Barry,

I can't imagine a better example than Stranger than
Fiction (2006). The protagonist hears the
narrator/author's voice in his head and tries to
prevent his own eminent death by seeking out a
Literature professor to determine what kind of story
he's in (i.e., tragedy, fairy tale, etc.). Best,  
--- Norman Holland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Adaptation is spot on.
> 
> Best, Norm Holland
> 
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> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Barry Langford
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
> > I'm searching for examples of a rather specific
> kind of "metafictional"
> > movie:
> > where a fictional narrative which either has been,
> or is in the process of
> > being
> > created (written) by one of the characters
> features directly in the film,
> > i.e. as
> > an interpolated dramatised sequence, or sequences.
> I'm not after backstage
> > musicals or plays-within-films (e.g., Bullets Over
> Broadway, Shakespeare
> > In
> > Love) but fictions whose dramatisation occurs so
> to speak
> > extra-diegetically.
> >
> > I'd expect that the fiction-within-the-film would
> have some critical or
> > commentary relationship to the frame narrative.
> However, I'm not looking
> > for
> > literary pastiches where a given fictive mode is
> adopted wholesale in a
> > narrative ostensibly centring on a writer
> identified with that mode (e.g.
> > Hammett), but texts where the boundary between
> reality and fiction remains
> > clear if porous.
> >
> > The writer who obviously and consistently explores
> the kind of thing I'm
> > interested is Dennis Potter (The Singing
> Detective, Karaoke, etc.). The
> > "Happy
> > Endings" sequence in New York, New York offers
> another take on the
> > principle.
> > But I'm keen to accumulate further instances -
> suggestions gratefully
> > received.
> >
> > Thanks in advance, Barry
> >
> >
> > Dr Barry Langford
> > Senior Lecturer in Film & Television Studies
> > Royal Holloway, University of London
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> >
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Harper Cossar, PhD 
Visiting Instructor
Georgia State University
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