A widower's entertainment

Chapter 410 [Movies and Actors] (Please Subscribe)
People in Beijing were unaware that Lin Youcheng had established a company, or rather, they didn't care that the writer Lin Youcheng had founded a film and television company. They were more concerned about something else, which was also related to Lin Youcheng.

Perhaps because Lin Youcheng, a Chinese screenwriter, won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and the film "The Truman Show" also won the Oscar for Best Picture, many people in China have long hoped to import this Oscar-winning film, "The Truman Show." Of course, the most important reason is the award-winning film and Lin Youcheng; naturally, many people in China are eager to see this movie.

As Xie Shuhua mentioned before, students at the school wrote to the film department, hoping to import the film.

This has excited many movie lovers and fans of Lin Youcheng's works in China, because Lin Youcheng's "The Truman Show" has been dubbed and released in Chinese cinemas.

This news has been reported by many news media outlets, newspapers, and magazines, and it can be said to have received a great deal of attention.

Although pirated DVDs followed suit, many viewers still went to the cinema to see Lin Youcheng's Oscar-winning film, "The Truman Show."

Not to mention that this movie is one of the rarest to be imported to China, so it's definitely not to be missed.

It's fair to say that for a time, the film "The Truman Show," which was released in Chinese cinemas, was being discussed all over China. For Chinese audiences, this film, which won the highest Oscar award, was truly a science fiction film beyond imagination.

That's right, it's a science fiction movie!

When "The Truman Show" was released in the United States, the US already had reality TV shows, and they were very clear that "The Truman Show" was not just simple science fiction, but a reality TV show that could actually happen in the real world. This is the charm of "The Truman Show"—although it is imagined, it has a sense of reality. That sense of reality makes American audiences wonder if their own world is like "The Truman Show," where everything is a false lie arranged by God.

But for Chinese audiences in 1993, The Truman Show was truly a completely new world!
Clearly, no one expected that Lin Youcheng's "The Truman Show" would be such an unimaginable and incredible story.

Yes, it's beyond imagination, it's incredible!
They never imagined such a story would unfold, where the protagonist, starting each day with greetings to his neighbors, lived a secluded paradise on a utopia, leading a mundane life that most people take for granted. Little did they know, this apparent happiness and tranquility concealed a meticulously planned deception.

The life of this male protagonist has been broadcast live 24/7 around the world for the past thirty years.

The people he meets, the things he experiences, and even all the emotions he has are all meticulously designed by a director. From the kind of people he falls in love with, marries, and starts a family, to the style of clothes he likes and the types of books he enjoys reading, everything is a carefully crafted script. This kind of story, or rather, this kind of world, is truly terrifyingly hypocritical.

Lovers and friends are fake, work and life are fake, even one's own thoughts and ideas are fake. Imprisoned in a false world, completely unaware, let alone able to save oneself.

Of course, the story's brilliance lies in the fact that the protagonist could have continued living this peaceful life until one day, he is shocked to find that his long-deceased father has suddenly reappeared before him. Everyone around him says that he is seeing things, that he is too tired, or that he is hallucinating, but upon closer reflection, Truman discovers that his life is full of strange occurrences. His beautiful first love, whom he met in college, is suddenly taken away by her father. When he wants to leave home to find his beloved girl, his mother suddenly falls seriously ill and needs his care. After that, whenever he tries to leave Seahaven Island, he either runs out of plane tickets, encounters accidents, or even gets stopped by the police.

These increasingly outrageous events seemed to remind him that someone was controlling his life. He began trying to escape this cage. Unable to buy a plane ticket, he drove; stopped by the police, he took a boat out to sea; braving storms, he overcame his fears, one thought constantly swirling in his mind: "I want to get out, I want to get out!"

This is the story, it's quite incredible!

For young people, Lin Youcheng's "The Truman Show" is indeed a science fiction story, but such a science fiction story is full of charming appeal and shocking sense of disbelief. It turns out that there are such stories, and that a person's life can be recorded and broadcast globally in real time. Such imaginative ideas really leave domestic audiences dumbfounded.

This movie is incredibly impactful!

This kind of impact isn't just limited to science fiction literature and film, but also extends to the film industry, as well as television programs and television stations. Although the concept of reality shows doesn't exist in China yet, there are variety shows, such as the variety entertainment program "Variety Show" launched as early as 1990. But even so, none of them have the exaggerated imagination of Lin Youcheng, where a person's entire life is broadcast from birth, with all aspects of their life exposed to the spotlight. This has truly shocked the values ​​of many media professionals.

Of course, it cannot be denied that the novelty and uniqueness of the story of "The Truman Show" has opened another door for many media professionals, allowing them to truly open their eyes to the world and see how unbelievable the programs outside have become.

Of course, many artists and filmmakers have also published commentaries on Lin Youcheng's "The Truman Show," sharing their own perspectives.

There's no way around it; Lin Youcheng's "The Truman Show" is currently the most hotly debated film in China.

Some traditional artists found it difficult to understand the absurd story of "The Truman Show," but many others seriously analyzed and discussed Lin Youcheng's science fiction film "The Truman Show."

Yang Xiao, the editor-in-chief of Science Fiction World, published a commentary praising Lin Youcheng's Truman Show for being full of imagination. He said that such a science fiction story is not about the universe and aliens, but a story rooted in the real world, which gives science fiction literature another possibility.

In addition, Wang Chen, a well-known screenwriter in the magazine *Popular Cinema*, also expressed his opinion, praising Lin Youcheng's *The Truman Show* for its amazing imagination. His article stated: "...It's hard to imagine what it would be like to discover one day that your life is a meticulously crafted script, the familiar people are hired actors, and the scenes of your life are a stage. I wonder, after discovering such a world, would you pretend not to know and continue to live in a familiar illusion, or would you break free of the cage and search for the truth in an unfamiliar reality?"

"After watching the movie 'The Truman Show,' I was amazed by screenwriter Lin Youcheng's boundless imagination. But after thinking about it more deeply, I realized that the story seems to be a metaphor for the lives of countless people. We are all Truman, living in a script woven by the outside world. We always want to be the director of our lives, but most of the time we are just skilled actors. Only a very few brave people dare to escape Truman's world and live their true selves, instead of living in a false world."

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Clearly, screenwriter Wang Chen's opinion reflects that of many viewers, who are also well aware of the astonishing aspects of Lin Youcheng's "The Truman Show."

Truly stepping out of this fabricated world requires immense courage, and even greater courage comes from discovering that everything in one's life is an illusion. The fact that Truman, the protagonist, didn't break down speaks volumes about his resilience. It's fair to say that Lin Youcheng's *The Truman Show* is a truly impactful film for young audiences, leaving them deeply shaken and their hearts pounding. They can't even imagine whether they, facing such a world, would have the courage to confront it and step out without hesitation.

Even if some people question the absurdity and unreality of the film, there will be others who speak up for "The Truman Show".

Of course, there were few criticisms, after all, this film won an Oscar abroad.

Crucially, these discussions will also generate more buzz surrounding the film *The Truman Show*. It must be said that while *The Truman Show* is science fiction, it's not a complex, incomprehensible story filled with obscure sci-fi concepts. As some have acknowledged, the story is inherently tragic.

Lin Youcheng also took some time to take his children to see the movie "The Truman Show".

However, Lin Zhaoqing, Lin Zhaohuan, and Lin Zhaoman did not want to go, so they did not go. Xie Shuhua stayed at home to watch over them.

Clearly, the older children, Lin Zhaoxi and Lin Zhaomei, are very clear about the story of "The Truman Show." As for the younger Lin Zhaole, he didn't understand it at all and was quite confused. Of course, most people probably still don't understand this movie now, but when they do understand it, they will realize that the protagonist in the movie may sometimes be themselves.

Lin Zhaole was just there for the fun of watching the movie; he didn't really care what the movie was about.

Lin Zhaoxi, on the other hand, said with a smile, "My classmates are all talking about your movie."

As a college student, Lin Zhaoxi naturally understood what "The Truman Show" was about, and she was also touched by it. In particular, her classmates were also college students, and their thinking was more modern, so they could understand such an unimaginable story.

Lin Youcheng said with a smile, "Did they like the movie?"

Lin Zhaoxi smiled and nodded, "They all think this movie is very special and exciting. Truman in the movie is very brave."

After watching the movie, Lin Youcheng took his children and prepared to leave the cinema. Lin Zhaole and Lin Zhaoxi walked in front, while Lin Youcheng and Lin Zhaomei walked behind. Lin Zhaomei was also curiously asking her screenwriter father, Lin Youcheng, some questions about the movie.

"Would it have been better for Truman if he hadn't left that world?"

Although Lin Zhaomei is only in high school, she has always been thinking for herself. As she once said, her father is not as affectionate as outsiders imagine. Because he couldn't let go of his deceased biological mother, he did not remarry for several years.

When Lin Youcheng heard Lin Zhaomei ask this question, he did not deny it. He smiled and said, "Of course, it's a different choice for different people. It's just that Truman chose to leave, or he could choose to continue living on Peach Blossom Island. It's just a different choice."

Neither Lin Youcheng nor Lin Zhaomei noticed that as they walked out of the movie theater, a young girl was following behind them and overheard some of the issues they were discussing.

Hearing Lin Youcheng's words, the young girl seemed unable to accept it and couldn't help but retort, "Of course it's not good. Since he knows it's a fake world, he should naturally leave the world that traps him. The outside world is the only free world, and there are people he truly loves outside."

Lin Youcheng was somewhat surprised, not expecting anyone to contradict him. He turned around and was even more surprised.

Because he never expected that the young girl speaking was actually Zhou Xun, who would later become one of the four leading actresses in Chinese pop music.

Zhou Xun, who is only nineteen years old, is about the same age as Lin Zhaoxi. He is still young and inexperienced, but his eyes are shining, clearly showing that he agrees with what he just said.

Lin Youcheng didn't expect to run into Zhou Xun here, but he had heard that Zhou Xun had taken a lot of calendar and cover photos when she was young. Later, director Xie Tieli found her while she was still in school and invited her to Beijing to film the movie "The Haunted Tomb". After filming "The Haunted Tomb", Zhou Xun returned to school to continue her studies. After graduating from the Jiangzhe Art School, Zhou Xun came to Beijing to make a living. However, she did not act in movies at first. It seems that she worked as a resident singer in a bar. There was also a story that she was beaten and had her front teeth knocked out because she refused to drink with someone.

"What you said makes sense."

Lin Youcheng smiled and did not refute Zhou Xun's words.

Zhou Xun was somewhat surprised, not expecting the other party to agree with what she said. She had just felt that what he said was wrong and subconsciously refuted it. Now that she saw Lin Youcheng agree with her, she felt a little embarrassed and prepared to leave.

Lin Youcheng didn't intend to suddenly call out to this future one of the Four Great Actresses, as it would be quite abrupt.

However, if the company starts signing actors later, this first actress in China to win three Golden Horse Awards can still sign with the company.

(End of this chapter)