7. The Truman Show
Directed by Peter Weir
Written by Andrew Niccol
USA, 1998
Apart from the obvious death-match featured in The Hunger Games, the film’s text is thematically provocative, its allegorical elements highlighting the way the “Games” amplify today’s obsession with reality television. Perhaps one of the greatest cinematic commentaries on all-pervasive media manipulation is in Peter Weir’s The Truman Show, starring Jim Carrey. For Carrey detractors, The Truman Show proves his talent reaches far beyond physical humour. Carrey remains in complete control throughout, commanding and exhibiting the charm and charisma needed for a role that calls for much sympathy and likeability.
Truman Burbank lives a happy life, but what he doesn’t know is that his life is completely manufactured within a giant domed television studio. He’s been the focus of a reality TV show ever since his birth; filmed, observed, scrutinized every second of his life.
Directed by Peter Weir
Written by Andrew Niccol
USA, 1998
Apart from the obvious death-match featured in The Hunger Games, the film’s text is thematically provocative, its allegorical elements highlighting the way the “Games” amplify today’s obsession with reality television. Perhaps one of the greatest cinematic commentaries on all-pervasive media manipulation is in Peter Weir’s The Truman Show, starring Jim Carrey. For Carrey detractors, The Truman Show proves his talent reaches far beyond physical humour. Carrey remains in complete control throughout, commanding and exhibiting the charm and charisma needed for a role that calls for much sympathy and likeability.
Truman Burbank lives a happy life, but what he doesn’t know is that his life is completely manufactured within a giant domed television studio. He’s been the focus of a reality TV show ever since his birth; filmed, observed, scrutinized every second of his life.
- 11/17/2013
- by Ricky da Conceição
- SoundOnSight
6- The 10th Victim (La Decima vittima) (The Tenth Victim)
Directed by Elio Petri
Written by Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Ennio Flaiano and Elio Petri
Italy,1965
The 10th Victim was the first film to offer up the concept of a TV show wherein people hunt and kill one another for sport and to expand the idea into a satire on gameshows. Set in the 21st Century, the government and the private sector have joined forces to create a solution to crime by giving it a profitable outlet titled “The Big Hunt,” a popular worldwide game show in which contestants are chosen at random to chase one another around the world in a kill or be killed scenario. The winner of the first round moves on to the next. After ten wins, a player is retired from the game and gets a cash prize of one million dollars, but very few make it that far.
Directed by Elio Petri
Written by Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Ennio Flaiano and Elio Petri
Italy,1965
The 10th Victim was the first film to offer up the concept of a TV show wherein people hunt and kill one another for sport and to expand the idea into a satire on gameshows. Set in the 21st Century, the government and the private sector have joined forces to create a solution to crime by giving it a profitable outlet titled “The Big Hunt,” a popular worldwide game show in which contestants are chosen at random to chase one another around the world in a kill or be killed scenario. The winner of the first round moves on to the next. After ten wins, a player is retired from the game and gets a cash prize of one million dollars, but very few make it that far.
- 3/26/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Yesterday, the Quebecker section of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television revealed its full list of nominees at the 2010 Gémeaux Awards, the Quebecker equivalent of the Emmy Awards. Moreover, the award ceremony will be held in September. The following is a list of nominees mostly related to the entertainment sector of Quebecker television.
Best dramatic series:
* Aveux.
* C.A.
* Le Gentleman.
* Mirador.
* Musée Eden.
Best game show:
* Bluff.
* L'union fait la force.
* Le cercle
* Le moment de vérité.
* Tous pour un.
Best reality show:
* En route vers mon premier gala.
* Loft Story 6 - La revanche.
* Ma maison Rona.
* Rock n’Road II.
* VJ recherché.
Best comedy series:
* La galère.
* Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin.
* Les Parent.
* Rock et Rolland.
* Taxi 0-22.
Best soap opera:
* Destinées
* L'auberge du chien noir
* Providence
* Yamaska
Best humour show:
* 3600 secondes d'extase
* Comicographie
* Et Dieu créa... Laflaque
* Infoman
* Les appendices
Best direction in a dramatic series:
* Aveux.
Best dramatic series:
* Aveux.
* C.A.
* Le Gentleman.
* Mirador.
* Musée Eden.
Best game show:
* Bluff.
* L'union fait la force.
* Le cercle
* Le moment de vérité.
* Tous pour un.
Best reality show:
* En route vers mon premier gala.
* Loft Story 6 - La revanche.
* Ma maison Rona.
* Rock n’Road II.
* VJ recherché.
Best comedy series:
* La galère.
* Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin.
* Les Parent.
* Rock et Rolland.
* Taxi 0-22.
Best soap opera:
* Destinées
* L'auberge du chien noir
* Providence
* Yamaska
Best humour show:
* 3600 secondes d'extase
* Comicographie
* Et Dieu créa... Laflaque
* Infoman
* Les appendices
Best direction in a dramatic series:
* Aveux.
- 6/17/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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