Chapter 2008: 2008 Enduring
Almond Canby, a professional film critic from The New York Times, was also seated today. Before the release of "Schindler's List", Almond could be regarded as a representative of stubborn conservative film critics. He also had a lot of dissatisfaction with Hugo's works. It can be regarded as a representative of Hugo's opposition; but after "Schindler's List", Almond's views have changed-more pressure from the entire Jewish social system, rather than Almond The real feeling in the heart.
For Hugo, Almond can't say he hates it, but he can't say he likes it either. Over the years, Hugo has written countless miracles in Hollywood, and his momentum has reached unprecedented heights. However, the only thing that really impresses Almond is "LA Confidential", because the retro style of this work perfectly fits Almond's taste, he went into the cinema three times to watch this work. In addition, "as good as it gets" can barely count as half of it.
In addition, Almond has always lacked a little passion for Hugo's work. It's not that those works are not good, he also knows that those works are changing the direction of the film industry in all aspects, but Almond has never found the chemical reaction that makes him so excited that he can't help himself.
When attending the premiere of "The Truman Show" today, to be honest, Almond didn't have much hope, he just attended as a bystander, but he didn't expect that after the movie ended, Almond would be stunned. Sitting in his seat, even though everyone gave him a standing ovation, he was still sitting alone in the corner, motionless.
Not because he didn't like it, on the contrary, Almond really likes it too much. This work reawakened the passionate enthusiasm in his heart and reminded him of the classic "Death of a Salesman"-but with different way. Almond sat on the seat with tears in his eyes, his brain completely crashed, and he could only let the raging emotions rush through his body. This long-lost emotional fluctuation reawakened Almond's memory—remembered Why I fell in love with movies in the first place: Because movies can hold too many emotions, make life difficult, and make life simple.
"In the classic masterpiece "Paradise Cinema", there is such a line: movies are much simpler than life.
This seems to be the case, because the fate of the movie is in the hands of the director and the screenwriter. Even if the world of the movie is gloomy and painful, the director and the screenwriter, as the gods of this fabricated world, can still change everything as they wish. . But life doesn't work.
In my childhood memory, I once fantasized about the possibility of the existence of aliens, and then thought about it, if this world is a virtual environment, and each of our thoughts is controlled by aliens, in fact we are just Part of the Alien Family TV series - we live on their terms and they are our gods.
The idea is ridiculous, but fun.
At the beginning, I thought that everyone is an actor, and the lines, plots, and personalities are all determined early. The whole story line is determined early, and each stage has certain small goals. Finally, these small goals are brought together to become the big goal of the stage, and then connected to form a life. But there are different ways to reach these small goals, and the process between each node can be changed. For example, a person is destined to marry, but with whom to marry and in what way, there are different interpretations.
This is just basic thinking. In the follow-up development, I gradually discovered that people's thinking can actually be controlled. Through the people I met, the books I read, the movies I enjoyed, the music I listened to, and the things I experienced. Change the original idea, or create a new idea. This kind of thinking develops to the end, and it returns to my original idea: the whole earth is a world to be watched, and even the whole galaxy is a miniature world, and the advanced intelligent creatures outside the galaxy have created this miniature world—— — It's like shooting a movie, a movie called 'The Truman Show', which is used for entertainment viewing.
Originating from this theory, I have always believed that everything that happens in life has a reason and a result. Small things can change the state of life, and big things can change the outlook on life and the world. The people you meet and the time you spend with each other are all arranged long ago. In the general thinking of society, this theory is called "fate", and some people call it "faith". God, then, is the source of everything.
Now, "The Truman Show" tells such a story in such a way, which reawakens my childhood thoughts. It seems that each of us is a Truman, and we can’t tell what is reality, what is fantasy, and what is a dream, and we can’t tell whether God is manipulating all this behind the scenes, or an entertainment program is manipulating us. I.
Our awareness of the blurred line between reality and fiction defines who we really are. "
After the hustle and bustle of the premiere ceremony ended, Almond still sat in his seat for a long time, unwilling to leave. He waited for the cleaning staff to enter the screening hall and start working. Only then did Almond reluctantly stand up. His first reaction was to go to the ticket window, wanting to buy another movie ticket and watch "The Truman Show" for the second time, but was told by the ticket seller that the movie hadn't been released yet. Only then did Almond realize that today is just the premiere, and the full release will not be until Friday of this week.
There are four more days.
Almond walked all the way back to the hotel, with thousands of thoughts in his mind along the way, and the wave of thoughts continued for a long time. After returning to the hotel, he wrote this film review, "The boundary between reality and illusion--'Truman's World ' brings reflections".
The biggest impact of this movie on Almond lies in the virtual program constructed by Christopher. Paradise Island is like the earth, and Christopher hidden behind the earth is an alien. Is everyone's life real or not? Unreal, but no one can make it clear.
"In the movie, Truman repeatedly feels that he is the center of the world, as if the whole earth is revolving around him. His every move can trigger a series of chain reactions, which makes Truman fall into confusion, trying to think Getting rid of this feeling has never been successful. When Truman told his good friends about this idea, he was ridiculed, "You are not that important".
Indeed, the earth revolves around the sun, but we are not the sun, we are just ordinary people. But it seems that everyone has at least once had the illusion similar to Truman, as if the entire small universe has been formed around himself, and even a look can cause the effect of heaven and earth.
When we grow up, we tell ourselves that this is not true, that this is an illusion, that this is arrogance—that this is just a fantasy. So we began to gradually compromise, learn to follow the instructions of society, return to the so-called reality, and integrate with society.
But what if... what if we confuse the real with the unreal, taking the unreal for real and the real for unreal? Is what we think real, really real? Are the illusions we think are really illusions?
"The Truman Show" deeply explores this issue. Truman's growth was almost controlled by the "hand of God" behind the scenes. His dream was to become Magellan, but the attacks of vicious dogs, the cold water from the geography teacher, the frequent occurrence of disasters and the death of his father made Truman Frightened by the sea. So, he packed up his dreams again, and honestly stayed where they were.
His lover is Lauren, but Lauren's father's forced intervention, mother's serious illness, Meryl's company and Marlon's persuasion made Truman get together with a person who didn't love him at all, and was trapped in Japan. In the day after day of life, I am at a loss, but I don't have the courage to change.
In life, these accidents happen all the time, and they seem to be real. We all attribute these accidents, disasters, and coincidences to fate, and blame God, and then regard this kind of life as "real", Convince yourself to accept these "truths" and hide your dreams quietly in your heart. But if, like in "Truman's World", these accidents are all God's tricks, are you willing to break such shackles and pursue the real truth?
The answer is given in the movie. In an interview, Christopher was asked why Truman has not discovered that the world he lives in is false for thirty years. Christopher said, 'because people accept reality'.
Because people accept reality!
This is a very incisive answer, which exists in almost every aspect and angle of life. We always attribute the accidents, stumbles, setbacks, disasters, pains, and torments in our lives to fate and to God's instructions, and then we believe with peace of mind that this is our life, this is our reality, and those that have nothing to do with "fate" All violations are illusions.
However, if one day the truth is revealed, each of us is a Truman, and the truth each of us believes in is "Truman's World", then do we have the courage to pursue the real truth?
This is precisely the greatest part of the entire movie! Because when Truman knew the truth, he hesitated, hesitated, feared, and confused, but in the end he chose to move on, left this world centered on him, and walked towards another unknown world—either illusory or real, whoever do not know either.
This world is terrible, cruel, and bloody, but Truman gave us courage, the courage to live.
Each person's definition and perspective on the 'line between reality and fiction' defines that person's existence. Are you Truman, are you living in a false reality; are you Truman again, dare to challenge the boundary between reality and illusion; are you really Truman, after knowing the truth, have the courage to step out of that step? "