Saturday morning on Sky Cinema 2 at 7.55 (rerun Sunday at 8) “The Truman Show”, film shot in 1998 by Peter Weir with Jim Carrey, will be broadcast. The film tells the story of Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), an insurance agent who for about 30 years has been the protagonist, unbeknownst to him, of a television show directed by director-demiurge Christof (Ed Harris) who follows him in all his movements. Truman lives in Seahaven, a town set up in a mega studio where only actors who act live. Suddenly his quiet and idyllic life with his wife Meryl (Laura Linney) falters and Truman begins to suspect that the reality he is in is just a show. “The Truman Show”, an intelligent and at times prophetic film, marks an era and inspires the first reality TV shows launched at the end of the millennium. It reflects on the ability of the media to manipulate reality and on the relationship between images and truth. The director tells Truman’s parable as if the viewers were in front of the small screen and in the end one wonders if the protagonist’s rebellion is sincere or a clever strategy to relaunch the show. The film, a critical and public success, gets three Oscar nominations, but incredibly not rewarded with any statuettes. Excellent performance by Carrey, in his first rehearsal in a drama film. Costing 60 million dollars, it collects 264. Waiting for the broadcast, here are 15 things you may not know.
December 3, 2021 | 08:30
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