Films & Architecture: "The Truman Show"

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What if your house, neighbourhood, even your city were part of a TV set? This is the fake world - a kind of suburban utopia - where Truman Burbanks lives, tricked by loops of spaces and stuck in routines. The film questions the idea of a “perfect” reality, and troubles the predictable scenarios of suburban life. From the perspective of urban planning and architecture, the film makes you wonder: to what extent should we have control over our environments? To what extent should we design out choice, or randomness, or disorder, in the name of “perfection”? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Cite: Daniel Portilla. "Films & Architecture: "The Truman Show"" 20 Nov 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/295301/films-architecture-the-truman-show> ISSN 0719-8884

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