There is an actor that always makes people feel particularly distressed - comedian !
Acting is a hard work for him. He always has to work hard to get the audience's love.
is not talking about others, but Hollywood's "King of Comedy" Jim Carrey .
Some people say that the ultimate of comedy is tragedy! Although
has been around since its release, 22 years have passed.
But whenever you talk about it, it is a hurdle that countless movie fans can't get around.
has been released for 22 years and has swept 41 awards. This masterpiece of film history is the biggest legacy of the Oscar:
"The World of Truman" | The Truman Show
has been produced for 7 years, and the script has been revised 16 times. It is the greatest comedy in Hollywood, but it has failed to get the Oscar.
I believe that few people have never watched the movie "Trumen's World"!
ranks 17th among the 250 pre-history films of IMDb films;
has 1.08 million people on Douban scored 9.3, almost zero negative reviews;
is better than 99% of drama films and better than 99% of science fiction films.
video was released in 1998 with a total investment of approximately US$60 million. It was made by the ambitious Paramount to become the "most expensive art film" . After the release of the
movie, it received extremely high attention, with a global box office of nearly 140 million.
In the end, "Trumen's World" received three Oscar nominations, and Jim Carrey won the Golden Globe Award for the film.
After 22 years, I watched this film again and finally understood why it is called a "magical work".
. It would rather not shoot than just
In fact, it took 7 years from the time of filming and release of "The World of Truman".
As early as 1991, the script outline was only one page, and the author was the screenwriter of "The End of Happiness" Andrew Nicol .
However, the story was not originally called "Trumen's World", but "The Malcolm Show". The author's original intention was to turn it into a science fiction thriller, but it did not come true in the end.
In 1993, the famous producer Scott Rudin invested $1 million to buy Nicole's script, and Paramount Pictures also agreed to invest in the release of the video.
At first, Scott Rudin wanted Andrew Nicole to be the director, but Paramount was worried, after all, he spent a lot of money.
So Paramount all over the world looked for a first-line director, and successively found Brian de Palma, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton , etc., but they all failed to get the film for various reasons.
It was not until 1995 that the director candidate was settled under Nicole's recommendation - Peter Will, who directed " Death Poetry Club ".
Although the original idea was an art film, Paramount did not want the plot to be too depressed and hoped to focus on the elements of comedy.
So director Peter Will modified the script 16 times, and even moved the story background from New York, where every inch of land was valuable, to the beautiful paradise - Seside .
The architectural style here is unified and the supporting facilities are complete, including restaurants, post offices, bookstores, art galleries, fashion stores...it is fully in line with the settings in the script.
Everything is ready, just the candidate for the protagonist is missing.
Originally, the crew planned to let Gary Oldman from "This Killer Not Too Cold" play Truman.
But screenwriter Andrew Nicole strongly recommends Jim Carrey to play, and director Peter Will decided to meet this "Joker" after thinking about it again and again.
, with comedy films such as " disguised weirdo ", " Ah Dai and Agua ", and " Detective Aircraft Head ", and " Detective Aircraft Head ", and the pay for $20 million.
Because I have a movie appointment in my hand, I have not had time to participate in other movies for at least a year.
But the meeting between director Peter Will and Jim Carrey made him decide that Jim Carrey is the ideal candidate for the protagonist of the film, and would rather wait than find another candidate.
Jim Carrey was also moved by Will's persistence. Not only did he take the initiative to reduce his salary, but he also turned down all the invitations that year and devoted himself to this role.
Finally, the filming started on December 9, 1996.
2. Life is like a play, and play is like life
The first layer of "dream" - Truman's world.
In fact, the story of "Trueman's World" is somewhat similar to the "Dream in Dream" structure of " Inception ".
30 years ago, Omnikon TV Production Company adopted a baby and raised him to become the protagonist of the reality show "Trumen's World". The content of the
program is witnessed by audiences all over the world, the life of Truman, the man.
For this reason, director and behind-the-scenes manipulator Christopher has created an extremely real world in the huge studio.
In the small town where Truman lives, 5,000 cameras were installed, and secretly filmed 24 hours a day.
What's even more terrifying is that the relatives, friends, colleagues around Truman... and even irrelevant passers-by are all actors.
Under the huge lies, Truman lived here for almost thirty years and never thought of escaping.
Until one day, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be being followed, no matter where he went, what he did.
Recalling what my first love girlfriend said: Everything is fake, everyone knows everything about him!
So Truman decided to leave this place where he had lived for more than 30 years to find his first love girlfriend.
The second layer of "dream" - the world of the audience.
In the film, the reality show "Trumen's World" has many viewers.
They think they are outsiders, stand in the perspective of "God" and peek into Truman's life.
But in fact, who is sure that the world they are facing is real, not being watched by others or being watched by others.
Perhaps, in the eyes of others, everyone's life is a reality show that can be changed to the channel at any time.
The third layer of "dream" - us in reality.
The first time I watched "The World of Truman", most viewers will empathize with it.
I think Truman is the real self, as if everything is in control.
always feels that something is wrong, but there is also an indescribable feeling.
So for a moment, I became suspicious of my own people.
fantasizes the plot of "The Matrix". Maybe one day after waking up, I find that it was all a dream.
Although drama is like life, life is more complicated than movies.
. The biggest bead of the Oscars
1999, at the 71st Academy Awards Ceremony.
This year is the golden age of movies.
"Trumen's World", " Save Private Ryan ", "American X-Files", "Thin Red Line", "Two Big Smoke Blows", "Sea Pianist", "Beautiful Life"...
However, surprisingly, "Shape's Love History" became the biggest winner and won 7 awards.
Put other movies aside first, take "Trumen's World" as an example, it is definitely the biggest legacy of this Oscar.
You should know that Jim Carrey's acting skills completely subvert the audience's previous perceptions.
From being kept in the dark, to being half-doubted, to being emotionally collapsed, he fully interpreted the tragedy behind the character Truman.
Not only that, but Ed Harris , who plays the director behind the scenes.
At first, the crew notified Ed Harris to come over to film, and it was less than two days before the movie was completed.
In order to play this role well, he specialized in studying and studying the words and deeds, ways of speaking, and clothes of world-renowned designers at that time.
Finally, I figured out the characters in the film, which is quite outstanding.
. Director Peter Will uses a 1.66:1 format to shoot this movie in order to look more like a reality show.
It is said that Laura Linni , who plays Truman's wife, specially memorized the advertising slogans on TV from the 1940s. His natural acting skills make the whole movie more age-like.
In short, such imagination was indeed a big imagination at that time.
4. A mixture of comedy and tragedy
"The World of Truman" is both a comedy and a tragedy.
In a sense, Truman before the age of thirty is the most true portrayal of Jim Carrey's life.
In the film, his unique facial expressions and body language add a lot of color to the film, portraying a small person who has been manipulated, fooled, or even tragic for life, is very vivid.
Not only that, the movie also touches on the most sensitive social problems.
uses an angle similar to "utopia" to symbolize the "bird in a cage"-like survival sadness.
It seems that in real life, everyone controls their own destiny, but everyone has a set life trajectory.
Reading, working, getting married, having children...It seems that life is constantly changing, but it is essentially unchanging.
Ask yourself, is this really the life we want? The ending of the movie
. Although Truman was lucky that he found the exit of his life, after opening the door, would he wait for him be another huge lie. We don't know about the problem of
.
But people should have dreams, bravely step out of their comfort zone and see the outside world.
Even if the future is still not as good as you wish, I wish you good morning, lunch and good night!
