My idea was that True Protagonist lived a normal life: sharing a house with his girlfriend Zoe Olsen. Tragically she died and this set off a case of extreme stress for the TP. He created a false world where Zoe was still alive and he was a contract killer.
The film was intentionally misinformed on real life aspects sun as how drugs are dealt and what a contract killer does: this is because all of the events are taking place inside the TP's head and therefore are based on solely his knowledge, which, as a normal person, was very little.
The 'Hidden' part of the post title was that the trigger point for the events and his Delusional Disorder (DD) would be hinted at throughout the film.
Examples I had were:
- The drugs Perry deals are called Respidoral: the drug used to treat DD
- A photograph of Vision and Zoe would be in the background: to hint at who the real person is and that Zoe was also real.
- A programme for the funeral of Zoe on a table.
There was a huge problem with the 'Zoe's dead' idea however: if her death triggered the events and the Grandiose type of DD then what is Sean's AKA the TP's goal in Grit?
He needs to feel like he has worth and/or power to fit with the Grandiose: so how does he accomplish that?
The idea of him being a contract killer worked in the sense that he gets power from it and Zoe's acceptance was in fact him controlling her actions as this is in his head but what is his goal?
I did intentionally make Grit without a goal because this was meant to be a 'day in the life' type of film where what we see is gradually altered and challenged.
I still feel this idea worked to an extent but the audience would probably struggle to understand.
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