Movie That Makes You Think

Rating: 8/10 (15 September 2015)

The Truman show is a comical and deep thinking satire taking a shot at how much the media plays a role in our views of the world. Ironically, Peter Weir reveals this to you from the Media in the movie. During the movie their is a live interview with the creator of the show, and when questioned on the morality of the show he replies with "We accept the world we are presented." This is a huge line in the movie as it is a clue to the underlying theme. During the interview there is deflation because he is saying something such as power of the media doesn't have much power but it actually has a lot of power. Another literary device seen would be the use of would be blame by praise. The Truman show, although having some people against it, mostly has an audience in love with the show. The show is praised along with the idea of the media. All this praise is once again just another clever mask that Weir uses to cover up the blame he is actually intending. This movie can very easily be tied to today's world. Media has more input on our decisions more than ever. So many news channels have reports and studies meant to influence the public's thoughts on their world around them. We are seeing this a whole lot right now as there is a presidential debate going on. It seems like every day there's a different poll on who is "leading" and has more supporters.