Capital Celluloid 2023 — Day 332: Wed Nov 29

The Truman Show (Weir 1998): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.15pm

This 35mm screening is part of the Animus Magazine season devoted to Peter Weir. Details here. The Truman Show also screens on November 24th and 25th (with Elena Lazic introduction).

Time Out review:
Truman Burbank is beginning to wise up. People seem to listen to him, but they never really connect; he feels trapped in a job he doesn't care about, a marriage he doesn't believe in, and a small island community he's never been able to leave. It's as if his life has been pre-programmed from the start: as indeed it has, for Truman is the unwitting subject of television's most audacious experiment, a real-life soap following one man from birth to death. When Truman (Jim Carrey) appeals to a higher power, he's actually addressing the show's omniscient creator/director, Christof (Ed Harris). The best comedy since Groundhog Day - better, even, than that - this is more than just a savvy and ingenious satire on media saturation, it's a moving metaphysical fable. One movie you can pronounce a modern classic with absolute confidence.
Tom Charity


Here (and above) is the trailer.

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