KeithMukai on Nostr: THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) Killer combo of director Peter Weir + writer Andrew Niccol. ...
THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998)
Killer combo of director Peter Weir + writer Andrew Niccol.
Great news: It still holds up extremely well almost 30yrs later.
Back then it was wildly inventive speculation on how far the then-nascent reality TV craze might go. In 2026 it's just as fun and interesting and entertaining, but is no longer shockingly absurd. If anything, it's too idealistic.
Part of the fun in revisiting some of these movies is when they have a new 4k UHD restoration. This one looks great, relative to its modest source material (though it's astonishing to think that THE MATRIX was just one year later and looks incredible).
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