Eye: The Truman Show (1998) The Truman Show is a 1998 sci-fi comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir, written by Andrew Niccol, and starring Jim Carrey, and is widely considered one of the best movies of all three's careers.
Truman Burbank (Carrey), a well-liked small-town insurance salesman, lives a seemingly idyllic life, but is discontented. He still pines for a girl he fell in love with in college but who disappeared abruptly, and he is dealing with a strong wanderlust even though everything in his life seems to dissuade him from travel. Strange things have also been happening in his town: what looks like a spotlight marked with the name of a star falls out of the air right in front of him, his car radio picks up a broadcast which appears to be tracking his movements, and everything from his beautiful house, to his beautiful wife (Laura Linney), to even his loyal best friend (Noah Emmerich) seems somewhat… artificial.
In reality, since before his birth, Truman has been the unsuspecting star of a globally successful reality show called The Truman Show, in which every minute of every day of his life is filmed and broadcast live, overseen by the show's fanatical and obsessive creator/producer/director Christof (Ed Harris). While Truman has no idea about the level of deception everyone goes through to keep him in the dark, that changes soon enough.
When he bumps into a mysterious hobo who looks almost identical to his dead father after a couple strange events, Truman begins to suffer a paranoid breakdown and sets out to fully investigate his environment. However, everyone around him tries in desperation to stop him from discovering the truth… or worse, a way out.
Apart from bathroom breaks, showering, or even masturbation, think about any private moment you've had where you were alone that still would've been pretty humiliating if you were discovered (i.e. acting out daydreams). Now imagine doing that unknowingly having almost the entire world as an audience. Since Truman's life was broadcast 24/7 without commercial interruption (even while he's sleeping), there are only a handful of moments throughout his day where he has genuine privacy. Evil as he is, Christof is at least courteous enough to not film Truman in truly inappropriate situations, but it's still creepy to think about.
Hunt: Watership Down (1978) "All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you… But first, they must catch you."
A 1978 British animated drama film directed by Martin Rosen, adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The film is notorious as one of the darkest, most graphic pieces of children's fiction ever animated.
In rabbit mythology, the world was created by the god Frith. All animals were similar, living harmoniously as grass-eaters. The rabbits multiplied though, and their appetite led to a food shortage. Frith ordered the rabbit prince, El-Ahrairah, to control his people, but was scoffed at. In retaliation, the angered Frith gave special gifts to every animal, making some into predators to hunt the rabbits, humbling El-Ahrairah which caused him to play it safe and try to head underground. Satisfied that El-Ahrairah had learned his lesson, Frith gave rabbits the gifts of speed and cunning.
In the present, in a warren near Sandleford, a young rabbit seer named Fiver has an apocalyptic vision when he and his older brother Hazel come across a signboard; it says a residential development is coming but they cannot read it. The two beg the chief rabbit to order an evacuation; the chief dismisses them, and orders Captain Holly, the head of the warren's Owsla "police force", to attempt to stop those trying to leave. Hazel and Fiver manage to escape with six other rabbits named Bigwig, Blackberry, Pipkin, Dandelion, Silver, and Violet. What follows is a dangerous journey, and no one is safe from being killed.
Hey kids, want to take a peek at of how horrible it would be to live as a small prey animal, having to survive a life in which every single living thing above you in the food chain can and will chase you down to kill you? No? Well, that's too damn bad!
Film Tournament Winners Round 1 Bout 4
Eye: The Truman Show (1998)
Hunt: Watership Down (1978)
