Before Truman... and after
There are two interesting antecedents to the film The Truman Show. One of them is “Special Service”, an episode of the popular series The Twilight Zone. Andrew Niccol was inspired by it, respecting its core plot and multiplying its dramatic possibilities, with a different ending. The other anteceden...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/41965 |
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| Sumario: | There are two interesting antecedents to the film The Truman Show. One of them is “Special Service”, an episode of the popular series The Twilight Zone. Andrew Niccol was inspired by it, respecting its core plot and multiplying its dramatic possibilities, with a different ending. The other antecedent is the Spanish short film “Te lo mereces”, made in 1996 by Felipe Jiménez Luna. An examination of these short films, which preceded The Truman Show, allows us to analyze Niccol-Weir’s classic from an angle of ethical-analytical interest. |
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