Conclusion

Character’s crisis in analysed films is controlled by the feeling of being underrated by the society, therefor we can conclude that the ego is a driven force of protagonist’s will to escape the reality. Denial of the socially established norms forces a rebellious behaviour. Illusion of self-control precisely defines the postmodern world in the script. As well as this, appropriate surreal themes providing a springboard to the question of moral and contemporary environments explored within the films.

Metaphysics and parapsychology is nothing more than questioning reality in a philosophical way which forces the audience to explore the ideas of self-notion within the society. Charlie Kaufman investigates the boundaries created by the society and questions religious establishments. He doesn’t provide the resolution but rather give an insight to characters’ head and contemporary environment.

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1 “Crime and Punishment is the book written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

2 Craig Schwartz, John Cusack’s character in the film “Being John Malkovich”.

3 Radion Raskolnikov is a main character in the book “Crime and Punishment”.

4 Michael is a main character in the film Anomalisa (2015)

5 Dr. Wakter Von Lucadou is a German psychologist and physicist.

6 Lance Acord, cinematographer of Being John Malkovich.

7 For the reality scenes, the film stock was underexposed to achieve textural, smoky look.