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The Truman Show is an incredibly disturbing move.
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| RJT |
For some reason I remember it being marketed as one of the first "drama" movies Jim Carey was in, and not the absolutely terrifying and ed up movie it actually is.
They raise a baby from birth in a giant bubble and orchestrate his life in such a way that every single person involved in his life is lying to him 100% of the time.
Ed Burns character is also far more demented than I seem to remember - the "interview" that Harry Shearer does with him is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen.
Did I just miss all this the first time? I mean, I was 15 at the time so maybe I just wasn't as in tune to these kinds of issues - but it really does seem that it would be incredibly easy to watch it without thinking of the implications.
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| I agree, it's quite disturbing. |
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| nchs09 |
| I enjoyed it..... it was different from the stuff he had done before thats for sure. |
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| idoru |
| I was a few years younger than you when I first watched it (oh, probably 11 or 12?). I thought it was "odd" for a Jim Carrey movie, but only because I was so young and used to comedy. I saw it maybe five or six months ago on TV one night and that's when it hit me just how messed up it was. Good movie, but disturbing. |
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| iammesol |
| Phreaking pwn movie, and yes. It would disturb me greatly if it were real. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Ed Burns character is also far more demented than I seem to remember - the "interview" that Harry Shearer does with him is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen. |
Ed burns? Do you mean Ed Harris?
Pretty cool movie though, I really enjoyed it. Though yes, the concept is quite disturbing. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Did I just miss all this the first time? I mean, I was 15 at the time so maybe I just wasn't as in tune |
stoned.
fingering some year 8 slut at the cinema.
really dumb from too much stoning.
all of the above.
your answer is here somewhere. |
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| jonze |
| i love the scene when he tries to make a plan for vanaction and they're we like, 'yea how about you do that in three months?" |
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| chucho |
first time i saw it i was like "oh jim carrey is in it, this is gonna be so much fun"
i was 10 |
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| Paradox Lost |
I saw it in theaters when it was first released (and we're about the same age), and I don't think its scathing social commentary was as obvious to me then as it is now.
Although I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, one element I didn't at all identify until much, much later was the nature of Phillip Glass's soundtrack to the film. Like any other movie, the soundtrack attempts to accommodate various points of the film, but the one to this movie plays out in such a way that it sounds like the score to any hollow, derivative fluff you might see on network TV- which is more or less what I understood the writers of this film to be criticizing (that and the fact that millions seem to gobble it up without question). If I'm just reading too much in to this, it's still a very nice soundtrack from Glass. :D
Nevertheless, I don't find it to be as thoroughly disturbing as you have remarked. Although the essential plot would be unsettling in its own right, the fact that it's intrinsically tied in to its satirical depictions of media and consumerism tends to take a lot of the edge off.
That said, maybe I've just become too accustomed to the presence of reality television in all its grotesque forms to be as disturbed by it as I should be. :crazy:
Here's a quote from a professional reviewer which sums it up nicely:
"Not even the more risk-taking alternative cinema, the Independent Film, has been so ruthless in its umbrella indictment of movies, television, music, advertising, commercials and infomercials."
Full Review |
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| dj_alfi |
the truman show is not a good movie to watch while on acid...
but if youre sober, then its a great movie.. hmm.. think im gonna watch it tonight |
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| Beat Blog |
| I'm going to FIJI! |
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