Instead, the movie bends the laws of reality to show the progress that its protagonist makes (Goscik et al. The movie represents a situation in which the veracity of the story does not matter. “Big Fish” is one of the movies in which a narrative and a character merge into a single entity, thus, creating a surreal environment to keep the audience invested. Although the narrative of “Big Fish” is tied intrinsically to the character arch of the two main protagonists and blurs the line between diegetic and non-diegetic elements, it still helps the narrative develop, thus, becoming inseparable from it. Nevertheless, the two concepts are connected inseparably in the movie. The fact that most of the narrative elements exist in an entirely different reality than the one in which the rest of the movie takes place makes the distinction between the narrative and narration in “Big Fish” even more evident. “Big Fish” is particularly interesting in this regard since it is intertwined with the identity of the main character. Therefore, novels such as “Big Fish” by Daniel Wallace tend to pose a challenge to movie directors, not because of the lack of interesting visuals, but due to the unique purpose that narration serves in the story. A film is a visual medium, which makes an adaptation of a vignette of stories rather difficult to implement.
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