The firefighters there never actually put out fires, instead rescuing cats from trees.
But after she embraces her passion instead of holding it in, she becomes colorized.
“How far will that take everybody in Oz throughout the course of the whole story of both movies?
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It’s an awakening of a generation.
I always see it as a little bit ofPleasantville, a little bit ofThe Truman Show.
You start to see the truth about things that maybe you were taught differently.”
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The fact thatPleasantvillecan influence other filmmakers is proof that its themes still resonate to this day.
It also shows that change is constant, and that it’s worth embracing rather than suppressing.
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In Pleasantville, siblings David and Jennifer are transported into a 1950s TV sitcom, where they encounter a seemingly perfect black-and-white world. As their modern influences begin to alter the town’s conventions, the once static environment gradually transforms, challenging its residents to confront new ideas and emotions.
