design and Story Creation class . The film was a tragi-comedy about a man named Harold Crick .
At the beginning , Harold was portrayed as an extremely boring man who worked for the Internal Revenue Service . Later , he learned through the narration of his "imminent death" at the hands of an author , Karen Eiffel who is somehow controlling his life with everything she writes .
The book she is trying to complete , "Death And Taxes" will eventually end in Harold's death . After realising that he has little time left to live , Harold finally had the courage to pursue the dream he has had since childhood : learning how to play the guitar .
Apart from learning how to play the guitar , he also confessed to one of the clients he was auditing , Ms Pascal . Harold was determined to live his life to the fullest , knowing he will be dying soon . In the end , he wasn't killed off by Karen after all , after she decided not to after learning of the impact of her pen had on other people's lives .
Oftentimes , we would try to refrain from doing certain things , even if they are things we would dearly like to do , for fear of other people's opinions or prejudice . Due to this , we would often have deep regrets in the end that would haunt us for the rest of our lives .
After watching this film , I realised that we should just be ourselves .( Even though that is not really the main theme of the film. ) On a more practical level , the film also gave me an idea on how to design the 3d cube that is supposed to represent myself . In fact , I now have a very detailed idea on how to create it .
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