Of God, Humanity, and the World: Reflections on "The Truman Show"
Popular analysis ofThe Truman Show generally has focused on the comments the movie is making about our media culture and corporate influence in our lives. However, as the names of the lead characters (Truman, Christof) suggest, there is more to the movie than a critique of corporate media culture. W...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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The journal of religion and film
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-26 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
The Truman show
/ Existence of God
/ Evil
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture |
| Further subjects: | B
Heaven
B World B God B Human Beings |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | Popular analysis ofThe Truman Show generally has focused on the comments the movie is making about our media culture and corporate influence in our lives. However, as the names of the lead characters (Truman, Christof) suggest, there is more to the movie than a critique of corporate media culture. With echoes of stories of the Garden of Eden, the Book of Job, and promises of heaven, the movie raises interesting and troubling questions about the nature of God and his relation to humanity in the Western tradition. With echoes of Descartes’ "evil genius" and how we come to know ourselves, each other and the world, the movie also addresses some fundamental assumptions of modern philosophy. The answers provided by the movie show thatThe Truman Show is a radical critique of commonly held assumptions about God, humanity and the world in which we live. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-1311 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film
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