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 > > [log in to unmask] > > 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 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ---- > > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found > at ScreenSite > > http://www.ScreenSite.org > > > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > Harper Cossar, PhD Visiting Instructor Georgia State University [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org