It’s about free will and how important that is.
It’s something that can be easily taken for granted.
When you see Truman not have it, it’s shocking.
Those details allow us to fully believe that this is Truman’s life.
Weir would only direct two more movies after this (Master & Commander and The Way Back).
Niccol (who also wrote and directed#40 Gattaca), never reached these heights again.
My only complaint with the movie is that I don’t love how it ends.
But, I think Truman would be angrier.
His entire life and everyone he has known is a lie.
He’s been manipulated and imprisoned since birth.
I don’t think you give a bow and leave.
Looking back at Carrey’s career, it is stunning that he was never nominated for an Academy Award.
Mix that with him being one of the funniest actors of all-time, that’s quite a resume.
Ed Harris as Christof is one of the best villains of the decade.
Harris is fantastic at playing people who take themselves very seriously.
Harris seems to be a very serious man and throws himself into roles.
He never half asses a part.
To the original point that I made in the blog, this is about free will.
But the reality show prediction was wildly astute.
This was years before Survivor, The Bachelor and Big Brother.
The obsession hasn’t really waned either.
Love Island did huge numbers and that’s a pretty new show.
TikTok is closer to reality television than a scripted show.
We’ve become a population of people who want to be Truman.
We want to be watched.
Don’t get me wrong.
I’m not passing judgement.
I streamed my own solitary confinement (well at least until Dave killed the feed).
We have fewer true movie stars than ever before.
Is this because we’ve become more interested in watching these augmented realities?
Peter Weir nailed that the country would be obsessed with a Truman-like character.
Can you imagine if this was real?
I don’t love how this ends but maybe that optimism is needed.
They say that health is the most important thing you’re able to possess.
I’d put free will a close second.
The Truman Show
16.
There’s Something About Mary
20.
Schindler’s List
22.
Saving Private Ryan
25.
Dumb & Dumber
27.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
31.
Out Of Sight
36.
Carlito’s Way
37.
Wayne’s World
45.
Back To The Future Part III
47.
A Bronx Tale
48.
The People Vs. Larry Flynt
49.
Eyes Wide Shut
50.
The Green Mile
54.
Man On The Moon
55.
Boyz N The Hood
56.
Grosse Pointe Blank
57.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
63.
The Usual Suspects
65.
In The Line Of Fire
66.
My Cousin Vinny
67.
The River Wild
79.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Stir Of Echoes
82.
Mission: Impossible
83.
For Love Of The Game
86.
Being John Malkovich
87.
Men In Black
88.
Glengarry Glen Ross
92.
Die Hard With A Vengeance
93.
The Blair Witch Project
94.
Any Given Sunday
99.
The Wedding Singer
100.
