NEWS | Cannes Poster Features Jim Carrey in "The Truman Show"
The Official Poster of the 75th Festival de Cannes has been unveiled!
This year's poster is a tribute to Peter Weir’s 1998 film The Truman Show starring Jim Carrey, as he ascends the stairs that lead to his escape of his false life and into the truth.
Just as the unforgettable Truman embodied by the one-and-only Jim Carrey whose fingers brush his horizon, the Festival de Cannes takes the extreme nature of the world in its stride in order to grasp it again. The climate crisis, humanitarian disasters, and armed conflicts… the reasons for concerns are numerous. As in 1939 and in 1946, the Festival is once again asserting its strong conviction that art and cinema are where contemplation and the renewal of society unravel. And yet it remains faithful to its founding commitment enshrined in article 1 of its rules: « The purpose of the Festival International du Film, in a spirit of friendship and universal cooperation, is to reveal and showcase quality films in the interest of the evolution of the art of cinematography ».
Peter Weir and Andrew Niccol’s The Truman Show (1998) is a modern reflection of Plato’s cave and the decisive scene urges viewers to not only experience the border between reality and its representation but to ponder the power of fiction, between manipulation and catharsis. Just as Truman escapes falsehood as he rises, the Festival, with its famous ascending red carpet, offers viewers the truth of the artists when they enter the theater.
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The Truman Show filmed on location (1996) in Seaside Florida as well as other local spots on the bayside in Point Washington. The film was released in 1998.
The Official Poster of the 75th Festival de Cannes has been unveiled!
This year's poster is a tribute to Peter Weir’s 1998 film The Truman Show starring Jim Carrey, as he ascends the stairs that lead to his escape of his false life and into the truth.
The Official Poster of the 75th Festival de Cannes
Just as the unforgettable Truman embodied by the one-and-only Jim Carrey whose fingers brush his horizon, the Festival de Cannes takes the extreme nature of the world in its stride in order to grasp it again. The climate crisis, humanitarian disasters, and armed conflicts… the reasons for concerns are numerous. As in 1939 and in 1946, the Festival is once again asserting its strong conviction that art and cinema are where contemplation and the renewal of society unravel. And yet it remains faithful to its founding commitment enshrined in article 1 of its rules: « The purpose of the Festival International du Film, in a spirit of friendship and universal cooperation, is to reveal and showcase quality films in the interest of the evolution of the art of cinematography ».
Peter Weir and Andrew Niccol’s The Truman Show (1998) is a modern reflection of Plato’s cave and the decisive scene urges viewers to not only experience the border between reality and its representation but to ponder the power of fiction, between manipulation and catharsis. Just as Truman escapes falsehood as he rises, the Festival, with its famous ascending red carpet, offers viewers the truth of the artists when they enter the theater.
The Official Poster of the 75th Festival de Cannes - Festival de Cannes
Just as the unforgettable Truman embodied by the one-and-only Jim Carrey whose fingers brush his horizon, the Festival de Cannes takes the extreme nature
m.festival-cannes.com
The Truman Show filmed on location (1996) in Seaside Florida as well as other local spots on the bayside in Point Washington. The film was released in 1998.
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