No one will forget that the opening of the blockbuster era officially began with "Independence Day", and the subsequent "Titanic" only further pushed this wave to the peak; But no one will forget that at the Oscars not long ago, the two works "Perfect" and "Los Angeles Confidential" were precisely the biggest resistance to the "Titanic".

Now, a "Truman's world" is even more indicative of the pathos and cruelty of entertainment to death, pushing the era of commercial blockbusters led by "Titanic" to the judgment table!

This is not only a continuation of the recent frenzy of reformists and conservatives, but also a true and ironic presentation of this entertainment to death status quo with the story of "Truman Burbank", the kind of cruelty that penetrates into everyone's soul and blood unreservedly, so that the controversy after the arrival of the blockbuster era is completely and fully displayed.

It's a very interesting thing. Truman Burbank itself is an entertainment product, he was adopted by an agency, became a commodity in the image of the agency, carefully created packaging, hoping to attract more benefits for himself, in fact, this is the same as a movie, the film company is responsible for production and distribution, seeking word-of-mouth, seeking awards, seeking box office, and the ultimate goal is to win benefits.

Therefore, the program team in the movie has always built Truman according to the commodity, they control Truman's life curve, control Truman's emotional direction, control Truman's life development, and even control Truman's ideology, so that the commodity can truly move the audience. It's like shooting a movie, treating all the characters as puppets, and then setting off the atmosphere from multiple angles such as sets, lighting, photography, costumes, makeup, etc., and finally achieving the purpose of attracting the audience into the cinema.

But the program team ignored one thing, one of the most important things: Truman is not only an entertainment product, but also a living person, a living life with its own thoughts and soul. This is also the part that the program team has no control over at all, and it is precisely the part that determines the quality of the "commodity".

It's like a popcorn commercial blockbuster, when the crew controls the movie from all aspects, but loses the crosshairs in the core, most important, and most connotative part, so that the story is only reduced to a carrier of visual effects, explosion effects, and magnificent pictures, from "Independence Day" to "Titanic", and on this road is gone, losing the meticulousness and delicacy of "L.A. Confidential", the delicate truth of "perfection", the spiritual power of "Forrest Gump", and the "vulgarity" If the "Schindler's List" style of historical reflection is lost, then these commercial blockbusters will gradually become an empty shell, like the walking dead, which will not only be difficult to impress the audience, but will gradually disappear in the long river of history.

Truman Burbank is actually the reference to the film commodity, and the dilemma that Truman faces in the film is the confusion and dilemma encountered by the film industry at the crossroads of entertainment to death.

In fact, this is not just a recent controversy between reformists and conservatives, but can be traced back to the beginning of the commercial genre frenzy set off by films such as "Jaws", "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and there has been a debate within the film industry about it - in essence, it is a paradox of finding a balance between commercial and art films.

Then, at the end of the eighties, after the agency raised the actor's salary by a large cut, the cost of the film rose rapidly, and the controversy reached a new peak; Now, with the excavation of the potential of the box office market by "Independence Day" and "Titanic", the focus topic has completely erupted like a volcano.

In "Truman's World", Peter Weir ends with Truman's going out, but he doesn't really show the picture behind the ending, because Peter clearly knows that challenging the unknown is very scary, everyone is afraid of change, but if you refuse to change and just stick to your own security field, then it is only a matter of time before the demise comes. So, Peter wants Truman to go out - just like the audience in the movie theater, but can the commercial blockbusters in the real world "go out"?

There is no doubt that "Truman's World" shows the two topics of entertainment to death and freedom to death in the form of a dark fairy tale, and it is a profound and strong way to convey the tragedy of this absurd reality.

In such a situation, the media comprehensive evaluation has reached an incredible 96 points, and the views of film critics can also be seen from the side, although "Titanic" topped the Oscars under great expectations, but insiders have always been consistent with the development trend of the film industry: whether it is a commercial film or an art film, it is the most important thing to focus all your energy on the work itself. The spirit of entertaining to death will only lead the film to death step by step.

The ultra-high score of 96 points not only completes this year's classic comedies such as "My Fair Daddy" and "Strange Masterpiece in Disguise", but also leaves the famous comedies in film history - such as "Modern Times", "City Lights", and "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" far behind, even among all types of movies, it is also at the forefront, all of which makes "Truman's World" march into the ranks of film history classics.

The performance of the media review is representative of the attitude of the film critics, and the theater score represents the feedback of the audience.

However, since this is only the premiere, and less than 1,000 people can enter the audience to watch "Truman's World" live, the theater score is not universal, and only after the full screening has been held and the interview sample reaches a certain number, this score can be used as a reference.

But even so, the theater score of "A+" after the premiere of "Truman's World" shocked everyone, which is almost equivalent to the audience giving the film the highest praise, and there is no difference from the full score of 100 points from the media. As a comedy film, even if it's just a premiere, it's a supreme acclaim that can't be replicated.

It has always been the most difficult thing to make the audience laugh, and what is even more difficult is that after making the audience laugh, it can also impress the audience and make the audience give a thumbs up to the work. In the entire long history of film, there will definitely be no more than one hand of works that can win such an award.

Now, "Truman's World" has done it again, and this work, known as a "dark fairy tale", has won both word-of-mouth and praise. Of course, the current statistical sample is only less than 1,000 people, and with the full release of the movie, the theater score is bound to decline, but in the medium. After the premiere of the National Theater, there was a very interesting statistic: the number of people who inquired about the advance tickets for "Truman's World" reached an incredible 20,000 people!

Of course, "Truman's World" does not have advance tickets, and now Hollywood has only a handful of works that can make movie theaters sell advance tickets, even "Independence Day" and "Titanic" do not have advance tickets, and only movies with series such as "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" can sell advance tickets in theaters.

Mainly because commercial blockbusters are still not on the rise, the concept of "advance tickets" has not been fully popularized, and people don't think that a movie needs to buy tickets in advance, just buy it on the spot on the same day - "Independence Day" is the only time that there is a scene where thousands of people are empty and tickets are hard to find.

In the next few days, more and more people asked about the advance tickets of "Truman's World", and if you count the box office, the advance ticket office of "Truman's World" has reached 800,000 US dollars, which is not only incredible for 1998 now, but also a situation that no one can imagine.

Although the current theater score is still not universal, this non-existent "advance ticket" proves that "Truman's world" has an irreplaceable important position in the hearts of audiences.

At the same time, the combination of "Truman's World" and the hot topics of the past few months has once again reached its peak, and countless audiences have generated huge enthusiasm for the film, which has led to huge expectations for the film's box office performance in its opening weekend.

In contrast, "The Perfect Murder," which premiered on the same day, was completely overlooked, with more than 400 articles on "Truman's World" and less than 100 stories about "The Perfect Murder" in the media on June 2 -- and this was despite the Warner Bros. Bros. campaign's best efforts, which could almost be described as deserted.

Warner Bros. has far more publicity than Paramount Pictures, but the momentum of the two films has completely reversed positions, and the result can be said to be unacceptable in the confident and ambitious nature of "Super Perfect Murder".

What's even more terrifying is that the media reviews and theater scores of "Super Perfect Murder" are very bad, although many people expected such an ending - if it wants to be comparable to the work starring Hugo Lancaster, this can definitely be said to be a small probability event; But "Super Perfect Murder" is really too bad with only 50 points of media reviews, not to mention comparing it with "Truman's World", even for the work itself, it is an unacceptable evaluation, especially under the cover of such a strong cast of the movie, this achievement is even more incredible.

And the theater score is only a barely passing "C", which also proves that the audience has no interest in this work.

Under such a pattern, the box office prospects of the opening weekend of "Super Perfect Murder" have become precarious, not to mention confronting "Truman's world", and it can even be said that it is difficult to protect itself! Now, Warner Bros. can only hope that the appeal of Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Douglas will make the film's premiere box office explode with more potential.

In the first week of June, the North American box office is booming!