The irrational side of Alan attempts to stop him by creating delusions of Alice, extinguishing the lighthouse's light, and sending armies of Taken after him, but with Zane's help, Alan eventually reaches his goal, passing through the lighthouse to reach the cabin.
"She's really the only one who had the number," she says, and in the final months, when the illness created delusion and panic, there were frequent, frantic calls resulting in white-knuckle dashes, usually in rush-hour traffic.
And the master liar is catholic in his scope: nothing is beyond his ability to create illusion for all, and delusions for himself.
Take "Neighbors," which Ann Hornaday, a film critic for the Washington Post, cited in her much read column blasting the "sexist movie monoculture" that, she said, "inflated, if not created" the delusions of Elliot Rodger, the Isla Vista shooter.
I thought it would create some delusions.
The euro had created a delusion: banks had lent to Greece as if it were a student backed by wealthy parental guarantors.
Whether taking photos to become famous over social media, or just share your Starbucks purchase for the 'interest' of your followers, filters are creating a delusion in everyday life.
Defense lawyers said schizophrenia had been growing inside Holmes' mind for years and eventually overwhelmed him, creating a delusion that he could improve his self-worth by killing others and absorbing their value.
At first they were a survival technique, helping create the delusion that I was superhuman.
I am so happy to celebrate great works of art and this year there are plenty of examples, multi-layered, heartfelt, shattering, tragic, transformative and transcendent but the machine behind it all, the sickening amount of money spent to create this delusion, in this very real time of difficulty seems so misguided.
