Postmodernism is the last of the great literary trends and because it belongs to our time it is even more interesting. In their works, postmodernist writers use different postmodern techniques to break the illusion of reality and one possible truth. There are many theories about postmodernism, which is not to be confused with the postmodern age, an epoch. The collapse of great stories and the important role of language are typical of postmodernism. As well as in literature also in postmodern film story, in the old sense of the word, does not exist anymore. There are usually many interpretations of the story, often different ends are possible. Although intertextuality and metafiction are very common, these two are not necessarily postmodernism processes, but they can be considered postmodernist only when used to break the illusion of reality. Many theorists describe literature and film as two different media, but we should not forget that they have also common elements. A lot of literary texts, especially those popular among readers, were adapted into films. These films are based on literary works, but they do not necessarily completely copy them. Depending on how much the movie differs from the literary work, we talk about different types of adaption. The short story The Babysitter (1969) written by Robert Coover belongs to american metafiction and is highly postmodernist. It consists of fragments that interfere with each other so readers do not know what happened and what did or what is just the product of people%s erotic fantasies. There are also more ends, we can say that there are parallel worlds. The Babysitter (1995) made on the base of short story The Babysitter and directed by Guy Ferland is not postmodernist. It has a classical narrative structure, the story is clear and the end is only one. The film follows the literary text and it is very similar to it, but it also differs from the text too.
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