The film that I chose to see during the was The Truman Show (1998) starring Jim Carrey. The movie was shown at the Mills Godwin Building on Friday, March 26. The movie is about a man with a perfectly normal lifestyle who finds out that his entire life is being televised across the world. Every single moment since the day he was born has been filmed and watched by millions. It takes years for him to even realize that he is being filmed. His while life is filmed through thousands of hidden cameras around his home, job, etc, 24 hours a day and broadcast live to viewers. In the 30th year of the show, Truman finds things to be very odd. A large object falls from the sky landing near his home. Also, he sees a man who appears to be his desceased father. Truman later discovers that he is starring in a television show.
The method of criticism that we discussed in class that imediately comes to mind after watching this movie is Metaphor. My first thought is, "My life is a television show", and that is exactly what Truman's life was. According to the text, metaphors are nonliteral comparisons in which a word or phrase from one domain of experience is applies to another domain. A metaphor joins two terms mornally regarded as belonging to different classes of experience, i.e.: life and a television show. The director of the show made a metaphor out of Truman's life. He made his life a form of entertainment for the entire world. Every aspect of Truman's life, even his most private and intimate moments were made as entertainment for the rest of the world.
During the film, we see different shots of people all over the world who tune into the show every single day. By the viewers reaction to the events in every aspect of Truman's life, you can tell that they were very much into the show. When the show took an ugly turn, viewers were very upset. They spent hours upon hours viewing the show. The main character, Truman, acted as the star of The Truman Show, much like a star of a sitcom or a reality-tv show character would. The entire set up of the movie was just like a television show; the thousands of cameras everywhere, the actors who played different roles in Truman's life, etc were all like a televison show.
The method of criticism that we discussed in class that imediately comes to mind after watching this movie is Metaphor. My first thought is, "My life is a television show", and that is exactly what Truman's life was. According to the text, metaphors are nonliteral comparisons in which a word or phrase from one domain of experience is applies to another domain. A metaphor joins two terms mornally regarded as belonging to different classes of experience, i.e.: life and a television show. The director of the show made a metaphor out of Truman's life. He made his life a form of entertainment for the entire world. Every aspect of Truman's life, even his most private and intimate moments were made as entertainment for the rest of the world.
During the film, we see different shots of people all over the world who tune into the show every single day. By the viewers reaction to the events in every aspect of Truman's life, you can tell that they were very much into the show. When the show took an ugly turn, viewers were very upset. They spent hours upon hours viewing the show. The main character, Truman, acted as the star of The Truman Show, much like a star of a sitcom or a reality-tv show character would. The entire set up of the movie was just like a television show; the thousands of cameras everywhere, the actors who played different roles in Truman's life, etc were all like a televison show.
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