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Truman Show ...Ah, now I get it
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The way I read the film, the fake landscape Truman lives in is our own media landscape in which news, politics, advertising and public affairs are increasingly made up of illusions. Like our media landscape, it is convincing in its realism, with lifelike simulations and story lines, from the high-tech sun that benevolently beams down on Truman to the pretend sincerity of the actor he mistakenly believes is his best friend. And it is seamless -- there are almost no flaws that give away the illusion -- at least until things start to go wrong.
Truman's fear of leaving this invented world, once he realizes it is a fraud, is similarly like our own reluctance to break our symbiotic relationship with media.
Love this film, so very clever, and it showed that Carey can actually act, as well as being able to pull very goofy faces...
Ludwig, I'll confess to being very startled to read your response. The last bit you wrote: 'a person and themselves' was precisely what I thought it was all about, but never figured anyone else would ever think that.
I won't expand on it here cos it'll probably come across as very dull!
Thanks for all your help peeps.
Loved 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' too! Maybe Carey can play straight!
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