Triple A Movie Review: The Truman Show (1998), Famous American Satirical Sci-fi Movie

Twenty years ago, Paramount made a highly forward-looking classic "The Truman Show" that the paramount had never imagined. After the film was released, it was nominated for the best director of the 71st Academy Awards. Innovative themes and imaginations have made its influence lasting and have been passed down to the present day. Paramount called "The Truman Show" be the most expensive art piece ever. But at the beginning of the script, the original intention of the screenwriter Andrew Nicole was to make it a sci-fi thriller, just like Nicole said: "I think everyone will question the authenticity of their lives, just as children always love to ask if they are adopted." But this idea was eventually rejected by the producers, Paramount thinks such a script is too dark. They want to make the film a light story or a happy comedy that focuses on the comedy. Therefore, Paramount finally decided to adopt a new script and use Kim Kerry as the starring artist.

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Even if the story told in the film is still in its place, it still has its irreplaceable practical significance. The film tells the first half of the protagonist Truman. Truman is a standard middle class. His living place is a beautiful island. He has a stable job, a good income, a gentle and beautiful wife and a harmonious life circle. Hiis Everything seems to be perfect. But unfortunately, Truman did not get it, because all of this is not true. The island where he lived for 30 years turned out to be just a giant studio, which is the largest studio in the world, since the day he was born. His daily life and trivial matters have been transmitted to the world's television via satellite, and broadcast 24 hours a day.

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In this world, except for him, everything else is just a prop or actor in the show, including his friends, his parents and his wife. Until one day, he found that something was wrong. He met his father who had been killed many years ago. At the same time, he even heard it on the serial broadcast. His every move was actually tracked by others. The inexplicable words of the wife, the inexplicable space behind the elevator, the inexplicable greetings, the inexplicable people, all of which made him suspicious. He began to doubt the authenticity of the world around him, so he tried his best to try and escape. Finally, He found the truth of the facts, and the last thing he faced was that he wanted to leave the forged world.

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At the beginning of the production, the producers carefully selected the shooting conditions and the layout of the scene was quite fine. Paramount originally wanted to build the residence of Truman in the studio, but it is conceivable that one has a complete small town scene, which is obviously unrealistic. Hence the producers have worked hard to find a suitable location. Paramount would not have expected that the highly criticized Truman show has become a commonplace that everyone is chasing and accustomed to. "The Truman Show" is a world of entertainment to death. We enjoy the voyeurism of real people. Celebrities enjoy the name and benefit brought by voyeurism. Therefore, this movie is put into the present. Twenty years ago, Truman wanted to go out of the illusory studio with all her strength, but nowadays, we are ashamed of peeping and being peeped.

Therefore, in such a modern society with anxiety and lack of spiritual support, what are the stars that are really peeping in the reality show? In fact, each of us is the Truman in the eyes of others. We voluntarily peep at every social platform. We voluntarily give up our privacy in the network of big data. Our information, photos, preferences, and even when we go out are accurately recorded in the cloud of smart businesses by your mobile phone or smart watch. It is not sensible to harass the phone immediately to provoke our anger because we know that we are in the times have changed. Every one of us, like Truman, feels anxious and prepared for the world, and has nothing to do with it.

Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/37165-the-truman-show?language=en-US
Critic: AAA
영화: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/37165-the-truman-show?language=ko-KR
별점: AAA