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Friday, July 24, 2015

[REVIEW] The Truman Show (1998)

Film poster. On the side of the building is a large screen, showing a man laying his head on a pillow, eyes closed and smiling. Digital text above and below the screen state "LIVE" and "DAY 10,909", with the film's title right below it. Text at the top of the image includes the sole starring credit and text at the bottom includes the film's tagline and credits.
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Can you imagine your whole life is recorded and broadcasted in worldwide? Unless you're The Kadarshians, you certainly will be very uncomfortable

Synopsis: Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), since birth, his life is recorded by a hidden camera and became reality show called The Truman Show. Truman did not know that his whole life just directed by a producer named Christof (Ed Harris). The whole life of Truman was set up until one day Truman begins to realize the strangeness in his life

Well, in fact today many examples of The Truman Show, one of them is Keeping Up with The Kadarshians. Love it or hate it, many people watched it around the world. Looks like today's reality show took the idea of ​​this film. Wait, why am I even discussing Kadarshian?

Okay, the idea itself is very unique. The concept of this story was originally based on an episode of the TV series, The Twilight Zone and the story is much darker than the film. My favorite scene is when `actors' The Truman Show to promote a product as a sponsor. They clearly promote the product into the camera without making Truman suspicious.

Jim Carrey as an actor and comedian insert many comedy elements and physical gesture that became his trademark. He was able to portray Truman who is innocent, naive and confused when he found shocking facts in his life. It proves that Jim Carrey is not only an usual comedian but also a great actor.

The film received many awards and was nominated at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe. Jim Carrey and Ed Harris got the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe.

My Rating
82%

Joel Gold, a psychiatrist discover new diseases called The Truman Show delusion in which is the sufferers believe that their lives like Truman, made television series





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