Chapter 2010: 2010 Free to Death
In this film review by Roger Ebert, starting from freedom, he gave an in-depth interpretation of "The Truman Show", and in the second half of the review, Roger once again mentioned "entertaining to death" ", this point of view also runs through Hugo's many works.
"In Hugo's works, we can always feel the mockery and teasing of entertainment to death, from 'The Seven Deadly Sins' to 'LA Confidential' to 'As Good as It Gets', these works can be clearly seen Movies criticize entertainment to death, and this time "The Truman Show" directly transformed this criticism into a comedy show, which was staged with great momentum.
When the entertainment industry has developed to the extreme, even a fresh vitality has become the carrier of entertainment media, and interest groups have begun to play the role of God, manipulating, manipulating, and driving a life, making this life full of countless lies an entertainment product , under the banner of "perfect life" to change a person's fate, and forcibly impose this life on a person.
Not only cruel, not only cold-blooded, not only abnormal, but also arrogant, arrogant and arrogant.
In "Truman's World", the object of people's entertainment is no longer a lifeless material carrier, but a living human being, playing with a human's emotions, thoughts, and concepts in applause. It's not just chilling, it's infuriating, because what does it mean? It means that the next person to be entertained... could be you, it could be me, it could be any ordinary person. Our everyday life can be an object of entertainment whenever it is profitable.
how terrible.
What's even more frightening is that the movie gave a bloody ending: Truman escaped from Paradise Island, and the show finally ended, but the audience didn't feel anything—the object who had accompanied them for thirty years just left, and they The next step was 'what else to show? ’ And that’s the saddest thing about it, because we’ve been victims of entertainment to death, and we don’t even realize it.
Because going out is never an easy task, whether it is real or fictional, when we gradually get used to everything around us and our own life, and then let us accept new things, the process is bound to be extremely difficult of. Change is never easy. It seems that if we jump out of our safe area and try something full of challenges, everyone will feel uneasy and fearful. Therefore, more people will choose to shrink back, stagnate, and honestly guard their comfortable life, unwilling to make changes.
Not to mention Truman? That's not just change, that's his life, that's his world, that's his life, but he's leaving this field, going into an unknown, going into a 'Truman Burbank' doesn't make any sense the blurred area. This courage is definitely not just talking. One step difference, but life is turned upside down!
Look at those TV viewers who stick to their comfortable life, Truman who left Paradise Island has done what ordinary people can't. This yearning and pursuit of freedom has sublimated the whole movie.
In Hugo's resume, "glory to death" is a label that no one can ignore. With the spirit of glory to death, Hugo reawakened the seeds of rock belief and completely changed the course of the entire music history; Today, "Truman's World" has brought the spirit of "freedom to death". Throughout, the thought of being desperate for freedom is like the vigorous vitality in the spring breeze, awakening the cold society that is stagnant.
This is not the first time Hugo has expressed such emotions, and I believe it will not be the last. In the wave of imminent entertainment to death, Hugo screamed hoarsely: "Give me freedom or give me death"!
You guys, did you hear that? "
Roger's film review is eloquent, vigorous, and mighty. It almost evaluates "The Truman Show" as a contemporary epic. In fact, it is not far away. Roger said in the brief recommendation , "I thoroughly enjoyed watching 'The Truman Show' as a comedy-drama movie, I love it like 'Forrest Gump' - because Truman is a good guy, honest and accessible , but it’s so beautiful.”
Roger compared this work with "Forrest Gump", which obviously raised "The Truman Show" to a whole new level, comparable to the recommendation with a full score of 100 and four stars, which is also It makes everyone have more expectations for "The Truman Show".
From The New York Times to the Chicago Sun-Times, critics have far exceeded expectations, and as a comedy, it's even more incredible. Similarly, the Los Angeles Times, a representative media on the west coast, also gave a perfect score of 100 under the guidance of Nicholas McClain, which is the third consecutive review among the first batch of reviews of "The Truman Show". Full marks!
Unlike the other two professional film critics, Nicholas's point of view is relatively less professional, but the angle is more interesting.
"'The Truman Show' is a comedy, there is no doubt about it, but as a comedy, this work goes beyond Charlie Chaplin's 'Modern Times', not only reflecting the characteristics of the entire era, but also exploring more deeply. From the fear of entertainment to death, to the fear of losing freedom, to the fear of blurring the boundary between reality and illusion, and finally to the fear of losing meaning in life, the social darkness rooted in social indifference and the supremacy of interests , has been played to the extreme in this story, even an art drama film, it is difficult to reach such a height, but "The Truman Show" has done it.
What's more interesting is that it is precisely because this is a comedy, an absurd comedy, that it excavates this deep wave of thought to the extreme. "The Truman Show" is one step closer than "Modern Times", digging out the root of social problems, telling a moving story from a delicate and true perspective, full of humor and relaxed atmosphere, but triggering a storm of reflection.
The film is always filled with an almost absurd black humor, which often makes people dumbfounded. The sense of absurdity brought by that kind of fallacy is almost a model of black comedy, whether it is Meryl's falseness that looks like a mask The general smile, or the inappropriate and exaggerated advertisement insertions, all contain strong sarcasm, bringing the comedy style to the extreme.
As a comedy, this is undeniably amazing! At the same time, it uses the contrast of this black humor to bring about a frenzy of reflection, creating a depth far beyond the plot film with strong contrast. This reminds us of a classic masterpiece: "Forrest Gump".
The same comedy, the same plot, and the same social epic, the two works are also absolute masterpieces! But "The Truman Show" goes a step further than "Forrest Gump", further excavating and exploring the core on the basis of comedy, making the film truly an incomparable classic. On this level, "The Truman Show" is even better.
In this movie, Hugo, who appeared in a comedy for the first time, surprised everyone again. He played the role of Truman almost flawlessly! Hugo incorporated some slightly exaggerated and deliberate movements into the performance, which echoed Nicole Kidman's Barbie doll-like mask. At the same time, Hugo also incorporated some innocent and romantic childlike temperament, making the character become very natural and convincing.
Throughout the growth process of the character, Hugo showed Truman's psychological transformation vividly. The handling of several important scenes seemed to bring out the effect of the absurd black comedy with a little bit of out of control and despair. At the same time, it perfectly interprets this appalling story, bringing the audience into Truman's world little by little.
Different from the delicate and rich performances in works such as "Death Row Walking" and "LA Confidential", Hugo's more relaxed and exaggerated performance in this performance has a funny clown style, while maintaining Hugo's The unique layered performance makes Truman Burbank become every real existence in our life and ourselves.
Not only Hugo, driven by Hugo, Nicole Kidman and Alexander Lorraine have dedicated the most exciting performances of their careers, whether it is Nicole's wife image that is as delicate as a porcelain doll, It perfectly brought black irony to the extreme; it was the image of Alexander's friend who was moved by sincere friendship but fell into torment, which truly brought the audience into the movie and made the plot of the movie complete. Even Ed Harris, who played Christopher, gave a performance that surpassed "Apollo 13"!
Even though we imagined that 'The Truman Show' would be a masterpiece, even if we imagined that Hugo would give a wonderful performance again, when we sat in the movie theater and watched the movie for real, we couldn't help sighing: He has done it again, and once again with an absolutely brilliant performance, we can't help but give a standing ovation, expressing the highest respect in our hearts.
This is Hugo, the Hugo who will never let us down, the Hugo who can always bring surprises, the Hugo who can always make art show its value. This is Truman's world, and this is our world too. Truman has gone out, but what about us? "
Nicholas's film review analyzed "The Truman Show" from the perspective of comedy and actors, and gave him praise in all aspects. Words reached their peak.
From New York to Chicago to Los Angeles, the three major media outlets covering the eastern, central, and west coasts of North America all gave unanimous praise to "The Truman Show". The International Children's Day on June 1 became very lively, and the real climax of the summer vacation in 1998 was unveiled vigorously!