Ammond Camby, a professional film critic from The New York Times, also sat down today. At the National Theater, before the release of "Schindler's List", Armond could always be regarded as a representative of the film critics of the stubborn conservative faction, and he also had many dissatisfaction with Hugo's works, and for a long time, he could be regarded as a representative of Hugo's opposition; But after Schindler's List, Amund's view changed—more from the pressures of the Jewish social system as a whole than from what Amund's real feelings really felt.

For Hugo, Armond can't say he hates it, but he can't say he likes it either. Over the years, Hugo has written countless miracles in Hollywood, and his popularity has reached unprecedented heights, but what really moved Armond was only one "L.A. Confidential", because the retro style of this work fully matched Amond's taste, and he went to the cinema three times to watch this work. In addition, "perfect" can barely be counted as half.

On top of that, Armond has always lacked a little passion for Hugo's work. It's not that those works are bad, he knows that those works are changing the direction of the film industry in every way, but Armond has never found the kind of chemistry that makes him so excited that he can't help himself.

When attending the premiere of "Truman's World" today, to be honest, Amond didn't have much hope, he just attended as a bystander, but he didn't expect that after the movie ended, Ammond sat in his seat stunned, even though everyone gave a standing ovation, he was still sitting alone in the corner, motionless.

Not because he didn't like it, but because Armond liked it so much, the work reawakened the passion within him, reminding him of the classic "Death of a Salesman" – but in a different way. Sitting in his seat with tears in his eyes, his brain completely in a freeze, he could only let the raging emotions run all over his body, and this long-lost emotional fluctuation reawakened Amond's memories - he remembered why he liked movies in the first place: because movies can hold so many emotions that make life difficult and make life simple.

"In the classic 'Cinema Paradiso', there is such a line: movies are much simpler than life.

This seems to be the case, because the fate of the film is in the hands of the director and screenwriter, no matter how dark and painful the world of the movie is, the director and screenwriter, as the god of the world, can still change everything according to their own ideas. But life doesn't.

In my childhood memories, I used to fantasize about the possibility of aliens, and then I thought that if the world was a virtual environment, and each of our minds was controlled by aliens, in fact, we were just part of the alien family TV series - we were living according to their ideas, and they were our God.

The idea is ridiculous, but it's funny.

At the beginning, I thought that everyone is an actor, and the lines, plot, and personality are all decided in advance. The whole story line is decided early, each stage has a certain small goal, and finally these small goals are gathered to become the stage goal, and then linked to form life. But there are different ways to achieve these small goals, and the process between these nodes can be changed. For example, a person is destined to get married, but who to marry and in what way is interpreted differently.

This is just basic thinking, and in the subsequent development, I gradually discovered that people's thinking can actually be controlled, and through the people they meet, the books they have read, the movies they have watched, the music they have listened to, and the things they have experienced, they can change their original ideas, or create a new kind of thinking. In the end, this kind of thinking came back to my original idea: the whole earth is a world to be viewed, and even the whole galaxy is a miniature world, and the advanced intelligent beings beyond the galaxy have created this miniature world - like making a movie, a movie called 'Truman's World', for entertainment.

Stemming from this theory, I have always believed that everything that happens in life has a cause and an effect, and that the small ones can change the state of life, and the big ones can change the outlook on life and the world. The people you meet and the time you spend with each other are all arranged in advance. In the general thinking of society, this theory is called 'fate', and some people call it 'faith'. Thus, God becomes the root of everything.

Now, 'Truman's World' tells such a story in such a way that it reawakens my childhood thoughts. It seems that each of us is Truman, and we can't tell what reality is, what is unreal, what is dream, and we can't tell whether God is manipulating all this behind it, or whether some entertainment program is manipulating us puppets.

Our awareness of the blurred line between the real and the imaginary defines the true self. ”

After the hustle and bustle of the premiere was over, Amund still sat in his seat for a long time, unwilling to leave, until the cleaning staff entered the screening room and began to work, and then Amund reluctantly stood up. His first reaction was to go to the ticket window and want to buy another movie ticket to see "Truman's World" for the second time, but was told by the ticket seller that the movie had not yet been released. Amund only then realized that today is just the premiere, and the full release will not be until Friday this week.

Four days to go.

Amund walked all the way back to the hotel, with a lot of thoughts in his head along the way, and after returning to the hotel, he wrote this film review, "The Boundary Between the Real and the Unreal - Reflections on 'Truman's World'".

The biggest impact of this movie on Armond is the virtual show built by Christopher, Paradise Island is like Earth, and Christopher hidden behind the Earth is an alien, and no one can say whether everyone's life is real or illusory.

"In the movie, Truman repeatedly feels like he is the center of the world, as if the whole earth revolves around him. His every move can set off a chain reaction that leaves Truman in a state of confusion and an effort to get out of the feeling but never succeeds. When Truman told his best friend about this thought, he was ridiculed, 'You're not that important.'

It is true that the earth revolves around the sun, and we are not the sun, we are just ordinary people. But it seems that everyone has had an illusion similar to Truman at least once, as if the entire small universe has been formed with oneself as the center, and even one look can cause the effect of the sky falling apart.

When we grow up, we tell ourselves that this is not true, that this is an illusion, this is a kind of arrogance -- this is just an illusory illusion. So we began to gradually compromise, learn to follow the instructions of society, return to the so-called reality, and integrate with society.

But if ...... What if we confuse the real with the unreal, the unreal for the real, and the real for the unreal? Is it really true that what we think is true? Are the illusions we think are really illusions?

This question is profoundly explored in 'Truman's World'. Truman's growth was almost controlled by the 'hand of God' behind the scenes, and his dream was to become Magellan, but the attack of the vicious dog, the cold water poured by the geography teacher, the frequent disasters and accidents, and the death of his father made Truman afraid of the sea. So, he put his dream back together and honestly stayed where he was.

His lover is Lauren, but Lauren's father's forced intervention, his mother's serious illness, Meryl's company and Malone's persuasion brought Truman together with a person who didn't love him at all, trapped in his day-to-day life, at a loss, but without the courage to change.

In life, these accidents happen all the time, they all seem to be real, we will blame these accidents, these disasters, these coincidences on fate, blame God, and then take such a life as 'real', convince ourselves to accept these 'real', and quietly hide our dreams in the bottom of our hearts. But if these accidents are God's tricks like in 'Truman's world', are you willing to break such shackles and pursue true truth?

The answer is given in the movie, and Christopher is asked in an interview why Truman has not discovered that the world he lives in is false for thirty years. Christopher said, 'Because people accept reality'.

Because people accept reality!

This is a very incisive answer, which exists in almost every aspect and angle of life. We always blame the accidents, stumbling blocks, setbacks, disasters, pains, and sufferings in our lives on fate, on God's instructions, and then believe with peace of mind that this is our own life, this is our own reality, and that what is contrary to 'fate' is illusory.

However, if one day, the truth is revealed, each of us is Truman, and the truth that each of us believes is 'Truman's world', then do we have the courage to pursue the real truth?

That's the greatest thing about the whole movie! Because when Truman knew the truth, he hesitated, hesitated, feared, and confused, but in the end he chose to move on, leaving this world centered on him, and going to another unknown world - whether illusory or real, no one knows.

The world is terrible, cruel, and bloody, but Truman gave us courage, the courage to live.

Each person's definition and perspective on the 'line between the real and the unreal' defines the existence of this person. Are you Truman, do you live in a false reality; Are you Truman again, daring to challenge the boundaries between the real and the unreal; Are you really Truman, after knowing the truth, you have the courage to take that step? ”