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the way director peter weir said he wanted to have cameras installed in every theater the film was shown in, having the projectionist at one point cut the power, cut to the viewers, and then cut back to the movie... I can't even imagine
You know why we don’t see what happens after he leaves the island? Because he’s not on tv anymore. We are the audience, and he is supposed to be free, so we don’t see it.
yes and I think it was also to remind the audience so that they could play flashback of his "father" 's death on screen and people would be like "remember when that happened?"
Yeah if you watch the movie again you’ll see all of these things that try to keep him away from leaving, like when he goes to the airport there is a poster that says “it could happen to you” with a lightning bolt through the plane wing
Yeah I agree. Many people have heard of exposure therapy, but the thing is, when it is does incorrectly, it makes the phobia significantly worse. That was the goal here.
I always thought the reason he was given the task of leaving the island for his job was to maintain the illusion of choice. That he is able to go anywhere and is often given the opportunity, but it is his own fault he can't. That would be an important psychological trick into making him believe he isn't on a tv show.
Yes! It's all very carefully designed. behind the scenes of the Show working with Cristof would have been some pretty terrifying psychoanalysts advising the production on how to constantly manipulate Truman in just the right amounts.
I like this answer but when I got to that bit in the analysis the explanation that it was simply for drama for viewers fit the most for me; this show has been running for years and its well established he has a fear of water, so occasionally giving tension for the audience by tasking him to go near to bodies of water is a cheap way to give a question to the audience about whether he'll overcome it this time or not. also possibly a sad note that fits the tragic theme; that the audience either gets genuine sympathy out of his reaction, knowing just why he's so afraid and hopes for him to get across (which fits at the end where more than a few viewers actively root for him), or gets a vicarious thrill out of his panic and continues to watch because of that...
@@scottw3048 It could be both, it would allow the audience to continue to believe that it is a choice for Truman to leave like Christof says, but he chooses not to, subconsciously or not. And of course the drama that involves is entertaining, which is a plus. But it also had to be done very carefully so that Truman didn’t actually get on the boat, or question why others were given tasks that involved going to the mainland that he wasn’t. And it was a plus that it would be great for the audience to see and be entertained by it, but it was likely not entirely for just Truman or the audience. I don’t think anything on the show could be for just one or the other.
I always thought that the reason they give Truman the job to deliver something across the bay is because it makes it seem like he is staying in his city by his own volition. If he was never offered a chance to leave the city it would make it easier to doubt the validity of the world around him, but by making it seem like it is his choice he doesn't doubt it in the least until forced to.
Regardless, it was a succinct way for the film to present his fear of water. He was all weak in the knees just walking on the pier. AND Was that HIS boat that was sunk & still tied up to the pier? That's pretty sick.
I also wouldn't be surprised if periodically confronting him with his fear in a manner where the stakes are low, the punishment for failure to overcome them and the reward for succeeding are both trivial compared to the effort it would take, is a way of keeping the fear fresh and make sure the trauma doesn't fade.
yeah and it kinda reflects an abusive tactic of manipulation in which the abuser convinces the victim of the danger of the outside world, manipulating them into believing that the abuser is the only safe option, thus taking away some agency while maintaining the illusion of free choice.
Imagine if the Truman Show was just CANCELED when he was 15 or so. How would they break that news to him? "So you're what's known as a former child star now..."
They'd probably either make him believe he was moving and bring him to a normal town or something, or exactly that, just destroy his entire reality when he's 15.
@@anidiot192 Surely they could at least move him to an isolated cabin in Alaska and break it to him slowly. Who am I kidding -- they'd probably airdrop him in New York and televise his reaction as a "Christmas special."
If somehow, their true world was in nuclear fallout or something and they had to stop productions, then yea they would just leave him with little compensation or explanation. They were evil enough to make and maintain the show in the first place and would have no trouble betraying him If it was cancelled for moral reasons, they might stage an accident and transport him to the real world, but he would 100% find out or people would tell him. I dont think it would be as impactful to him as hes still 15, which is still so young
I like to think that Lauren/Sylvia rushing out her house at the end is her going to find Truman, and despite everything, he knows he can trust her, and she can help him find his way in the real world.
In the context of the movie, she's supposedly sent to the other side of the world, or at least that's the excuse told to Truman. It's almost certainly a lie, but I like to think that the seperation was for both of them, and it was obviously lifted when the show ends.
@@benfletcher8100 Queue the sequel: a mashup of the Truman Show... he'd obviously be hounded by the paparazzi and talk shows... and Blast From The Past. He was raised in a 50s-60s styled era. Now he has to deal with the 21st century
His fear of the ocean was not 'holding onto characterization' it IS his characterization. That is what the show intended. They manufactured his talassophobia to control Truman better. So that they DON'T have to deal with him leaving. It's the whole point, not a side fact that they "luckily kept in"
It's called an implanted phobia and cults, in particular, as well as some religions are known for utilizing this tactic to give their members a fear of questioning doctrine, disobeying "leadership," and/or leaving the group.
i think the most important part of the ending isn't when everyone watching cheers for Truman, it's when they're done cheering and change the channel. That's the real tragedy-- once the movie is over we can change the channel, watch something else, and wonder vaguely about Where He is Now, but Truman is stuck with the consequences of this forever. He can't stop living his life, and his life was destroyed for the fleeting entertainment of strangers who move on the second he stops entertaining them. Even the Free Truman movement seems to be incredibly small-- if it's bigger than just Lauren at all.
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Notice how Truman's environment barely even changes in 30 years, like being stuck in the 50's. In fact they could tell him that it's 1955 every year and he wouldn't even know. That's so twisted.
His whole world could even be an alien planet with purple plants, it still wouldn't matter, because he's never experienced the real world, so he doesn't know what the real world should look like
I remember one time we were watching the Truman show in class. Normally whenever they put on something, the students aren't that interested, so when the bell rings they're fully ready to leave. But when we were watching the final scene of the Truman show with the stormy ocean, the bell rang and half the class stayed sitting. Everyone was fully willing to be late to their next class just to see how the movie ends. To me that says alot, because I've never seen such a reaction with any other movie.
The reason that Truman is so comedic is because his whole life people have wanted him to be entertaining. Any time he could make people laugh they are very happy and subconsciously he absorbed this lesson. He's been subject to Pavlovian conditioning for literally decades.
@@eyesofthecervino3366 Yes we are conditioned by society in a way but definitely not to the extent of truman. His is extremely controlled conditioning. They knew what they wanted and groomed him to be that.
When I watched it, as Truman was escaping I was almost shouting "FOLLOW HIM WITH THE CAMERA! I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS!" And suddenly I was the villain of the movie.
I completely disagree that it's a tragedy. I think there is a case to be made that The Truman Show allowed Truman to gain an entirely unique experience that will shape the rest of his life. After he escapes from the show, he will begin to question everything and be better off for it; somewhat similar to someone who has started to reject their religious beliefs. Uncertainty, doubt and paranoia at the most appropriate doses can make you wiser. I don't think the ethics of such a psychology experiment are so cut and dried as it is made out to be in this video. If he never found out that he was living in a manufactured social environment, then it would have caused him no harm. When he did find out about it, once he escaped, he would have the ability to live the rest of his life with a level of clarity and self-awareness that few others get to have.
@@MrAlRats I highly disagree. Poor guy would forever be troubled that his so called parents were actors, millions of people watched his every move, showrunners were willing to drown him for money, his whole life he was being manipulated by those he thought were his closest friends and family, how no one in the outside world objected to all of this. He would forever look over his shoulder wondering if he actually managed to escape or is this another plot. He'd question his reality and that would drive anyone crazy
If Truman had never discovered that his life was a farce, how far were they gonna go omg? Have kid actors to play his children? That’s beyond messed up.
In the movie they state that Truman will have a child on live TV. Since his wife divorced him, he was meant to marry a new wife that was introduced at his job. The channel would then switch to a two channel format and then when Truman died they would go back to the single channel format. It's incredibly messed up.
@@SQUIDWORD15 Yeah that’s really messed up I watched this movie today (after being recommended this video) and I remember in the movie they mentioned the idea of him having a kid several times. One time was when his wife and mother were looking at his picture album, and the mother says “I hope to have a grandkid someday” Anyway, I feel like the show writers would want him to have a child soon, for two reasons: 1. In a show like the Truman show, I can imagine you are always trying to keep the show fresh/ interesting. By him having a kid, that’s like a MAJOR episode and then like you said, the show would also be about his kid and would keep the show fresh. Another reason is for manipulation purposes. If he has a kid, then that’s another barrier that could prevent him from leaving and finding out the truth.. Yeah, he hated his wife, but his child? His own flesh and blood? If his child wasn’t in on it like Truman isnt, then they could manipulate by someone telling the kid to say stuff to Truman (like someone the kid thinks is a close friend) or simply manipulating Truman by threatening possible harm/ death to his kid if he tries to escape.
I love that when Marlon and Truman are talking Marlon is drinking a beer but he is somehow very aware of which camera is active (how?) and keeps turning the beer can in a non-obvious way so that the label is always facing the camera.
Imagine it as a Generic Drama Show On Nickelodeon like Full house, filled with foreshadowing, and in the last season is this movie but stretched out over 12 40 minute episodes,
The director knows what he is doing is morally wrong. This is the justification he makes to himself in order to continue the experiment and see it through to the end.
@@chillaxTF Ayup. It's the same sort of mental gymnastics that slave owners used to justify their actions. If you conspire to make freedom something dangerous or unpalatable by way of extreme manipulation and threats to life and limb, it could hardly be shocking that the target of your machinations is hesitant to take the risk. And yet in spite of that, in the end, that's exactly the sort of risk that Truman (and a lot of people) do take.
Never noticed this before but the boat that Truman took was called the “Santa Maria” which is the same name of Christopher Columbus’ boat that he used to discover “The New World”, and Truman is using it to escape his prison and find a new world, too.
like the new world we are coming into now. forced repression, governments extending there powers. weaponizing police against members of the public, like we see in australia now.
Ngl early on the day I first watched this movie I was doing a class presentation on Columbus and read all about his first voyage and whatnot. That night when I sat down and watched the movie, suffice to say I was shocked to the core like holy shit...
In the script, sending Truman on a trip across the bay he can't take shows us his debilitating phobia. In the world of the show, I think the purpose of the assignment is because Christof noticed Truman is daydreaming about leaving again, and has someone send him on a mission that will put him face to face with a reminder of his trauma as a "don't forget, you're here forever" knife twist.
Plot twist, the ‘outside world’ is just another show, and the ‘escape’ was just a transition to a new, bigger set, new story arcs, and a way to sell more merchandise.
And....the entire "first escape" was planned years in advance, when they set him up to fall for his "true love," who is in on it. They knew they couldn't keep the actors in the roles forever, so they needed a transition phase like this for a completely new cast.
After rewatching this film, I think it would be and excellent horror movie. If Truman wasn't so lighthearted, this movie would've been a lot more unsettling
@@-carter-8681 the movie is already fairly unsettling with the fact everything is taken so lightheartedly. Imagine being in a such a horrifying, existential situation but everything, everyone around you is playing it off as goofy and silly. Imagine trying so hard to prove something isn't right but everyone you know thinks you're playing a joke. That's infuriatingly mind-breaking, it's like being in an emotionally breaking dream you can't control, you try to push the buttons yourself but you're essentially playing with a fake console and no matter how hard you try nothing you do will change the situation you're in. It's all rage-inducing, mind-breaking and depressing at the same time
What would happen if they just told him the truth to save their morality? Some kind of a monetary penalty and probably not being able to act anymore AT WORST. So they just did it because they are greedy and shitty. It’s not like someone was gonna shoot them in the head if they told him the truth. Truly despicable and beyond tragic.
“Truman could leave at any point if he really wanted to” meanwhile they’re blocking him at every turn, gaslighting him his whole life, and doing everything in their power to stop that from happening, going to drastic and dangerous measures to stop him from leaving. Cristoff is truly an insidious manipulator
another creepy detail about this movie is that Seahaven Island's motto is "unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno" which means "all for one, one for all", because everyone living in Seahaven is just there for Truman, and and Truman is in Seahaven for everyone to watch his life
That scene always gives me the chills. It really drives the point home especially when that motto was displayed right after Truman chases the bus that took his "dad"
Truman was raised to be a TV character, so having Carrey play him is absolutely masterful. The cartoonish elements genuinely fit the character, because Truman lives in what's essentially a cartoon world.
This is one of the most beloved and cherished movies of all time. There are actually people out there stupid enough To say that this movie was “underrated.” I often wonder what’s actually wrong with people
I don't think he's 'cartoonish' in the context of this film. He is reacting appropriately to the situation he's been put into. We are made to believe he has exaggerated emotions, because we are made to believe that his realness is a spectacle. The film has fooled us, just like it's fooled Truman.
@@imjonathan6745 Why be a dick? Would hate to be anywhere around you if this is how you react over a single youtube comment not even directed towards you…
We analyzed this movie in my film class last year. It was genuinely one of my favorite classes and teachers I ever had. On the last day I told my teacher "Oh, and in case I don't see you: Good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight!"
bet that they didn't discuss the notion that it represents the flat earth theory, that we live in a dome with a firmament, that we are enclosed in an ice wall around the edge, that the moon and sun go around the circle of flat earth. That True Man is controlled by Christ of.. (ie not of christ). I am not advocating, merely illustrating that of all the things that might be analysed... they didn't analyse the obvious.
This movie’s a gold mine to analyze. Theres so many hidden details that every time you watch it you’re bound to notice something new. On my most recent watch a few days ago I just noticed that Truman’s wedding ring had an enormous stone on it, implying theres a camera inside.
This movie was so ahead of its time. The parts that gave me chills were when Truman put his hand out in front of the bus to stop the bus and his other hand out the opposite way to stop a car as he’s completely coming undone. And then the part where he’s made it off the island with Merrill and the And the men in hazmat suits try to stop him and accidentally says “Have a good day Truman” and he says back to him in a whisper....”Truman!” Like in that moment he realizes his worst fear is true......Jim Carrey is brilliant in this role one of the few comedians who can also switch to drama like turning on a light switch. And you’re right the fact that Jim Carrey wasn’t even nominated for an Academy award let alone win it is a f’ing travesty!!
@@kenetickups6146 Objectively speaking movies are certainly on a higher standard, they never said that it automatically makes the movies of today better, please be better than using stupid black&white-fallacies. Also being ahead of its time can imply much.
How Jim Carrey didn't not only get nominated but win, Ed Harris didn't win Supporting Actor, Peter Weir didn't get Best Director, and this movie didn't win Best Picture is the most mind-boggling mistakes the Academy has made of the last 25 years.
Another little detail, the travel agent was late getting into her office because this was the first time she's ever had to be there. They probably didn't even have an actress for it specifically. You can see a napkin in her shirt collar to protect it from them doing makeup in a rush.
With the astronomical production budget it had you' think they'd be running whole film schools on the side just to have extras with Whose Line level impov skills lined up for every contingency. At so many times they were scrambling, which didn't show anything but a lack of preparation. I guess Chistof really did want some scene breaks to be obvious so he'd have enough holes to escape. Truman couldn't CHOOSE to stay if he couldn't see any alternatives.
@@treasuremage7546 I also always assumed the film was intentionally trying to show how cocky Cristof was. He failed to prepare for this scenario because he genuinely believed it could never get that far.
I don’t understand why Jim Carrey didn’t win an Oscar for this movie. He is able make us feel how Truman is feeling especially at the end when he’s standing in front of the door to leave. As the creator is talking to him all we see is Truman’s back to the camera, but in that moment we can feel every emotion Truman is experiencing even if we can’t see his face. we know everything Truman has been through up until that point and Truman’s silence speaks volumes, we understand what he is going through and has went through he doesn’t need to say anything. Jim Portrayed this dude so well that we didn’t even need to see Truman’s face to know what he was feeling we just knew. I can’t express enough how I just love the end of this movie, and is an Excellently acted movie through out.
And it also showed jim can act way better then just silly faces and comedy (no offence to Jim because he’s hilarious) but comedy doesn’t really showcase amazing talent and I really respected Jim after watching the movie and still do.
Yes! I thought he was absolutely amazing here. He was great at show casing the emotions that Truman would be feeling. He’s lighthearted for the beginning, and my favorite part is when he tried to leave the island by bridge and got brought back. His acting there is downright awesome, how he can’t tell if he’s the crazy one or not. I don’t understand how he didn’t win more awards for it.
Completely agree, while I love all of Jim's comedies - from Fire Marshal Bill to The Mask to SNL Cameos- his 2 best movies in my mind are Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Also, my opinion is, kinda like how you said it, that Jim Carrey successfully did such a unique character that was never done before really, most certainly not to anyone else's knowledge at the time, nor ever since/before then...
Can we take a moment and all agree that the viewers were just as guilty as the show runner? If the viewers would have stopped watching, the show would have ended a lot sooner. They were all happy when he got out, but their role as loyal viewers is what kept Truman there for so long
this is such a good point, and in the movie i think it's a great commentary on how consumers tend to act. like i might know that a company is bad, but it's very hard to convince myself not to support them if whatever they sell benefits me in some way. the viewers probably understand that the show is unethical, but the entertainment value is too great for them to change the channel. ✨cognitive dissonance ✨
It's the voyeurism mania, people start losing compassion for the victim... only few of them might feel guilty over time when they realize how painful and unethical to put a human being in such a situation, with fake family fake friends.... and depriving them from being their true selves by manipulating them and making them develop phobias.
Much like real life. The show will end, the dream will collapse, when there are no more believers of the unreality. We can all take a bow for our wondrous performance
The thing is, after he leaves, he'll still have cameras in his face everyday. He'll never be able to have a private life, he'll be hounded by paparazzi and fans forever.
I think what’s terrible is the fact that everyone in the world cheers. Just... to cheer they know he triumphed- and to know he triumphed is to know that he existed in a terrible situation. They took joy in this triumph over evil that they perpetuated and that’s terrifying.
Right? Like I thought about this too. How everyone just watched this boy grow up in essentially a prison and nobody did anything. Scientists don't even do this type of thing bc it's considered immoral, but everyone knew about what was being done to Truman and did nothing bc it was entertaining for them to watch him. How was this even legally allowed? Where was CPS? And when he was an adult where was the police? Especially when it became clear he wanted to leave and they wouldn't let him. To me even more fucked up then the fact that someone decided to do this is how many people took active part in it by either being on the "show" or watching it.
Imagine growing up in one of those TH-cam families, that's Truman. The Truman Show is something the next generation (the post-Z) might live and that's something scary bc those kids won't understand the difference between TH-cam persona (the character you make for the viewer) and themselves
Yeah, I always feel terrible for those kids because imagine almost every single memory or moment you experience being on the internet for anyone to watch. Anythijg your parents deem as cute is now on the internet for veiws, especially embarrassing moments you'll hate when your older. It seems degrading, really. You have no control over what on the internet and what's not.
The Truman show predicted Reality TV craze. When Big Brother came out, it was called by the media " The Real Life Truman Show." But I also agree with the line at the start where his wife's actor says there is no different between my private life and the Truman Show. My Life is the Truman show. Also the fact the show grosses more then most nations GDP and people have pillows of his face reflects the Vtuber fan we have now. Where simp over people they will never meet.
@@nikolairostov3326 Not to Truman's show extent, but the intent is definitely there. There are family vlogging channels who have filmed their kids literally from birth. Imagine having literally everything you've done since being a baby or toddler broadcasted for millions to see on TH-cam regularly. Not to mention a good bunch of these channels have done some really scummy things to their children as well eg Daddy OFive and 8Passengers or that channel that adopted an autistic Chinese kid only to give him away because they couldn't handle taking care of him.
@@tarotsushima3332 Thanks! This is what I'll try to say. Imagine that kid, he was adopted and suddenly he's returned like if he was some kind of food you bought at the supermarket. That kid would probably think if they ever adopted bc of him or just for the views
I absolutely loved this movie. My head canon for the ending is that Truman and Lauren find each other and she is the one he trusts. She's the one that lets him know everything around him is real. Anytime he has any doubts or if he ever has an episode of paranoia she'll be the one to ground him back in reality. She was the first to tell him the truth, when everyone else around him was lying so to him, she symbolizes the truth and reality he's been seeking.
But...what if she's just a further part of the plot? What if they wanted me out in the world because 30 years in the dome was getting stale from a story telling perspective? I'm supposed to believe that everybody in the world has devices in their pockets and just films everything now? That I'm not still on TV? Why does every store have so many cameras? For everyone, or for just for me? I don't believe you! I don't believe any of you! It isn't real! NONE OF THIS IS REAL.........
Anyone else feel like Truman catches his “friend” when he says “I would never lie to you”, you can see it in his eyes and I genuinely think that’s the moment he breaks free and knows for sure he lives in a manufactured world
@@jstar3382 the reason he started doing more serious movies is because he realised that if he didn't, he'd just be known as the guy who makes funny faces. he knew he could be more, and so he did
@@JM-md4ri i agree, but the movie kind of insinuates he might not, so I just thought it was worth the mention. I noticed it during my first watch, glad someone else did
The deleted scenes are also amazing. It's a shame they didn't fit. It shows that Marlon had become an alcoholic because they forced him to drink. It also implies that Marlon is also a victum because he was a child when he met Truman. He was basically brainwashed.
Truman reminds me a lot of Coraline. Trapped in someone else's artificial world, and as the facade drops, they begin desperately trying to escape through the tears in the seams.
In the movie it is shown that truman doesn't even love his wife. But she was always there, always looking for his company, his family and friends probably pressured him into marrying her, and she and him have history. She is a safe and comfortable choice.
I think it was when he began questioning everything and becoming paranoid is what led him to question it as he was being drawn closer to the truth.. Humans are a pattern recognition species that think in cognitive chunks. Very rarely do we actually look at the real world, instead we recognize something that we have chunked on and leave it at that. The world could easily be made of cardboard stand ins as far as the human brain goes. This is why we create art, video games, and music etc.. And things that challenges us and gives us a rich possibility space for learning and when something in a chunk does not behave how we expect it to it can cause problems and even get people killed, such as car accidents. If you have to think about what you're doing you are more likely to make a mistake. @@CN-hv1fx
I always thought it was strange that Marlon his childhood friend since age 7 was able to so easily lie to Truman's face after spending essentially his whole life with him. Then I remembered that seemingly throwaway line about Marlon 'getting pneumonia and being out of school', my theory is that the original child actor that played Marlon started getting attached to Truman and wanted to tell him the truth, so they had to replace him.
I think we just have to take a leap of faith with this one since it's not realistic either way. If you had any friends you probably do understand its impossible to not recognize its not them after a month long separation. But having a sociopath child actor who grows up in character its almost like having Truman 2.0 except he knows whats going on. Child actors are generally bad, and this one played such important role in Trumans life, had to spend so much time with him, and breaking character was not an option, leave alone betraying the studio. Very risky and I find it difficult to believe a studio would risk that much. Maybe they had a plan B. Maybe they were ready to remove him at a moments notice. Maybe that pneumonia month was for him to have some goddamn days off finally, and/or learn to act better. Who knows. We can come up with all sort of theories.
Not many people know but the original script hints that he was actually guilty of lying to Truman all his life. Before Truman gets on the boat there’s a scene in the script where Marlon allows him to leave after finding him.
As the actor playing Marlon would have been doing it since Truman was 7 years old, would not the actor not know anything better than to lie to Truman. It's a fundamentally part of his relationship. The actor would still need down time.
I actually think the pneumonia thing is a vacation for the kid! It’s mentioned that he was out of school for a month then, but also Marlon ‘spent summers hauling chicken for Kaiser’. Marlon was taking vacations. I’m betting all of the primaries have stories where they’re away for a month or so every few years or something.
I feel like another tragedy of this movie is that the audience never realizes that they’re just as accountable for truman’s situation and by watching any of it. Even his escape. They were enabling his imprisonment
Not only that, but after all the thrill about Truman escaping the show, the security guy makes some comment and simply changes the channel, showing that they really did not care. It is only entertainment.
Maybe there's some meta commentary on how we as viewers enable the horrors of the movie industry, since we are also viewing and consuming a piece of media centered around a character's life, and getting hopelessly invested?
The ending is actually really impactful. After Truman escapes and the transmission is cut, there is a couple seconds of silence...and then a security guard turns to the other and says "so what else is on." You can draw your own conclusions from that
I believe it was Stephen King, who once said: "True horror is comming home to find every thing replaced by an almost perfect copy." I think this quote fits somewhat to the premise of the movie. And if not - it's still a damn good quote :D
If that was Stephen king he's actually done something similar in one of his books. I've only read a few he's written but in "The Institute" when the kid is kidnapped he is taken to an exact, identical version of his room at home except with no window. So, it probably was Stephen King.
I think it's also worth mentioning that after the Truman Show finishes and everyone cheers, they simply switch to something else. After all it was just a show to them, and they don't actually care.
It's more that they don't realize how horrible it is. It feels far away and distant, it's behind the screen, so they don't FEEL the tragedy of the situation.
OK assume they did actually care and they're glad he escaped, shows over... what would they do now? Keep it on the same channel? Storm down to the studio and protest? People change the channel after watching the news does that mean they don't actually care about what's going on in the world?
Truman has for sure the best lawsuit case of all time. He's been an unpaid actor his entire life. Thats almost 250,000 unpaid work hours. Not to mention the clear emotional trauma and abuse suffered on site for his entire life.
unlikely, the amount of money the company can throw at lawyer can drag the case on for way longer than any average citizen can financially support. And if you get those lawyer that file civil suits and is willing to take the cut after the settlement, you might end up with breadcrumbs and the lawyer walking away with everything.
If he's as big as the movie makes him out to be, then he could probably make a ton of money writing a book or making appearances for the rest of his life.
Hollywood wasn't going to give an Oscar to the guy who played Ace Ventura. "Cheapens" the "craft." As in, he didn't get any Oscar because of pretentious, nonsense reasons.
My absolute favorite line is one of the last ones: “I wonder what else is on” The idea that it finishes with how Truman’s life is just a blip, a small entertainment part of others life, and now that the show is over they just tune into what’s next, is truly amazing as my favorite part.
Yes exactly. As soon as its over, they simply find something else to watch, and its like Truman never existed. Its quite possibly the best closing dialogue of any film ever honestly.
as someone who is absolutely paranoid. like i'm still kinda convinced i'm in a simulation because i heard my neighbour say something about 5 times the exact same way but stopped the moment i mentioned it. if i saw a stage light fall from the sky out of nowhere i'd have a meltdown on the spot.
@@kingkooki7761 just cuz a guy said one thing in the same way doesn’t prove that there’s a matrix, I repeat stuff all the time and it makes sense that he would stop after bringing it to his attention. That just makes perfect sense
@@kendricklyon9633 it was my neighbour i didn't speak to him, but it doesn't matter cause this was supposed to be my example for my paranoia. confused on your first comment and what this has to do with dementia?
I know that you have little to no way to prove that I’m telling the truth or not, but I’m also afraid I live in a simulation but that is of course what someone who is in a simulation would say, so even though we both are anxious about the true fabrication of this reality, it’s very possible that either you or I are lying. Or perhaps, we both are in this simulation with our memories erased from our true reality who are looking at our situation completely wrong. Sleep tight bb 😘😘
In regards to the best friend, I read there was a deleted scene when the whole town is searching for Truman that he actually finds him but rather than tell everyone where he is, he let's him go, suggesting that even through all of his fed lines he considered Truman a friend and believed he deserved to know the truth.
One of the things I always loved about The Truman Show was how it ended after he left. The audience is left wanting to know what happened to Truman but it's no longer any of their business. Truman is his own man with his own life, and his time on television is over. It's beautiful, really.
^This. Sure, you can infer what happens, but the movie is over. That's the point. The audience of the show no longer sees what happens, and neither do you.
I feel like in the context of the movie this would be the biggest cultural event of the century. Truman would be stalked relentlessly by paparazzi and every media outlet wants to interview him and whatnot. A sequel or shortfilm from purely the media pov (like a compilation of news interviews, media etc) could be interesting provided the script writing is as top tier as the original
They probably never had to write a convincing ad. Truman grew up in the world, so people just randomly acting like they are in a commercial anytime they eat something was probably just part of his normal everyday life and something he thinks people just do
@@sijachwilkes1927 I think that is the "crack" that Truman is looking for, the straw that broke the camel's back. It is inevitable that he would found it out...
Normally the Companies make the adds, Like how you have amazing you tubers with generic adds. So all of the adds were probably just pre-made by the sponsors.
I always though that his best friend Marlon actually hated Truman. Maybe they were friends as kids but now he is stuck in this role. They have Marlon a bad boring job, make him drink beer all the time which probablly have him a belly and even as kids he got seriously sick when Truman wanted to camp out at night. He has to be there for this man, day or night with beer in hand and make him feel good about his life by comparing it to his own dull life. Poor Marlon.
I think a lot of the people in the cast resented Truman, even though none of it was his fault. Blame-shifting, gaslighting and victim-blaming before it was cool.
i always figured Marlon getting “sick” as a kid was a cover for him getting some time off from the show as a child, and to get some time in the real world
Apparently, there were deleted scenes that showed him sympathetic to Truman's plight. During the search at the end, he saw Truman, recognized him, and then lied, allowing Truman his chance at escape.
One tiny detail that you didn't mention is dogs. Spencer's dog barks aggressively at him and when the whole cast is searching, Spencer shouts "Find him, boy!" We see a few times that dogs are very aggressive and Truman is startled by them. Its clear all the dogs are trained to see Truman as a target so they can be trained to sniff him out if he ever goes off script. Beautifully done and frames him as an animal to be hunted and tracked.
I saw a theory that 'The Truman Show' within the context of the movie, is running out of money. That would explain the light falling, blatant product placement and advertising - that Truman clearly isn't entirely used to - set break in from his Father i.e. cutting back on security, and the only two people on shift to watch him when he escapes at the end. (Great video!)
A big thing the producer was pushing for was "the first on screen conception" as he was pushing Truman to have a child. Big grandiose YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS type of moments are a good sign they need to drum up more ratings, etc.
@@joshuagraham2843 Dark Comedy. The movie is full of funny moments, despite the overall theme being tragic. Like the first Gremlins was full of laughs, despite being a horror flick.
It's an interesting theory, but from what I recall, the product placement was just part of how the show was done. That level of production would be expensive as shit. He was weirded out by his wife doing the ad were just because he was having a serious conversation
One thing that I found that made me think is that the fact that the people in real life don’t even know that he was living his whole life in a TV show without realizing. So much can be missed through film. Something could happen and someone could simply capture it from a certain angle, or fabricate it to seem as if it was just a movie. A real murder could be on film in a movie, and we could never know.
The part where the wife advertises the cocoa makes me squirm rather than laugh. I can just believe that many people would really do this kind of thing if it assisted their (in this case acting) career.
Welp, many actresses have been faced with the unfortunate situation of needing to sleep with someone to get a part. Some give in. This is a hypothetical example of what it's like to have one who's willing to "do anything" for the part. Of course, she's respected and admired for going that extra mile which is considered by many to be controversial, to say the least, and she was probably not the only one up for the job. People don't view her as an opportunistic sociopath, but as someone who's dedicated to her craft. She was molded into her role since childhood, that's actually pretty creepy to consider. Edit: She sleeps with Truman, a guy everyone is lying to, including herself. Not Christoph. Just FYI. Watch the damn movie.
The scary part about the entire show to me was the push for children and the multiple times they talked about having the first live conception, it would go for generations there would be so many more people and you’d be holding an entire family like that
Oh god. I never thought it that way. But now that I think of it, the children would be their hostage and backup plan. That's why they wanted them so badly 🤯🤯🤯
Now I'm currently picturing an alternate version, wherein Truman never realizes his life is a lie. Cut to 2,000 years later and the production company (actually the company that bought the company that bought the production company) ends up owning an entire race of people, all living false lives in a false world.
I feel like that scene between Marlon and Truman on the bridge was just SO well done. It was full of nice, sweet memories, and when we get our first true look at "The Showrunner" talking through him, it almost felt like Marlon _hated_ having to say that all. It felt like Truman was slowly realizing, lamenting, and then silently mourning because he could finally tell Marlon was in on it, too. But he IS his best friend. Maybe it's not true, maybe he IS being sincere. Maybe he can trust him... and then his dad gets brought back in and Truman gets to hold onto something "real" when he himself has been reeling out of control. Dad popped up right as he was about to lose all control and now Truman had something to hang onto... because he knew none of this was over. He's smart, he figured it out. Gave them all one last normal day to relax because he'd found his resolve once he knew these bastards were gonna play with him that far. Knowing his dad never died might have been the worst decision the showrunners could have made for themselves. In my opinion.
Don't know I hated Truman's wife so much from start of her part... She was projected so dramatic and cunning.. that means actress has done wonderful job about her character in movie...
@@LegoLoos2006 Yeah she plays a very similar character in that. She does the whole acting within acting thing to pull off that vibe of “fakeness” very well. I’ve always been fascinated by how well she manages to do it.
@@DellSnooze It's a bizarre paradox that she does perfectly: the CHARACTER of the wife in the movie, as in the actress pretending to be Truman's wife, is actually not very good at staying in character. Years of being on the show have broken her and as shit starts to hit the fan, she is very clearly breaking character and messing up her script. To play the part of a character who is also playing a part, but poorly, is no small feat.
My favorite line in the entire movie is said right at the start of the interview with Christoff. He is described as a man who is very protective of his privacy. He refuses to talk about his own personal life, but makes his living by violating someone else's privacy.
I think that also speaks to the fact that by creating his own world, he might be afraid that his life is fabricated in a similar way, or that it could be. Or that he knows the true horror of privacy being violated and guards strictly against it on purpose.
That's a good point Klockarino...We get to see all of Truman's frailty but we are restricted from seeing Christoff's brokenness...It really points a finger at how we trust any supreme being to be benevolent because , let's face it , viewing any movie is just an excersize in viewing ourselves with similar stimuli...I wonder if it should trouble me that Christoff's name has an obvious "Creator " vibe to it i.e. "in the beginning was the Word " (Jesus)...Maybe that's overthinking it...
@@williamdurham7722 The movie is full of references to god and the bible, i've seen a person theorize that maybe the movie is a critique of predestination in religion.
My favorite scene of this movie is when Truman puts his hand on the painted wall. You can feel all his emotion, all his frustration and descepointment. But it's when the paranoia comes true and it's no longer a paranoia, but a lonely statement of "I was right". That scene allways makes me cry. So powerful.
you feel the "dammit, I was right" as well. All of that and more is conveyed in the last scene of this movie. And like he said, how the hell did Jim Carrey not get nominated for an oscar? Forget that. How the hell does so many people still so utterly underrate him?
I think the reason this film works so well in creating empathy for Truman is because we are all Truman in a way as we imprison ourselves into leading normal lives where every day is the same and Truman wanting to escape, move away and go to new places but being too fearful to do so is how many people feel. Fear limits us, harness the fear and you will live without limits.
Let's not forget that the woman who plays Truman's wife was paid to become his girlfriend and be his sexual partner for something like 15 years. She must have some level of fondness for him. Always wondered about that.
In the movie it really just seemed like she viewed it as a job. Just like how actors can play partners on a tv show but still hate each other in real life. She also seemed very patronizing to Truman, right from the beginning. I think any affection she held for him was more in the way you would feel for a little kid you were babysitting.
Also, now that I think about it, Truman might not even be having sex with her. Hell, they controlled his whole life from the start. His version of “the talk” could easily have been “well, when a man and a woman love each other very much, they get into bed and kiss until the lights go out, then they go to sleep!” They say that all the sex scenes are “fade to black” and it’s not like they have any kids to prove otherwise. MAN I wanna watch a 10 hour version of this movie
There's a line where he aks "Why do you want to have a baby with me? You can't stand me." And she is like "whaaat don't be silly" but when she turns around she has a look on her face that makes it seem like yeah she really doesn't like him.
@GippyHappy oh lord I forgot they were going to have “the first conception of life on TV.” And probably planned to do a spin-off with his kid or something.
@@aquestionabletaryn They wouldn't show that in a PG rated movie anyway. They could have his wife and other romantic interests on birth control in case anything happens.
When Truman starts actually going crazy and holds his wife at knife point, the acting was so on point I felt like I was watching a horror thriller for a moment.
He's real scary. Like he's legit a creative genius in the television industry, he had this revolutionary vision that no one thought could be pulled off, and it went to his head. Or he was always a sociopath needing to be in control but in his own twisted way, he believes he's making art and found/created a loophole to make it seem like's it's ethical he's done this to a human being when someone like Sylvia is trying to prove it's unethical. Cristoff losing it all at the end of the movie (despite having made his "fuck you" money off of Truman's life) has to be the greatest comeuppance a villain could ever receive. If he didn't end up being thrown in jail, no doubt he killed himself knowing his life had no meaning anymore because he can't go back to "normal" work after spending decades dedicating his life to his pet project. It tells you so much about the state of the entertainment industry that they all saw this film and thought "Why didn't we think of this sooner?" and went right to work on making reality TV shows. They're all sociopaths, but they're not as scarily intelligent as Cristoff. And I don't know if that makes things better or worse.
@@patricktsai2303 Technically the word 'Anti-Christ' translates from Greek to 'Apart from Christ,' or as you just put it, 'No Christ.' So yeah, but I've heard the name Christoph before, and I never got that out of it, because usually people named Christoph aren't as evil as this character is. Good takeaway though.
I loved the ending, I've never felt so much just, contentment, as I have with The Truman Show. Watching so many movies with fairy tail endings or sequel endings gets so boring, but watching a struggling and beautifully human man just go on to the next thing in the most life-like and melancholy way, so undramatic and calm like a passing memory. Holy shit, every single time is amazing, it gives you the point of view as the audience in the moving watching Truman, how you see everything they do and nothing beyond the camera that follows Truman. The writers are absolutely amazing and they should have so much more recognition for the work they did. From the little things like the ending being so human and suddenly done to the entire concept of the movie, all of it is just phenomenal
There's a deleted scene where the director is talking to the actors and Louis Coltrane (the "actor" playing Truman's best friend) asks what will happen when Truman dies. It's scary knowing that this guy doesn't have a care in the world for the person he's supposed to be friends with, treating the show like it's just another acting job.
Shockingly, Louis is actually the most caring of Truman. It's shown that he's been best friends with Truman his entire life, and has come to care for him. It's showed a bit more in deleted scenes (which I recommend looking at.). IT's also heavily implied that he's become alcoholic to cope with the guilt and stress he feels because of what he's doing to Truman.
I think the way he says that line is more like being sarcastic as if he was the only one in the room looking at a Truman like an actual person, like he was attacking Christof for treating Truman like just a setpiece.
@@aussiepuppet5250 I mean, if he had that much guilt and stress, what is keeping him from blowing the whistle? It's probably his only acting job since he has been a child, sure, but if the pay sucked, there was no reason to keep silent, and if the pay was great, it wouldnt be a bad thing for him to blow the whistle as he would be able to sustain his own life. Essentially, any character who truly cares for Truman should have been able to tell him the truth. I mean, newer actors have at least a reason, as they dont want to be the cause of breaking Truman's reality, let alone that they have no reason to truly care for him. So it all breaks down that no one in the show truly cared for him. Perhaps you could argue that people thought Truman wouldnt believe them without evidence, sure, but that only holds true untill Truman actively tries to escape. Essentially, everyone on the show that didnt tell him the truth when he was ready to accept his life had been a lie isnt someone who cares for Truman. Even if they felt guilty.
I’d like to think Truman does have a happy ending. He wants to be an explorer, he wants to see the world, and he will get to spend it with the one person who actually cared for him. Happiness is a choice not a destination and I think Truman went through the hardest traumas and will be able to appreciate his true life outside the show.
I imagine Truman training to be training to a pilot if this was a modern day maybe something as a travel vlogger or blogger because he's well and could earn enough money to fullfill his dreams and travel the world. The thing with Truman is that its facing life in the camera or reality show which is a straight up fantasy or face the real world.
Also the big thing about exploring that he will find out is that there will likely be a lot of places that won't recognize him. Remote parts of the world and anywhere that doesn't speak English since I doubt a 24 hour live broadcast is being dubbed into every language in real time especially.
But here's the crazy thing. He doesn't really know her. They never really interacted, and everything she did on the show was her attempting to get him alone so she could tell him the truth. he's fascinated by her because she was so different from everyone else, but she is also a human rights activist. Everything she did could have been for the reason that running the nightmare of a show is wrong. If she is romantically attracted to him, it's either a long standing crush or a straight up para-social relationship.
This movie became more depressing to me when I saw the video recording of him in the womb. Like he will never know his real mother and father. And the fact that a corporation basically adopted a child is sad. But kids born into TH-cam families are being raised like this now
@@vasimir3183 I think you misunderstood my comment. I didn't say he wouldn't have had any parents at all, I was simply refuting the original comment that incorrectly assumed Truman would have known his actual parents if the show hadn't interfered.
The scene on the docks with his friend is one of the few scenes that have ever actually made me cry. He's so genuine and open and at that point, I'd forgotten the intro interviews at the start so I'd genuinely started to think his friend may have been a second victim of the show put there specifically so Truman could have a real friend. Then the cut to show that him putting his heart on the table was just some canned lines, it broke me
There was actually one actor to show guilt. It was when Truman went on a bus to leave and they bus “shuts downs” the bus driver turns to him and you can see the guilt.
*"COINCIDENTALLY"* he was one of only four minority people - black African Americans - in the movie (Three others were in the nuclear family Truman greeted from across the street.)
@@collectiondepixels Right, I remember an Asian woman who was in the control tower with kristoff sort of advising production and I think she had a headphone set. Anyway there's some interesting nuances with the African American male because he was the bus driver the boat driver and the he was the crew on the boat. I think it's not a coincidence but intentional that they kept reusing the African American. Right? Also it was the African American who showed empathy not the white people. That was intentional because perhaps the minority person could more understand how Truman felt? Or the hurt being done to Truman? Sorry for the long answer but I'm driving and this is speech to text...
One scene that always stuck with me was when the bus driver said sorry to Truman, I felt like that was a moment where he broke his character role and actually felt sorry for Truman and how his life has to be, and knowing that he cant do anything to help him
Notice that was the same guy who couldnt get the fairy going and ground out all the gears just like he did to the bus to make it not move. Made me think he did it on purpose just like the bus only this time it was to help truman
I think the most intriguing part of this movie is that if you watch it without knowing anything about the plot you dont realize a lot of the smaller details or underlying plot. This movie was made to be rewatched
The scene that always brings tears to my eyes is when Truman’s boat crashes into the wall and he starts wailing on it trying to break through. He had all these life-shattering moments but at that moment it was confirmed that his life was a lie. And yet, even after this he still wishes that he’s wrong; he tries to break through and get to a land he was never going to find. This movie in my opinion is without a doubt Jim Carrey’s best movie and performance. It easily in my top movies of all time.
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was good too...as far as his dramatic roles go...but I do enjoy Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, Me, Myself and Irene, The Grinch, Bruce Almighty and Dumb and Dumber. He really did leave behind a long list of cinematic gems!
@@SunshineSuperstar Eternal sunshine wasn’t my personal cup of tea but I can see why a lot of people like it. I absolutely love his comedies as well though, his humor is so unique and has had me crying of laughter on various occasions.
@ghost mall Well favourite Jim Carey movie is a hard call to make...but it might just be his first one! Ace Ventura! Probably followed by Me, Myself and Irene or Liar Liar. Then possibly The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, or Maybe The Grinch. The man had so many instant classics it's bordering on the surreal!
The ship was named the Santa Maria, which was one of the ships Colombus used to sail to America, the new world. It also brought Truman to the new world, one that wasn't scripted, but was real.
9:30 The thing here, is that the guy actually IS Truman's friend. He all but confirms it to Truman, in his acting, his choking back the tears, saying that "if everybody's in on it, I'd have to be in on it too." Apparently they were going to make a scene where the friend discovers Truman during the search (Truman in disguise here) and he chooses to ignore Truman to give him the choice. I wish they had kept that in, as it would've added to the character.
I think it’s better they didn’t, it’s supposed to be that Truman is the only real character and every one else is fake. If the other actors seemed like real people it would break the illusion of everyone else being 2-d.
@@emmalucy9703 either way I think it would be so wonderful to see And it sure would give us another point of view Sure it would break the "everything he see is completely fake" But it would give us another good point of view, The "I am an actor, not a puppet" Still in my view, I love the first one more lol
There is sooooo much you spot on rewatches of this film. Last time I saw it, I noticed that so many of Truman's fans/viewers have products that have been in his house. So the old ladies wear the same silky dressing gown as his wife, they drink out of the same big coffee cups, the guy in the bathtub has this blue foam sphere thing that Truman has in his bath, and I'm sure there are more. Did this watch through with a much more anticapitalist lens and it's amazing. Like I never noticed before that every morning these two guys push him up against a wall with an advert behind him. Or that he's actually legally adopted by the corporation. And every time you see his best friend, he's carrying the sponsor beer. Cristoff's obsession with the first baby conceived on live TV is absolutely disgusting too.
I think something so beautiful about the end where Truman walks out the door to meet his new life is how we don't get to see any of that because it's his life now with no cameras or script. He's free from the imprisonment that was the Truman Show so it's only for his privacy and freedom do we get spared of seeing his new life. I think that's something that's so amazing. It also raises even more questions in our head as we can only imagine what he would think or say or do in his new world. The whole movie really just makes you think.
I had that realisation too. Like, I wanted to see what Truman did and what happened to him once I left. I wanted to see a happy ending, see him reunite with Sylvia. But we don't get to see it anymore. Truman is free. We don't have the right to watch him anymore. As you say, many possibilities are open to Truman and it's his business what he chooses to do.
did it make you think enough to question where we really live? if it didnt then it didnt make you think. if you havent figured it out yet, we dont live on a ball flying through an endless vacuum, we live in a world that is flat, motionless and enclosed. the writers of this film are telling you where you live, without telling you where you live. wake up.
@@drtydawg73 honestly i think we all sat there for a solid hour after the film thinking about that checking for cameras (or just suspicious of them). this film is really a genius in making us think about so many things even our own existence
What really cemented this movie as a tragedy for me was the very end when the parking lot cops change the channel to see what else was on. It really solidifies that at the end of the day, everything Truman worked so hard to achieve, even his brilliant escape, was just another episode of television. Time to find something else to watch. No one in the Truman Show except for Truman himself really learns anything, chances are in the world of this film there will be a sequel. Another unwanted child sold to a television studio, maybe even a whole series of shows just like it where they experiment with different family dynamics or settings. Anything to capture the same ratings that Truman got.
I think the big thing that would stop him from having such a distrustful nature is Lauren, Lauren was the only one who was honest with him. She ran out the door after him, so she is ready to be the base for rebuilding his life.
I'm imagining his life after, she'll be the only person that he trusts. But then he won't trust her. He'll have some point where the Paparazzi comes or something and he barges into the house saying "they're after me" and she says something like "you can trust me". "how can I trust anyone? Everything I've ever lived was a lie. you could be fake too. I have no reason to believe you." But she Loves and cares about him too much. "then slap me." "what?" "Slap me!" and he won't, so she grabs his hand and slaps herself in the face with it to prove that she cares. she does it multiple times until he stops her, and begins to trust her for real. then they get out of there or something idk, maybe he has money because he sued the company that monetized his life. "I'm sorry, I trust you." "good, then let's get out of here."
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What's with all the redacted audio?
Blame Warner Bros.
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Fuck Warner Bros tho
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@@makebettermedia sheeeesh
@@256threst8 There is no such thing as a coincidence.
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They made this video jokingly as a part of my own truman show
Yep. We’ve all seen you talk to yourself in the mirror.
If you ever believe you’re in a real life Truman show, remember it’d be one boring ass show
You made this comment jokingly as a part of my own truman show
It’s a real psychosis that’s terrifying.
We've been friends for years, I would never ever lie to you
the way director peter weir said he wanted to have cameras installed in every theater the film was shown in, having the projectionist at one point cut the power, cut to the viewers, and then cut back to the movie... I can't even imagine
That would be so scary holy shit
awesome
id probably stop going to movies lol i dont need my actual reality fucked with to get the point the movie is making
Imagine doing that in our current social setting. Puts more heaviness to it.
No no no, this is a limit they shouldn't cross at all. I'd be so disturbed if that had happened to me I'd need therapy, gosh
You know why we don’t see what happens after he leaves the island? Because he’s not on tv anymore. We are the audience, and he is supposed to be free, so we don’t see it.
wait this is such a good observation dhdjdjdj
omggg i didn't even think about it like that
Great point man :)
Best thing I’ve seen said about this movie
We do, however, see scenes of him when it's turned off shortly before that.
I always took Truman's last line as him realizing he had a catchphrase and just saying it to appease the audience before starting his real life.
I saw it more as his standard greeting being used instead as a farewell.
It's his subtle way of giving his so called voice of God the middle finger because he wants the risk of reality not a fantasy
It definitely felt like a middle finger of sort lol
That'd be demoralizingly stockholms of him....
This movie is me realizing the earth is flat.
When I first watched this in my psychology my teacher didnt show us the beginning. We found out as Truman did
That's awesome, I kinda wish I could experience the movie like that
I think you would have to cut out other parts too....
Great teacher!
dude that’s so cool, now i wanna do this to my friend to see their reaction lol
What was the reason to play that in class?
They sent Truman to cross the bay to REMIND HIM that he had a terrible fear of water. To REINFORCE that fear.
yes and I think it was also to remind the audience so that they could play flashback of his "father" 's death on screen and people would be like "remember when that happened?"
@@mimmidauria5405 isnt that the obvious answer
Yeah if you watch the movie again you’ll see all of these things that try to keep him away from leaving, like when he goes to the airport there is a poster that says “it could happen to you” with a lightning bolt through the plane wing
Yeah I agree. Many people have heard of exposure therapy, but the thing is, when it is does incorrectly, it makes the phobia significantly worse. That was the goal here.
Conditioned and creating a scenario to have Truman response emotionally.
*Amgdala will remember this*
I always thought the reason he was given the task of leaving the island for his job was to maintain the illusion of choice. That he is able to go anywhere and is often given the opportunity, but it is his own fault he can't. That would be an important psychological trick into making him believe he isn't on a tv show.
Yes! It's all very carefully designed. behind the scenes of the Show working with Cristof would have been some pretty terrifying psychoanalysts advising the production on how to constantly manipulate Truman in just the right amounts.
I like this answer but when I got to that bit in the analysis the explanation that it was simply for drama for viewers fit the most for me; this show has been running for years and its well established he has a fear of water, so occasionally giving tension for the audience by tasking him to go near to bodies of water is a cheap way to give a question to the audience about whether he'll overcome it this time or not.
also possibly a sad note that fits the tragic theme; that the audience either gets genuine sympathy out of his reaction, knowing just why he's so afraid and hopes for him to get across (which fits at the end where more than a few viewers actively root for him), or gets a vicarious thrill out of his panic and continues to watch because of that...
@@scottw3048 It could be both, it would allow the audience to continue to believe that it is a choice for Truman to leave like Christof says, but he chooses not to, subconsciously or not. And of course the drama that involves is entertaining, which is a plus. But it also had to be done very carefully so that Truman didn’t actually get on the boat, or question why others were given tasks that involved going to the mainland that he wasn’t. And it was a plus that it would be great for the audience to see and be entertained by it, but it was likely not entirely for just Truman or the audience. I don’t think anything on the show could be for just one or the other.
You are correct.
@@scottw3048 I think the task for him to go to the water was a reminder of his fear to drown out his thoughts of Fiji
In a world full of actors, Truman really was the only “true man”
wait that's actually crazy I've never thought of his name being because of that
And the creator is Christof or “Christ of” (god of) True-man! That’s why I say this is an allegory of man’s relationship with god and religion
@@lorihenrytaylor4438 oh my goodness wtf i didn't even think of that
* glad you caught that 😉
That's exactly why it was called that.
I always thought that the reason they give Truman the job to deliver something across the bay is because it makes it seem like he is staying in his city by his own volition. If he was never offered a chance to leave the city it would make it easier to doubt the validity of the world around him, but by making it seem like it is his choice he doesn't doubt it in the least until forced to.
I like this theory
Regardless, it was a succinct way for the film to present his fear of water. He was all weak in the knees just walking on the pier. AND Was that HIS boat that was sunk & still tied up to the pier? That's pretty sick.
I also wouldn't be surprised if periodically confronting him with his fear in a manner where the stakes are low, the punishment for failure to overcome them and the reward for succeeding are both trivial compared to the effort it would take, is a way of keeping the fear fresh and make sure the trauma doesn't fade.
yeah and it kinda reflects an abusive tactic of manipulation in which the abuser convinces the victim of the danger of the outside world, manipulating them into believing that the abuser is the only safe option, thus taking away some agency while maintaining the illusion of free choice.
I agree. It's as Neo once said: the problem is choice.
Imagine if the Truman Show was just CANCELED when he was 15 or so. How would they break that news to him? "So you're what's known as a former child star now..."
BRAD WTF.. I RANDOMLY READ THE COMMENTS AND YOU ARE HERE.
They'd probably either make him believe he was moving and bring him to a normal town or something, or exactly that, just destroy his entire reality when he's 15.
@@anidiot192
Surely they could at least move him to an isolated cabin in Alaska and break it to him slowly.
Who am I kidding -- they'd probably airdrop him in New York and televise his reaction as a "Christmas special."
If somehow, their true world was in nuclear fallout or something and they had to stop productions, then yea they would just leave him with little compensation or explanation. They were evil enough to make and maintain the show in the first place and would have no trouble betraying him
If it was cancelled for moral reasons, they might stage an accident and transport him to the real world, but he would 100% find out or people would tell him. I dont think it would be as impactful to him as hes still 15, which is still so young
Haha
I like to think that Lauren/Sylvia rushing out her house at the end is her going to find Truman, and despite everything, he knows he can trust her, and she can help him find his way in the real world.
In the context of the movie, she's supposedly sent to the other side of the world, or at least that's the excuse told to Truman. It's almost certainly a lie, but I like to think that the seperation was for both of them, and it was obviously lifted when the show ends.
@@destructivforce2894 "were moving to fiji!!!"
It’d definitely be a massive change going from his life in the show to life in the real world
@@benfletcher8100 Queue the sequel: a mashup of the Truman Show... he'd obviously be hounded by the paparazzi and talk shows... and Blast From The Past. He was raised in a 50s-60s styled era. Now he has to deal with the 21st century
What if she was fake though?
His fear of the ocean was not 'holding onto characterization' it IS his characterization. That is what the show intended. They manufactured his talassophobia to control Truman better. So that they DON'T have to deal with him leaving. It's the whole point, not a side fact that they "luckily kept in"
It's called an implanted phobia and cults, in particular, as well as some religions are known for utilizing this tactic to give their members a fear of questioning doctrine, disobeying "leadership," and/or leaving the group.
alr calm down mate
@@hate4173They’re not upset at all, why are you telling them to calm down?
This is the life of a targeted individuals, who’s being gangstalked
it was the only thing keeping him from his dream of exploring
i think the most important part of the ending isn't when everyone watching cheers for Truman, it's when they're done cheering and change the channel. That's the real tragedy-- once the movie is over we can change the channel, watch something else, and wonder vaguely about Where He is Now, but Truman is stuck with the consequences of this forever. He can't stop living his life, and his life was destroyed for the fleeting entertainment of strangers who move on the second he stops entertaining them. Even the Free Truman movement seems to be incredibly small-- if it's bigger than just Lauren at all.
You have not realized yet that the movie Truman Show (true man) is just a reflection of our situation in this reality?
you are now-here because there is no-where to go on plan-et. After all the earth is the heart. Watch all videos from the youtube-channel "Chiron Last" for some know-ledge.
@@ChironLastBackup Oh, shut up, cultist. Stop advertising your sage.
@@aquila4142 can you say something intelligent or only ad hominem? th-cam.com/video/Yau0wOEDZkE/w-d-xo.html
@@ChironLastBackup Touch a nerve, gnostic? Stay back in the second century with the rest of that madness, the Church won out over these heresies for a reason.
Sorta like the #freebritney movement. It’s started very small but has grown.
Notice how Truman's environment barely even changes in 30 years, like being stuck in the 50's. In fact they could tell him that it's 1955 every year and he wouldn't even know. That's so twisted.
Who even needs years? If he wasn't raised with the concept, he would be none the wiser
His whole world could even be an alien planet with purple plants, it still wouldn't matter, because he's never experienced the real world, so he doesn't know what the real world should look like
1985
C.o.R (Lex) ...
Huh you’re right
That's Seaside, Florida. It's a real place. You have to register the design of your picket fence, so there are no copies
Truman didn't find out the truth yet. He still doesn't know he's in a movie.
Omg
Damn...
Too meta for my smol brain.
That is meta as hell
This hurts my brain
I remember one time we were watching the Truman show in class. Normally whenever they put on something, the students aren't that interested, so when the bell rings they're fully ready to leave. But when we were watching the final scene of the Truman show with the stormy ocean, the bell rang and half the class stayed sitting. Everyone was fully willing to be late to their next class just to see how the movie ends. To me that says alot, because I've never seen such a reaction with any other movie.
There’s an element of truth to the movie that we all sense. Movies like matrix have that X factor.
same happened to me in high school, communication and media class
lol that's with every good movie, nothing special here boy
@@MGrey-qb5xz you must be the life of the party... dudes just telling a childhood story dont be annoying
classes for me were an hour long so we never finished a movie. lol
The reason that Truman is so comedic is because his whole life people have wanted him to be entertaining. Any time he could make people laugh they are very happy and subconsciously he absorbed this lesson. He's been subject to Pavlovian conditioning for literally decades.
Haven't we all, though?
Wow so that's why I relate so much haha
@@eyesofthecervino3366 Yes we are conditioned by society in a way but definitely not to the extent of truman. His is extremely controlled conditioning. They knew what they wanted and groomed him to be that.
@i want to commit literal genocide. your username terrifies me, sir
@@henryfdc lmao
When I watched it, as Truman was escaping I was almost shouting
"FOLLOW HIM WITH THE CAMERA! I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS!"
And suddenly I was the villain of the movie.
F.
Deep
Ayo.
The original ending did follow him backstage, but it wss cut to leave us the mystery, because that is real life.
...and yes, the challenge is to not become the villain, but to live and die as a true man.
By the end we all felt like 1 of 3 people. Truman, Christoph or the guy in the bathtub.
Bathtub, plain and simple
Tag yourself, I'm bathtub guy.
Nah bro, my back hurts, I act older, and I feel tired all the time. I’m one of the granny’s
I'm Truman. At least I gotta be, I should try be Truman.
ie. Emporer Napoleon I or the woman who was told to break into the zoo and free all the kangaroos by brain-invading space aliens...
The moment when he touches the wall and you see it wash over him that he was right and he didn't want to be right, always gets me
Gotta love how Netflix has this labelled as a comedy. That ending wasn't funny, man, that shit was sad.
It's just because of Jim Carrey, if it were anyone else acting it would be labeled a drama
I completely disagree that it's a tragedy. I think there is a case to be made that The Truman Show allowed Truman to gain an entirely unique experience that will shape the rest of his life. After he escapes from the show, he will begin to question everything and be better off for it; somewhat similar to someone who has started to reject their religious beliefs. Uncertainty, doubt and paranoia at the most appropriate doses can make you wiser. I don't think the ethics of such a psychology experiment are so cut and dried as it is made out to be in this video. If he never found out that he was living in a manufactured social environment, then it would have caused him no harm. When he did find out about it, once he escaped, he would have the ability to live the rest of his life with a level of clarity and self-awareness that few others get to have.
@@MrAlRats I disagree. Most people would probably have PTSD and delusions of possibly being inside yet another Truman show or simulation.
Yeah this was always a sad movie to me. I'm surprised people found it funny.
@@MrAlRats I highly disagree. Poor guy would forever be troubled that his so called parents were actors, millions of people watched his every move, showrunners were willing to drown him for money, his whole life he was being manipulated by those he thought were his closest friends and family, how no one in the outside world objected to all of this. He would forever look over his shoulder wondering if he actually managed to escape or is this another plot. He'd question his reality and that would drive anyone crazy
If I was living in a Truman Show reality right now, the crew would be sweating bullets seeing me watch this video.
The producers would cancel my show because I regularly throw Molotov cocktails in random areas
@@auhsojacosta1672 living life in the fast lane, I see. Respect.
I watched it with my those who loved the film and who encouraged me to. So I doubt I'm in a show
@@krimson8317 I can show you that your life is a show
*grabs Molotov*
Now I'm wondering if the Pandemic is fabricated cause I'm in a tv show lol
If Truman had never discovered that his life was a farce, how far were they gonna go omg? Have kid actors to play his children? That’s beyond messed up.
In the movie they state that Truman will have a child on live TV. Since his wife divorced him, he was meant to marry a new wife that was introduced at his job. The channel would then switch to a two channel format and then when Truman died they would go back to the single channel format. It's incredibly messed up.
@@SQUIDWORD15 NOW THAT'S FUCKED UP
@@SQUIDWORD15 what if that’s what happened to his father
@@RR-xz6bv what do you mean
@@SQUIDWORD15 Yeah that’s really messed up
I watched this movie today (after being recommended this video) and I remember in the movie they mentioned the idea of him having a kid several times.
One time was when his wife and mother were looking at his picture album, and the mother says “I hope to have a grandkid someday”
Anyway, I feel like the show writers would want him to have a child soon, for two reasons:
1. In a show like the Truman show, I can imagine you are always trying to keep the show fresh/ interesting. By him having a kid, that’s like a MAJOR episode and then like you said, the show would also be about his kid and would keep the show fresh.
Another reason is for manipulation purposes. If he has a kid, then that’s another barrier that could prevent him from leaving and finding out the truth.. Yeah, he hated his wife, but his child? His own flesh and blood? If his child wasn’t in on it like Truman isnt, then they could manipulate by someone telling the kid to say stuff to Truman (like someone the kid thinks is a close friend) or simply manipulating Truman by threatening possible harm/ death to his kid if he tries to escape.
I love that when Marlon and Truman are talking Marlon is drinking a beer but he is somehow very aware of which camera is active (how?) and keeps turning the beer can in a non-obvious way so that the label is always facing the camera.
I think it's established in the film that the actors have an earpiece in (i.e Marlon being fed lines when talking to Truman)
Let’s get real here, if the Truman Show was real. That ending would have been the greatest ending to a TV show ever.
With him walking up the staircase into the sky. It looks kind of like he is ascending to heaven. The death of his old life, steering into the unknown
Imagine it as a Generic Drama Show On Nickelodeon like Full house, filled with foreshadowing, and in the last season is this movie but stretched out over 12 40 minute episodes,
Wanda vision
Someone should totally make a show or sitcom like that.
Scary for the protagonist. Maybe.
It’s like going out of prison after 40+ years inside prison.
Creator of the show: "Truman would leave if he wanted"
Truman: **leaves**
Creator of the show: 😨😱
Bashed my windows in last time 😒
Short before: Truman tryes to leave; creator is willing to get him killed for keeping him in his prison.
The director knows what he is doing is morally wrong. This is the justification he makes to himself in order to continue the experiment and see it through to the end.
@@chillaxTF Ayup. It's the same sort of mental gymnastics that slave owners used to justify their actions.
If you conspire to make freedom something dangerous or unpalatable by way of extreme manipulation and threats to life and limb, it could hardly be shocking that the target of your machinations is hesitant to take the risk.
And yet in spite of that, in the end, that's exactly the sort of risk that Truman (and a lot of people) do take.
More like...
Creator of the show: "Truman would leave if he wanted"
Truman: *leaves*
Creator of the show: "Hit 'em with lightning!"
Never noticed this before but the boat that Truman took was called the “Santa Maria” which is the same name of Christopher Columbus’ boat that he used to discover “The New World”, and Truman is using it to escape his prison and find a new world, too.
like the new world we are coming into now. forced repression, governments extending there powers. weaponizing police against members of the public, like we see in australia now.
Ngl early on the day I first watched this movie I was doing a class presentation on Columbus and read all about his first voyage and whatnot. That night when I sat down and watched the movie, suffice to say I was shocked to the core like holy shit...
@@j45c The comment wasn’t abt any of that, you just really felt the need didn’t ya
@@j45c I get it, you’re preaching, it’s just annoying it’s all
@@j45c Okay dude, you’re gonna write a whole novel there. It’s annoying, and I’m enjoying myself poking fun at ya that’s all.
In the script, sending Truman on a trip across the bay he can't take shows us his debilitating phobia. In the world of the show, I think the purpose of the assignment is because Christof noticed Truman is daydreaming about leaving again, and has someone send him on a mission that will put him face to face with a reminder of his trauma as a "don't forget, you're here forever" knife twist.
Plot twist, the ‘outside world’ is just another show, and the ‘escape’ was just a transition to a new, bigger set, new story arcs, and a way to sell more merchandise.
If there was a sequel, this would be it.
And....the entire "first escape" was planned years in advance, when they set him up to fall for his "true love," who is in on it. They knew they couldn't keep the actors in the roles forever, so they needed a transition phase like this for a completely new cast.
That would explain the sudden hints they showed him...
Holy crap, if that actually happened, I think he'd have a pure and utter mental breakdown
They would have to fast forward into the future
I just realized they named him Truman cuz he was the only "true man" while everyone else was playing a part, very clever
how did i never catch that before??
but is he real tho🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
I always thought it was truth and manipulation!
@@SP_CEGH0ST Very interesting! I want to create a movie and I've been inserting greek mythology references similar to that.
Good point, and I have to think that the last name Burbank is a nod to Burbank, CA, where a lot of Hollywood TV/movie studios are located.
This movie is a horror, imagine finding out your wife and your best friend were actors. His life was stolen and ruined.
it's not just them, it's also that his entire life was fake. his neighbours, his house (just a set), even his parents!
After rewatching this film, I think it would be and excellent horror movie. If Truman wasn't so lighthearted, this movie would've been a lot more unsettling
Can’t steal something that didn’t exist
@@-carter-8681 the movie is already fairly unsettling with the fact everything is taken so lightheartedly. Imagine being in a such a horrifying, existential situation but everything, everyone around you is playing it off as goofy and silly.
Imagine trying so hard to prove something isn't right but everyone you know thinks you're playing a joke. That's infuriatingly mind-breaking, it's like being in an emotionally breaking dream you can't control, you try to push the buttons yourself but you're essentially playing with a fake console and no matter how hard you try nothing you do will change the situation you're in.
It's all rage-inducing, mind-breaking and depressing at the same time
@@drawnwithlove3499 **trying so hard to prove something isn't right but everyone you know thinks you're playing a joke**
ye
His best friend when they’re talking on the bridge made me cry it was so sad knowing it was fake and he was lying to his face by far the saddest scene
I’m stupid that’s a pier
What would happen if they just told him the truth to save their morality? Some kind of a monetary penalty and probably not being able to act anymore AT WORST. So they just did it because they are greedy and shitty. It’s not like someone was gonna shoot them in the head if they told him the truth. Truly despicable and beyond tragic.
@@LeahIsHereNow You'd get put into your own show
@@LeahIsHereNowprobably jail since they have a contact
“Truman could leave at any point if he really wanted to” meanwhile they’re blocking him at every turn, gaslighting him his whole life, and doing everything in their power to stop that from happening, going to drastic and dangerous measures to stop him from leaving. Cristoff is truly an insidious manipulator
almost drowned the guy lmao
- We can’t let him die in front of a live audience!
- He was BORN in front of a live audience.
they created a whole literal storm to get him to stop
they created a whole literal storm to get him to stop
they created a whole literal storm to get him to stop
another creepy detail about this movie is that Seahaven Island's motto is "unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno" which means "all for one, one for all", because everyone living in Seahaven is just there for Truman, and and Truman is in Seahaven for everyone to watch his life
That's some pretty cool foreshadowing to Truman
That scene always gives me the chills. It really drives the point home especially when that motto was displayed right after Truman chases the bus that took his "dad"
That's a super cool detail tbh
Excellent
Do you think the Three Musketeers were also in Truman show?
Truman was raised to be a TV character, so having Carrey play him is absolutely masterful. The cartoonish elements genuinely fit the character, because Truman lives in what's essentially a cartoon world.
Did you watched the video dude? Watch the video before typing a comment or you're just copying what he just said in the video
This is one of the most beloved and cherished movies of all time. There are actually people out there stupid enough To say that this movie was “underrated.”
I often wonder what’s actually wrong with people
I don't think he's 'cartoonish' in the context of this film. He is reacting appropriately to the situation he's been put into. We are made to believe he has exaggerated emotions, because we are made to believe that his realness is a spectacle. The film has fooled us, just like it's fooled Truman.
@@imjonathan6745 Why be a dick? Would hate to be anywhere around you if this is how you react over a single youtube comment not even directed towards you…
We analyzed this movie in my film class last year. It was genuinely one of my favorite classes and teachers I ever had. On the last day I told my teacher "Oh, and in case I don't see you: Good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight!"
bet that they didn't discuss the notion that it represents the flat earth theory, that we live in a dome with a firmament, that we are enclosed in an ice wall around the edge, that the moon and sun go around the circle of flat earth. That True Man is controlled by Christ of.. (ie not of christ). I am not advocating, merely illustrating that of all the things that might be analysed... they didn't analyse the obvious.
I just finished this movie yesterday in my film study class.
I'm definitely going to say that same thing to my teacher 🤣
This movie’s a gold mine to analyze. Theres so many hidden details that every time you watch it you’re bound to notice something new. On my most recent watch a few days ago I just noticed that Truman’s wedding ring had an enormous stone on it, implying theres a camera inside.
This movie was so ahead of its time. The parts that gave me chills were when Truman put his hand out in front of the bus to stop the bus and his other hand out the opposite way to stop a car as he’s completely coming undone. And then the part where he’s made it off the island with Merrill and the And the men in hazmat suits try to stop him and accidentally says “Have a good day Truman” and he says back to him in a whisper....”Truman!” Like in that moment he realizes his worst fear is true......Jim Carrey is brilliant in this role one of the few comedians who can also switch to drama like turning on a light switch.
And you’re right the fact that Jim Carrey wasn’t even nominated for an Academy award let alone win it is a f’ing travesty!!
"Ahead of it's time" is a meaningless buzzword
@@kenetickups6146 but it was, just bc a saying is overused doesn’t make it less true
@@dillonthevillon3719 so you're saying movies now are better?
@@kenetickups6146 Objectively speaking movies are certainly on a higher standard, they never said that it automatically makes the movies of today better, please be better than using stupid black&white-fallacies.
Also being ahead of its time can imply much.
How Jim Carrey didn't not only get nominated but win, Ed Harris didn't win Supporting Actor, Peter Weir didn't get Best Director, and this movie didn't win Best Picture is the most mind-boggling mistakes the Academy has made of the last 25 years.
Another little detail, the travel agent was late getting into her office because this was the first time she's ever had to be there. They probably didn't even have an actress for it specifically. You can see a napkin in her shirt collar to protect it from them doing makeup in a rush.
Woahhhhhh thats so true omg
With the astronomical production budget it had you' think they'd be running whole film schools on the side just to have extras with Whose Line level impov skills lined up for every contingency. At so many times they were scrambling, which didn't show anything but a lack of preparation. I guess Chistof really did want some scene breaks to be obvious so he'd have enough holes to escape. Truman couldn't CHOOSE to stay if he couldn't see any alternatives.
@@treasuremage7546 I also always assumed the film was intentionally trying to show how cocky Cristof was. He failed to prepare for this scenario because he genuinely believed it could never get that far.
That’s like very obvious
@@treasuremage7546 OR. Perhaps that wanted Improv.
I don’t understand why Jim Carrey didn’t win an Oscar for this movie. He is able make us feel how Truman is feeling especially at the end when he’s standing in front of the door to leave. As the creator is talking to him all we see is Truman’s back to the camera, but in that moment we can feel every emotion Truman is experiencing even if we can’t see his face. we know everything Truman has been through up until that point and Truman’s silence speaks volumes, we understand what he is going through and has went through he doesn’t need to say anything. Jim Portrayed this dude so well that we didn’t even need to see Truman’s face to know what he was feeling we just knew. I can’t express enough how I just love the end of this movie, and is an Excellently acted movie through out.
Oscar and Hollywood don't mean anything anymore.
And it also showed jim can act way better then just silly faces and comedy (no offence to Jim because he’s hilarious) but comedy doesn’t really showcase amazing talent and I really respected Jim after watching the movie and still do.
Yes! I thought he was absolutely amazing here. He was great at show casing the emotions that Truman would be feeling. He’s lighthearted for the beginning, and my favorite part is when he tried to leave the island by bridge and got brought back. His acting there is downright awesome, how he can’t tell if he’s the crazy one or not. I don’t understand how he didn’t win more awards for it.
Completely agree, while I love all of Jim's comedies - from Fire Marshal Bill to The Mask to SNL Cameos- his 2 best movies in my mind are Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Also, my opinion is, kinda like how you said it, that Jim Carrey successfully did such a unique character that was never done before really, most certainly not to anyone else's knowledge at the time, nor ever since/before then...
Can we take a moment and all agree that the viewers were just as guilty as the show runner? If the viewers would have stopped watching, the show would have ended a lot sooner. They were all happy when he got out, but their role as loyal viewers is what kept Truman there for so long
this is such a good point, and in the movie i think it's a great commentary on how consumers tend to act. like i might know that a company is bad, but it's very hard to convince myself not to support them if whatever they sell benefits me in some way. the viewers probably understand that the show is unethical, but the entertainment value is too great for them to change the channel. ✨cognitive dissonance ✨
It's the voyeurism mania, people start losing compassion for the victim... only few of them might feel guilty over time when they realize how painful and unethical to put a human being in such a situation, with fake family fake friends.... and depriving them from being their true selves by manipulating them and making them develop phobias.
Much like real life. The show will end, the dream will collapse, when there are no more believers of the unreality. We can all take a bow for our wondrous performance
no they aren't, the movie isn't real for us.
@@Leo.23232I think they meant the viewers in the movie
The thing is, after he leaves, he'll still have cameras in his face everyday. He'll never be able to have a private life, he'll be hounded by paparazzi and fans forever.
Child slavery time
But he’ll have Lauren to help him
@@thedumbdog1964 Lauren carries a 'protect Truman' bat to deal with the problem.
@@ChimeraMK Lauren can't fight of the world
@@bobbuilder155 She can try. 🙂
I think what’s terrible is the fact that everyone in the world cheers. Just... to cheer they know he triumphed- and to know he triumphed is to know that he existed in a terrible situation. They took joy in this triumph over evil that they perpetuated and that’s terrifying.
The whole point of watching was to see when he would escape.
That's humans. *shrug*
Right? Like I thought about this too. How everyone just watched this boy grow up in essentially a prison and nobody did anything. Scientists don't even do this type of thing bc it's considered immoral, but everyone knew about what was being done to Truman and did nothing bc it was entertaining for them to watch him. How was this even legally allowed? Where was CPS? And when he was an adult where was the police? Especially when it became clear he wanted to leave and they wouldn't let him. To me even more fucked up then the fact that someone decided to do this is how many people took active part in it by either being on the "show" or watching it.
@@mrillis9259 that’s not true at all. It was watched as reality tv
Yeah, but the implication is that they changed their minds.
Imagine growing up in one of those TH-cam families, that's Truman.
The Truman Show is something the next generation (the post-Z) might live and that's something scary bc those kids won't understand the difference between TH-cam persona (the character you make for the viewer) and themselves
I don’t think that you can compare the two.
Yeah, I always feel terrible for those kids because imagine almost every single memory or moment you experience being on the internet for anyone to watch. Anythijg your parents deem as cute is now on the internet for veiws, especially embarrassing moments you'll hate when your older. It seems degrading, really. You have no control over what on the internet and what's not.
The Truman show predicted Reality TV craze. When Big Brother came out, it was called by the media " The Real Life Truman Show." But I also agree with the line at the start where his wife's actor says there is no different between my private life and the Truman Show. My Life is the Truman show. Also the fact the show grosses more then most nations GDP and people have pillows of his face reflects the Vtuber fan we have now. Where simp over people they will never meet.
@@nikolairostov3326 Not to Truman's show extent, but the intent is definitely there. There are family vlogging channels who have filmed their kids literally from birth. Imagine having literally everything you've done since being a baby or toddler broadcasted for millions to see on TH-cam regularly. Not to mention a good bunch of these channels have done some really scummy things to their children as well eg Daddy OFive and 8Passengers or that channel that adopted an autistic Chinese kid only to give him away because they couldn't handle taking care of him.
@@tarotsushima3332 Thanks! This is what I'll try to say. Imagine that kid, he was adopted and suddenly he's returned like if he was some kind of food you bought at the supermarket. That kid would probably think if they ever adopted bc of him or just for the views
I absolutely loved this movie. My head canon for the ending is that Truman and Lauren find each other and she is the one he trusts. She's the one that lets him know everything around him is real. Anytime he has any doubts or if he ever has an episode of paranoia she'll be the one to ground him back in reality. She was the first to tell him the truth, when everyone else around him was lying so to him, she symbolizes the truth and reality he's been seeking.
I love that. 🤍
Beautiful
But...what if she's just a further part of the plot? What if they wanted me out in the world because 30 years in the dome was getting stale from a story telling perspective? I'm supposed to believe that everybody in the world has devices in their pockets and just films everything now? That I'm not still on TV? Why does every store have so many cameras? For everyone, or for just for me?
I don't believe you! I don't believe any of you! It isn't real! NONE OF THIS IS REAL.........
@@benjamink7105basically what happened to the wife from Inception (which would be the worst outcome, that’s unfortunately a bit plausible, for Truman
Anyone else feel like Truman catches his “friend” when he says “I would never lie to you”, you can see it in his eyes and I genuinely think that’s the moment he breaks free and knows for sure he lives in a manufactured world
I agree, I feel the way Truman looks at him, he knows he’s lying and decides to leave then and there
This is why I hate when people say that Jim Carrey is a shit actor. He acts stupid for humor but here, he's such a good actor
@@jstar3382
the reason he started doing more serious movies is because he realised that if he didn't, he'd just be known as the guy who makes funny faces. he knew he could be more, and so he did
i thought that part was obvious
@@JM-md4ri i agree, but the movie kind of insinuates he might not, so I just thought it was worth the mention. I noticed it during my first watch, glad someone else did
The deleted scenes are also amazing. It's a shame they didn't fit. It shows that Marlon had become an alcoholic because they forced him to drink. It also implies that Marlon is also a victum because he was a child when he met Truman. He was basically brainwashed.
They could've done a extended edition like TLOTR
Weird flex, who asked.
@@bt70a9 what? lmao
@@bt70a9 omg you're so edgy
Where can I find them?
The Matrix is having everyone in a false reality, which just makes it normal reality. But the Truman Show is all for one guy, and that's terrifying.
Both are terrifying to be honest.
I would rather be in the matrix than the Truman show, because if everything in the world is fake, at least the love and relationships are real.
@@amypattie7004 Exactly. The only thing fake in the matrix is the world itself. The people are all as real as you.
Truman's fake reality is honestly more terrifying than the one in Matrix.
"if everyones in on it, no one is"
Truman reminds me a lot of Coraline. Trapped in someone else's artificial world, and as the facade drops, they begin desperately trying to escape through the tears in the seams.
It’s a miracle Truman lasted that long with a wife who reads the labels of every single thing brought into the house
In the movie it is shown that truman doesn't even love his wife.
But she was always there, always looking for his company, his family and friends probably pressured him into marrying her, and she and him have history.
She is a safe and comfortable choice.
😂😂😂😂
I think since Truman grew up around actors with cartoon-like mannerism who have scripted lines he never really questioned the absurdity for it
@@CN-hv1fxyeah, what probably made him question it was that it was out of no where when she brought up the Mococoa thing
I think it was when he began questioning everything and becoming paranoid is what led him to question it as he was being drawn closer to the truth.. Humans are a pattern recognition species that think in cognitive chunks. Very rarely do we actually look at the real world, instead we recognize something that we have chunked on and leave it at that. The world could easily be made of cardboard stand ins as far as the human brain goes. This is why we create art, video games, and music etc.. And things that challenges us and gives us a rich possibility space for learning and when something in a chunk does not behave how we expect it to it can cause problems and even get people killed, such as car accidents. If you have to think about what you're doing you are more likely to make a mistake.
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I always thought it was strange that Marlon his childhood friend since age 7 was able to so easily lie to Truman's face after spending essentially his whole life with him. Then I remembered that seemingly throwaway line about Marlon 'getting pneumonia and being out of school', my theory is that the original child actor that played Marlon started getting attached to Truman and wanted to tell him the truth, so they had to replace him.
I think we just have to take a leap of faith with this one since it's not realistic either way. If you had any friends you probably do understand its impossible to not recognize its not them after a month long separation. But having a sociopath child actor who grows up in character its almost like having Truman 2.0 except he knows whats going on. Child actors are generally bad, and this one played such important role in Trumans life, had to spend so much time with him, and breaking character was not an option, leave alone betraying the studio. Very risky and I find it difficult to believe a studio would risk that much. Maybe they had a plan B. Maybe they were ready to remove him at a moments notice. Maybe that pneumonia month was for him to have some goddamn days off finally, and/or learn to act better. Who knows. We can come up with all sort of theories.
Not many people know but the original script hints that he was actually guilty of lying to Truman all his life. Before Truman gets on the boat there’s a scene in the script where Marlon allows him to leave after finding him.
As the actor playing Marlon would have been doing it since Truman was 7 years old, would not the actor not know anything better than to lie to Truman. It's a fundamentally part of his relationship. The actor would still need down time.
That's sure plausible. I didn't think of that. Yl
I actually think the pneumonia thing is a vacation for the kid! It’s mentioned that he was out of school for a month then, but also Marlon ‘spent summers hauling chicken for Kaiser’. Marlon was taking vacations. I’m betting all of the primaries have stories where they’re away for a month or so every few years or something.
I feel like another tragedy of this movie is that the audience never realizes that they’re just as accountable for truman’s situation and by watching any of it. Even his escape. They were enabling his imprisonment
Finally some one who get's it.
Not only that, but after all the thrill about Truman escaping the show, the security guy makes some comment and simply changes the channel, showing that they really did not care. It is only entertainment.
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Maybe there's some meta commentary on how we as viewers enable the horrors of the movie industry, since we are also viewing and consuming a piece of media centered around a character's life, and getting hopelessly invested?
they are all just a bunch of psychopaths.
Even as I kid, I saw this movie as an existential horror tragedy. It was the first time I felt existential dread induced by a movie.
The ending is actually really impactful. After Truman escapes and the transmission is cut, there is a couple seconds of silence...and then a security guard turns to the other and says "so what else is on." You can draw your own conclusions from that
Or how about the guy who seemingly lives in the bathtub, missing out on living his own life because he's too busy living vicariously through Truman?
Good old Scully
@Ｓｔｕｐｉｄ░Ｂｉｔｃｈ (代因ソ) You mean a raisin?
@@royalblanket a raisin is a grape
I interpreted that as audiences still caring more about the show than the effect it had on Truman, like it was just a show finale
I believe it was Stephen King, who once said:
"True horror is comming home to find every thing replaced by an almost perfect copy." I think this quote fits somewhat to the premise of the movie. And if not - it's still a damn good quote :D
If that was Stephen king he's actually done something similar in one of his books. I've only read a few he's written but in "The Institute" when the kid is kidnapped he is taken to an exact, identical version of his room at home except with no window. So, it probably was Stephen King.
@@madelynfox3585 agreed, the only other thing I could think that sort of quote could be from would be the twilight zone.
@@pineapplesarereal636 what about black mirror?
@@moonflower6607 maybe I havent seen much from black mirror.
@@moonflower6607 black mirror is overrated shit
I think it's also worth mentioning that after the Truman Show finishes and everyone cheers, they simply switch to something else. After all it was just a show to them, and they don't actually care.
As if he was just a fictional character in their world and not an actual human being.
It's more that they don't realize how horrible it is. It feels far away and distant, it's behind the screen, so they don't FEEL the tragedy of the situation.
@@Rachel-uo1pj didn't think i'd be so depressed reading a youtube thread
OK assume they did actually care and they're glad he escaped, shows over... what would they do now? Keep it on the same channel? Storm down to the studio and protest?
People change the channel after watching the news does that mean they don't actually care about what's going on in the world?
I mean they viewers were cheering him on when he finally left and gained free will it’s not like they didn’t know what was happening
When you think about when he’s home. The homes around his house are probably empty. Since the crew left to go home.
Creepy
The actors don’t sleep there?
Truman has for sure the best lawsuit case of all time. He's been an unpaid actor his entire life. Thats almost 250,000 unpaid work hours. Not to mention the clear emotional trauma and abuse suffered on site for his entire life.
Considering the world was in a state in which corporations could legally adopt a child, I don't have as much faith in their legal system as you do...
unlikely, the amount of money the company can throw at lawyer can drag the case on for way longer than any average citizen can financially support. And if you get those lawyer that file civil suits and is willing to take the cut after the settlement, you might end up with breadcrumbs and the lawyer walking away with everything.
The Truman show 2: The lawsuit
@@noirto2 that is true but I'm sure any lawyer would take on his case pro Bono
If he's as big as the movie makes him out to be, then he could probably make a ton of money writing a book or making appearances for the rest of his life.
One of my favorite movies of all time, and I agree Jim Carry should’ve won an Oscar for this.
absolutely
Hollywood wasn't going to give an Oscar to the guy who played Ace Ventura. "Cheapens" the "craft." As in, he didn't get any Oscar because of pretentious, nonsense reasons.
This AND eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
@@kushdubey1111 And "The Number 23".... fantastic psychological thriller with a more serious Jim Carrey losing his grip on reality.
@@kushdubey1111 yes his performance in that was phenomenal
My absolute favorite line is one of the last ones: “I wonder what else is on”
The idea that it finishes with how Truman’s life is just a blip, a small entertainment part of others life, and now that the show is over they just tune into what’s next, is truly amazing as my favorite part.
That’s sad.
Yes exactly. As soon as its over, they simply find something else to watch, and its like Truman never existed. Its quite possibly the best closing dialogue of any film ever honestly.
@@FringeSpectre I could not agree more, truly incredible
“Love Island” comes close to this. Here in the UK two former contestants and one compere have committed suicide.
Yeah
as someone who is absolutely paranoid. like i'm still kinda convinced i'm in a simulation because i heard my neighbour say something about 5 times the exact same way but stopped the moment i mentioned it. if i saw a stage light fall from the sky out of nowhere i'd have a meltdown on the spot.
Dimentia? Just really into whatever he’s talking about?
@@kendricklyon9633 what?
@@kingkooki7761 just cuz a guy said one thing in the same way doesn’t prove that there’s a matrix, I repeat stuff all the time and it makes sense that he would stop after bringing it to his attention. That just makes perfect sense
@@kendricklyon9633 it was my neighbour i didn't speak to him, but it doesn't matter cause this was supposed to be my example for my paranoia. confused on your first comment and what this has to do with dementia?
I know that you have little to no way to prove that I’m telling the truth or not, but I’m also afraid I live in a simulation but that is of course what someone who is in a simulation would say, so even though we both are anxious about the true fabrication of this reality, it’s very possible that either you or I are lying. Or perhaps, we both are in this simulation with our memories erased from our true reality who are looking at our situation completely wrong. Sleep tight bb 😘😘
In regards to the best friend, I read there was a deleted scene when the whole town is searching for Truman that he actually finds him but rather than tell everyone where he is, he let's him go, suggesting that even through all of his fed lines he considered Truman a friend and believed he deserved to know the truth.
I swear I saw that version once
Where's the link
Thats the version I saw
Even though he was sleeping with Truman’s “wife”.
That was then ending to the version I've always watched
One of the things I always loved about The Truman Show was how it ended after he left. The audience is left wanting to know what happened to Truman but it's no longer any of their business. Truman is his own man with his own life, and his time on television is over. It's beautiful, really.
^This. Sure, you can infer what happens, but the movie is over. That's the point. The audience of the show no longer sees what happens, and neither do you.
YES
Woah I never thought of that. Makes sense.
I feel like in the context of the movie this would be the biggest cultural event of the century. Truman would be stalked relentlessly by paparazzi and every media outlet wants to interview him and whatnot. A sequel or shortfilm from purely the media pov (like a compilation of news interviews, media etc) could be interesting provided the script writing is as top tier as the original
The writer of the show was able to convince Truman that his life was real for his entire life yet they can't even write a convincing ad.
They probably never had to write a convincing ad. Truman grew up in the world, so people just randomly acting like they are in a commercial anytime they eat something was probably just part of his normal everyday life and something he thinks people just do
@@ngoyette94 A counter point is when the wife has her add about the cocoa powder and Truman is all like "who are you talking to??"
@@sijachwilkes1927 I think that is the "crack" that Truman is looking for, the straw that broke the camel's back. It is inevitable that he would found it out...
Normally the Companies make the adds, Like how you have amazing you tubers with generic adds. So all of the adds were probably just pre-made by the sponsors.
No I think the point they were to make there was: "Even with the best set-up possible, ads fucking blooooooooowwwww."
I always though that his best friend Marlon actually hated Truman. Maybe they were friends as kids but now he is stuck in this role. They have Marlon a bad boring job, make him drink beer all the time which probablly have him a belly and even as kids he got seriously sick when Truman wanted to camp out at night. He has to be there for this man, day or night with beer in hand and make him feel good about his life by comparing it to his own dull life. Poor Marlon.
I think a lot of the people in the cast resented Truman, even though none of it was his fault. Blame-shifting, gaslighting and victim-blaming before it was cool.
i always figured Marlon getting “sick” as a kid was a cover for him getting some time off from the show as a child, and to get some time in the real world
Apparently, there were deleted scenes that showed him sympathetic to Truman's plight.
During the search at the end, he saw Truman, recognized him, and then lied, allowing Truman his chance at escape.
@@LeahIsHereNowit still isn't cool man
One tiny detail that you didn't mention is dogs. Spencer's dog barks aggressively at him and when the whole cast is searching, Spencer shouts "Find him, boy!" We see a few times that dogs are very aggressive and Truman is startled by them. Its clear all the dogs are trained to see Truman as a target so they can be trained to sniff him out if he ever goes off script. Beautifully done and frames him as an animal to be hunted and tracked.
I've seen this movie no less than 20 times and never even considered that. Great observation
Also, Truman KNEW this, if only at a visceral level. As much as they tried to control him, he felt the truth of his situation.
And a prisoner, too.
Well spotted! Never thought of that
It was difficult for me to watch this movie as “entertainment value”.
I saw a theory that 'The Truman Show' within the context of the movie, is running out of money. That would explain the light falling, blatant product placement and advertising - that Truman clearly isn't entirely used to - set break in from his Father i.e. cutting back on security, and the only two people on shift to watch him when he escapes at the end. (Great video!)
Great point! Makes sense perfectly!
A big thing the producer was pushing for was "the first on screen conception" as he was pushing Truman to have a child. Big grandiose YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS type of moments are a good sign they need to drum up more ratings, etc.
its supposed to be a comedy movie but very sad movie
@@joshuagraham2843 Dark Comedy. The movie is full of funny moments, despite the overall theme being tragic. Like the first Gremlins was full of laughs, despite being a horror flick.
It's an interesting theory, but from what I recall, the product placement was just part of how the show was done. That level of production would be expensive as shit. He was weirded out by his wife doing the ad were just because he was having a serious conversation
Just realised that the reason Truman has vitamin D deficiency is because he has never been exposed to real sunlight
Omg! The level of detail! Thanks 😊
That's kind of terrifying
th-cam.com/video/Ojiy3QQKcJc/w-d-xo.html
Where does it mention that?
At the start he has vitamin D deficiency pills
One thing that I found that made me think is that the fact that the people in real life don’t even know that he was living his whole life in a TV show without realizing. So much can be missed through film. Something could happen and someone could simply capture it from a certain angle, or fabricate it to seem as if it was just a movie. A real murder could be on film in a movie, and we could never know.
Thats interesting
The part where the wife advertises the cocoa makes me squirm rather than laugh. I can just believe that many people would really do this kind of thing if it assisted their (in this case acting) career.
Welp, many actresses have been faced with the unfortunate situation of needing to sleep with someone to get a part. Some give in.
This is a hypothetical example of what it's like to have one who's willing to "do anything" for the part. Of course, she's respected and admired for going that extra mile which is considered by many to be controversial, to say the least, and she was probably not the only one up for the job.
People don't view her as an opportunistic sociopath, but as someone who's dedicated to her craft.
She was molded into her role since childhood, that's actually pretty creepy to consider.
Edit: She sleeps with Truman, a guy everyone is lying to, including herself. Not Christoph. Just FYI. Watch the damn movie.
@@samf.s.7731 Fascinating, yes, perhaps such people's lives are entire roles in themselves.
She was literally willing to have a baby to fulfill her role
@@jenh6247 Incredible!
Isn't this exactly what TH-camrs do?
One point you missed was when Truman's boat crashed through the wall at the end, he was literally "breaking the 4th wall"
Mind. Blown.
I hadn’t even thought about that, nice one
The scary part about the entire show to me was the push for children and the multiple times they talked about having the first live conception, it would go for generations there would be so many more people and you’d be holding an entire family like that
Oh god. I never thought it that way. But now that I think of it, the children would be their hostage and backup plan. That's why they wanted them so badly 🤯🤯🤯
The day counter has six digits...
@Tomtekin gues she means they did intended to hold more ppl there
Now I'm currently picturing an alternate version, wherein Truman never realizes his life is a lie. Cut to 2,000 years later and the production company (actually the company that bought the company that bought the production company) ends up owning an entire race of people, all living false lives in a false world.
What do you think we're all doing here in "free society"
I feel like that scene between Marlon and Truman on the bridge was just SO well done. It was full of nice, sweet memories, and when we get our first true look at "The Showrunner" talking through him, it almost felt like Marlon _hated_ having to say that all. It felt like Truman was slowly realizing, lamenting, and then silently mourning because he could finally tell Marlon was in on it, too.
But he IS his best friend. Maybe it's not true, maybe he IS being sincere. Maybe he can trust him... and then his dad gets brought back in and Truman gets to hold onto something "real" when he himself has been reeling out of control. Dad popped up right as he was about to lose all control and now Truman had something to hang onto... because he knew none of this was over. He's smart, he figured it out. Gave them all one last normal day to relax because he'd found his resolve once he knew these bastards were gonna play with him that far.
Knowing his dad never died might have been the worst decision the showrunners could have made for themselves. In my opinion.
the dad snuck onto the set though, he was never supposed to pop back up
Don't know I hated Truman's wife so much from start of her part... She was projected so dramatic and cunning.. that means actress has done wonderful job about her character in movie...
Imagine playing a character that plays a character
She is great in Ozarks
@@LegoLoos2006 Yeah she plays a very similar character in that. She does the whole acting within acting thing to pull off that vibe of “fakeness” very well. I’ve always been fascinated by how well she manages to do it.
@@DellSnooze It's a bizarre paradox that she does perfectly: the CHARACTER of the wife in the movie, as in the actress pretending to be Truman's wife, is actually not very good at staying in character. Years of being on the show have broken her and as shit starts to hit the fan, she is very clearly breaking character and messing up her script. To play the part of a character who is also playing a part, but poorly, is no small feat.
@@tomemeornottomeme1864 Brilliantly put 👌👌
My favorite line in the entire movie is said right at the start of the interview with Christoff. He is described as a man who is very protective of his privacy. He refuses to talk about his own personal life, but makes his living by violating someone else's privacy.
I think that also speaks to the fact that by creating his own world, he might be afraid that his life is fabricated in a similar way, or that it could be. Or that he knows the true horror of privacy being violated and guards strictly against it on purpose.
A detail that is even more relevant today than it was at the time the movie was made.
That's a good point Klockarino...We get to see all of Truman's frailty but we are restricted from seeing Christoff's brokenness...It really points a finger at how we trust any supreme being to be benevolent because , let's face it , viewing any movie is just an excersize in viewing ourselves with similar stimuli...I wonder if it should trouble me that Christoff's name has an obvious "Creator " vibe to it i.e. "in the beginning was the Word " (Jesus)...Maybe that's overthinking it...
why does that remind me of someone **cough cough** mark zuckerberg
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The movie is full of references to god and the bible, i've seen a person theorize that maybe the movie is a critique of predestination in religion.
My favorite scene of this movie is when Truman puts his hand on the painted wall. You can feel all his emotion, all his frustration and descepointment. But it's when the paranoia comes true and it's no longer a paranoia, but a lonely statement of "I was right". That scene allways makes me cry. So powerful.
Soy boy.
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It's also the first real thing he touches. Or maybe the first thing he touches outside of his bubble of lies.
Descepointment 😶
you feel the "dammit, I was right" as well. All of that and more is conveyed in the last scene of this movie. And like he said, how the hell did Jim Carrey not get nominated for an oscar? Forget that. How the hell does so many people still so utterly underrate him?
I think the reason this film works so well in creating empathy for Truman is because we are all Truman in a way as we imprison ourselves into leading normal lives where every day is the same and Truman wanting to escape, move away and go to new places but being too fearful to do so is how many people feel. Fear limits us, harness the fear and you will live without limits.
Ikr
That, and the subconscious conditioning of being watched by others, to perform, and to perform better
Let's not forget that the woman who plays Truman's wife was paid to become his girlfriend and be his sexual partner for something like 15 years. She must have some level of fondness for him. Always wondered about that.
In the movie it really just seemed like she viewed it as a job. Just like how actors can play partners on a tv show but still hate each other in real life. She also seemed very patronizing to Truman, right from the beginning. I think any affection she held for him was more in the way you would feel for a little kid you were babysitting.
Also, now that I think about it, Truman might not even be having sex with her. Hell, they controlled his whole life from the start. His version of “the talk” could easily have been “well, when a man and a woman love each other very much, they get into bed and kiss until the lights go out, then they go to sleep!” They say that all the sex scenes are “fade to black” and it’s not like they have any kids to prove otherwise. MAN I wanna watch a 10 hour version of this movie
There's a line where he aks "Why do you want to have a baby with me? You can't stand me." And she is like "whaaat don't be silly" but when she turns around she has a look on her face that makes it seem like yeah she really doesn't like him.
@GippyHappy oh lord I forgot they were going to have “the first conception of life on TV.” And probably planned to do a spin-off with his kid or something.
@@aquestionabletaryn They wouldn't show that in a PG rated movie anyway. They could have his wife and other romantic interests on birth control in case anything happens.
When Truman starts actually going crazy and holds his wife at knife point, the acting was so on point I felt like I was watching a horror thriller for a moment.
@@AK-tf3fc such a weird comment
@@AK-tf3fc the fuck?
@@AK-tf3fc Are we getting wooshed
@@deadaccount7303 honestly I hope we're getting wooshed
@@AK-tf3fc oops you did an homophobia
Cristoph is probably one of the most underrated villains in cinema.
He's the same villain in all occult Hollywood fantasy allegories, he represents God. Which is why he's called Christoff, he brings Christ
He's real scary. Like he's legit a creative genius in the television industry, he had this revolutionary vision that no one thought could be pulled off, and it went to his head. Or he was always a sociopath needing to be in control but in his own twisted way, he believes he's making art and found/created a loophole to make it seem like's it's ethical he's done this to a human being when someone like Sylvia is trying to prove it's unethical.
Cristoff losing it all at the end of the movie (despite having made his "fuck you" money off of Truman's life) has to be the greatest comeuppance a villain could ever receive. If he didn't end up being thrown in jail, no doubt he killed himself knowing his life had no meaning anymore because he can't go back to "normal" work after spending decades dedicating his life to his pet project.
It tells you so much about the state of the entertainment industry that they all saw this film and thought "Why didn't we think of this sooner?" and went right to work on making reality TV shows. They're all sociopaths, but they're not as scarily intelligent as Cristoff. And I don't know if that makes things better or worse.
@@KumoriGurasu TLDR, but i can tell i agree
Christof = Christ off, aka. no Christ. That's kind of what I got from his name.
@@patricktsai2303 Technically the word 'Anti-Christ' translates from Greek to 'Apart from Christ,' or as you just put it, 'No Christ.' So yeah, but I've heard the name Christoph before, and I never got that out of it, because usually people named Christoph aren't as evil as this character is. Good takeaway though.
I loved the ending, I've never felt so much just, contentment, as I have with The Truman Show. Watching so many movies with fairy tail endings or sequel endings gets so boring, but watching a struggling and beautifully human man just go on to the next thing in the most life-like and melancholy way, so undramatic and calm like a passing memory. Holy shit, every single time is amazing, it gives you the point of view as the audience in the moving watching Truman, how you see everything they do and nothing beyond the camera that follows Truman. The writers are absolutely amazing and they should have so much more recognition for the work they did. From the little things like the ending being so human and suddenly done to the entire concept of the movie, all of it is just phenomenal
There's a deleted scene where the director is talking to the actors and Louis Coltrane (the "actor" playing Truman's best friend) asks what will happen when Truman dies. It's scary knowing that this guy doesn't have a care in the world for the person he's supposed to be friends with, treating the show like it's just another acting job.
Shockingly, Louis is actually the most caring of Truman. It's shown that he's been best friends with Truman his entire life, and has come to care for him. It's showed a bit more in deleted scenes (which I recommend looking at.). IT's also heavily implied that he's become alcoholic to cope with the guilt and stress he feels because of what he's doing to Truman.
I think the way he says that line is more like being sarcastic as if he was the only one in the room looking at a Truman like an actual person, like he was attacking Christof for treating Truman like just a setpiece.
@@aussiepuppet5250 I mean, if he had that much guilt and stress, what is keeping him from blowing the whistle? It's probably his only acting job since he has been a child, sure, but if the pay sucked, there was no reason to keep silent, and if the pay was great, it wouldnt be a bad thing for him to blow the whistle as he would be able to sustain his own life.
Essentially, any character who truly cares for Truman should have been able to tell him the truth. I mean, newer actors have at least a reason, as they dont want to be the cause of breaking Truman's reality, let alone that they have no reason to truly care for him. So it all breaks down that no one in the show truly cared for him. Perhaps you could argue that people thought Truman wouldnt believe them without evidence, sure, but that only holds true untill Truman actively tries to escape.
Essentially, everyone on the show that didnt tell him the truth when he was ready to accept his life had been a lie isnt someone who cares for Truman. Even if they felt guilty.
This is the life of a targeted individuals, who’s being gangstalked
I’d like to think Truman does have a happy ending. He wants to be an explorer, he wants to see the world, and he will get to spend it with the one person who actually cared for him. Happiness is a choice not a destination and I think Truman went through the hardest traumas and will be able to appreciate his true life outside the show.
I really like this take. Makes me feel a lot less bad hahaha
@@makebettermedia great video btw. I’m just getting started and smaller channels are a big inspiration
I imagine Truman training to be training to a pilot if this was a modern day maybe something as a travel vlogger or blogger because he's well and could earn enough money to fullfill his dreams and travel the world. The thing with Truman is that its facing life in the camera or reality show which is a straight up fantasy or face the real world.
Also the big thing about exploring that he will find out is that there will likely be a lot of places that won't recognize him. Remote parts of the world and anywhere that doesn't speak English since I doubt a 24 hour live broadcast is being dubbed into every language in real time especially.
But here's the crazy thing. He doesn't really know her. They never really interacted, and everything she did on the show was her attempting to get him alone so she could tell him the truth. he's fascinated by her because she was so different from everyone else, but she is also a human rights activist. Everything she did could have been for the reason that running the nightmare of a show is wrong. If she is romantically attracted to him, it's either a long standing crush or a straight up para-social relationship.
This movie became more depressing to me when I saw the video recording of him in the womb. Like he will never know his real mother and father. And the fact that a corporation basically adopted a child is sad. But kids born into TH-cam families are being raised like this now
Considering he was put up for adoption before he was even born, he wouldn't have known his real parents anyway.
Family channel suck.
@@mattpace1026 he could have had actual parents at the very least
@@vasimir3183 I think you misunderstood my comment. I didn't say he wouldn't have had any parents at all, I was simply refuting the original comment that incorrectly assumed Truman would have known his actual parents if the show hadn't interfered.
@@mattpace1026 nicely handled, I would have called him illiterate and g@y.
The scene on the docks with his friend is one of the few scenes that have ever actually made me cry.
He's so genuine and open and at that point, I'd forgotten the intro interviews at the start so I'd genuinely started to think his friend may have been a second victim of the show put there specifically so Truman could have a real friend.
Then the cut to show that him putting his heart on the table was just some canned lines, it broke me
There was actually one actor to show guilt. It was when Truman went on a bus to leave and they bus “shuts downs” the bus driver turns to him and you can see the guilt.
*"COINCIDENTALLY"* he was one of only four minority people - black African Americans - in the movie (Three others were in the nuclear family Truman greeted from across the street.)
@@astanoel6903 there was like 1 asian🥺 but that's not really relevant it was an excellent movie and everything isn't about ethnicity
@@collectiondepixels Right, I remember an Asian woman who was in the control tower with kristoff sort of advising production and I think she had a headphone set. Anyway there's some interesting nuances with the African American male because he was the bus driver the boat driver and the he was the crew on the boat. I think it's not a coincidence but intentional that they kept reusing the African American. Right? Also it was the African American who showed empathy not the white people. That was intentional because perhaps the minority person could more understand how Truman felt? Or the hurt being done to Truman? Sorry for the long answer but I'm driving and this is speech to text...
@@astanoel6903 yoo I never noticed that lol
@@astanoel6903 so you're saying black people are morally superior to white people? That's racist
If I was Truman, I’d demand 30 years of backpay
Technically, he’s owed 30 years’ worth of royalties
Merchandise. Possible Reruns . Part of advertising he had no idea of. so much money.
YES
And a _lot_ of overtime.
And that's not even like 30 years, but actually just the hours he worked a day, that's 30 years of time worked lmao
One scene that always stuck with me was when the bus driver said sorry to Truman, I felt like that was a moment where he broke his character role and actually felt sorry for Truman and how his life has to be, and knowing that he cant do anything to help him
made me really sad 😢
Black folks understand being trapped like an animal in a social delusion unfortunately
So true,
Notice that was the same guy who couldnt get the fairy going and ground out all the gears just like he did to the bus to make it not move. Made me think he did it on purpose just like the bus only this time it was to help truman
@@peacefulmaroon I don't think that is the message they were going for but cool. lol
I think the most intriguing part of this movie is that if you watch it without knowing anything about the plot you dont realize a lot of the smaller details or underlying plot. This movie was made to be rewatched
The scene that always brings tears to my eyes is when Truman’s boat crashes into the wall and he starts wailing on it trying to break through. He had all these life-shattering moments but at that moment it was confirmed that his life was a lie. And yet, even after this he still wishes that he’s wrong; he tries to break through and get to a land he was never going to find. This movie in my opinion is without a doubt Jim Carrey’s best movie and performance. It easily in my top movies of all time.
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was good too...as far as his dramatic roles go...but I do enjoy Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, Me, Myself and Irene, The Grinch, Bruce Almighty and Dumb and Dumber.
He really did leave behind a long list of cinematic gems!
@@SunshineSuperstar Eternal sunshine wasn’t my personal cup of tea but I can see why a lot of people like it. I absolutely love his comedies as well though, his humor is so unique and has had me crying of laughter on various occasions.
@@doggo9388 Same bro...such a funny man! But yeah eternal Sunshine was a belter imho. But I even enjoy the number 23 so what would I know? 😂😂😂
@ghost mall Well favourite Jim Carey movie is a hard call to make...but it might just be his first one! Ace Ventura!
Probably followed by Me, Myself and Irene or Liar Liar. Then possibly The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, or Maybe The Grinch.
The man had so many instant classics it's bordering on the surreal!
Agreed
The ship was named the Santa Maria, which was one of the ships Colombus used to sail to America, the new world. It also brought Truman to the new world, one that wasn't scripted, but was real.
ah, i KNEW I recognized the name!
It means Holy Mary. Weir is a Catholic and this film is obviously a spiritual allegory.
its not really a "new world" if thousands of people had already discovered it
@@rachel-fq8nr It is to him
@@the_expidition427 doesnt make it right. Not the brightest move to make an allegory to colonialism
9:30 The thing here, is that the guy actually IS Truman's friend. He all but confirms it to Truman, in his acting, his choking back the tears, saying that "if everybody's in on it, I'd have to be in on it too." Apparently they were going to make a scene where the friend discovers Truman during the search (Truman in disguise here) and he chooses to ignore Truman to give him the choice. I wish they had kept that in, as it would've added to the character.
I think it’s better they didn’t, it’s supposed to be that Truman is the only real character and every one else is fake. If the other actors seemed like real people it would break the illusion of everyone else being 2-d.
Wheres the url for that clip, is it discoverable on youtube? 🔥🔥
@@emmalucy9703 either way I think it would be so wonderful to see
And it sure would give us another point of view
Sure it would break the "everything he see is completely fake"
But it would give us another good point of view,
The "I am an actor, not a puppet"
Still in my view, I love the first one more lol
@@mustgreetor fair
@@emmalucy9703 i feel like the second one would fit with the "force to act" kind of plot more ngl
There is sooooo much you spot on rewatches of this film. Last time I saw it, I noticed that so many of Truman's fans/viewers have products that have been in his house. So the old ladies wear the same silky dressing gown as his wife, they drink out of the same big coffee cups, the guy in the bathtub has this blue foam sphere thing that Truman has in his bath, and I'm sure there are more.
Did this watch through with a much more anticapitalist lens and it's amazing. Like I never noticed before that every morning these two guys push him up against a wall with an advert behind him. Or that he's actually legally adopted by the corporation. And every time you see his best friend, he's carrying the sponsor beer.
Cristoff's obsession with the first baby conceived on live TV is absolutely disgusting too.
I like to call this “Gaslighting: the movie” because of obvious reasons lol
But Gaslight was a movie
@@benjaminlillis7807 but was “Gaslighting: the movie” a movie?
@@apollo1573 Now we just need a Gaslighting: The Movie: The Movie, and we have reached the pinnacle
@@benjaminlillis7807 society will be at 100% completion and whoever is running the simulation will end it
I really hate how trendy the word "gaslighting" has become in the past few years.
I think something so beautiful about the end where Truman walks out the door to meet his new life is how we don't get to see any of that because it's his life now with no cameras or script. He's free from the imprisonment that was the Truman Show so it's only for his privacy and freedom do we get spared of seeing his new life. I think that's something that's so amazing. It also raises even more questions in our head as we can only imagine what he would think or say or do in his new world. The whole movie really just makes you think.
I had that realisation too. Like, I wanted to see what Truman did and what happened to him once I left. I wanted to see a happy ending, see him reunite with Sylvia. But we don't get to see it anymore. Truman is free. We don't have the right to watch him anymore. As you say, many possibilities are open to Truman and it's his business what he chooses to do.
did it make you think enough to question where we really live? if it didnt then it didnt make you think. if you havent figured it out yet, we dont live on a ball flying through an endless vacuum, we live in a world that is flat, motionless and enclosed. the writers of this film are telling you where you live, without telling you where you live. wake up.
@@drtydawg73 honestly i think we all sat there for a solid hour after the film thinking about that checking for cameras (or just suspicious of them). this film is really a genius in making us think about so many things even our own existence
He gets to experience life like no one ever for the first time as an adult who had his life planned
Truman’s heart broken face as he realizes his best friend was in on it is just so perfect
Not going to lie the end of the movie where he left made me cry because he was finally free
Honestly, the Truman show could actually teach writers a lot of things about endings. A simple call back could be all that's needed.
People usually have a good idea about the middle of a story. Beginnings and endings are hard.
Full agree
@@trequor i must be a weird writer
@@davidgold3nrose You mean because you struggle with the middle the most?
@@mattevans4377 ye. Beginnings are easy, endings are fun, but the middle is so hard.
What really cemented this movie as a tragedy for me was the very end when the parking lot cops change the channel to see what else was on. It really solidifies that at the end of the day, everything Truman worked so hard to achieve, even his brilliant escape, was just another episode of television. Time to find something else to watch. No one in the Truman Show except for Truman himself really learns anything, chances are in the world of this film there will be a sequel. Another unwanted child sold to a television studio, maybe even a whole series of shows just like it where they experiment with different family dynamics or settings. Anything to capture the same ratings that Truman got.
People in the real world knew that Truman was an actual person who was trapped.
I’d love a sequel where they try to make a show again and have the plot be about truman breaking into the dome and freeing them or something
@@Kev24 ...Those are people with jobs. They'd just go home without Truman lol
"What an emotional finale for this season of Survivor! .....is Judge Judy on?"
@@seanpazdera6407 damn das crazy
I think the big thing that would stop him from having such a distrustful nature is Lauren, Lauren was the only one who was honest with him. She ran out the door after him, so she is ready to be the base for rebuilding his life.
Y e s. I wish we got to see some interaction of them after Truman escaped.
I'm imagining his life after, she'll be the only person that he trusts. But then he won't trust her. He'll have some point where the Paparazzi comes or something and he barges into the house saying "they're after me" and she says something like "you can trust me". "how can I trust anyone? Everything I've ever lived was a lie. you could be fake too. I have no reason to believe you." But she Loves and cares about him too much. "then slap me." "what?" "Slap me!" and he won't, so she grabs his hand and slaps herself in the face with it to prove that she cares. she does it multiple times until he stops her, and begins to trust her for real. then they get out of there or something idk, maybe he has money because he sued the company that monetized his life. "I'm sorry, I trust you." "good, then let's get out of here."
@Matt Guy lol good response. Calling someone gay. Because that’s an intelligent insult. You are very smart
@Matt Guy my pleasure.
@Matt Guy also ngl that response has me cracking up haha quality 👌