THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Easter Eggs, Making Of & Things You Missed
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- THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Easter Eggs, Making Of & Things You Missed. We explain, analyze and do a deep dive on Jim Carrey's The Truman show to talk about the hidden themes, details, easter eggs and making of trivia that make this one of the best movies from the last 30 years. This is a massive video essay covering the characters, deeper meaning and more.
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The movie is now celebrating it's 25th anniversary and a brand new 4k blu ray of it has just been released. After picking it up I just had to break down this film as there's so many deeper layers to it I'd not picked up before. It's one of those movies that was ahead of it's time and it predicted several things about the next two decades. This includes the rise of realitiy tv and also how much our privacy started being put out there. All of it was done in the name of entertainment which people now do freely with social media and youtube.
So yeah, lot's of things I wanna analyse along with all the hidden details that you might have missed in it. This includes the little hidden cameras like the one on his wedding Ring.
In the flashbacks we can see his dad wearing this during the voyage in which he apparently drowned and Truman taking this also explains why he never takes it off.
We'll also be talking about how you can spot the clothes in the show being worn by the watchers and this is because it's all for sale. It's all to make money and it's all exploiting a human that a corporation owns.
Now this darker ideology was laced way more through the original script with the idea being created by Andrew Niccol.
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This is a true story about what it is like being a flat earther 😆
Paul, ever considered doing a classic Movie breakdown of 2013's Elysium with Matt Damon? It just marked its 10 yr anniversary.
In 7:32 it shows Child magazines and dad magazines
To help the main character think about having a child
@heavyspoilers would you want to see a sequel? Like maybe Truman gets out in the real world and not be able to handle it, so he decides to come back? Could be like how we have so many older actors reprising their former roles to cash in on nostalgia
You know Drew Barrymore isn't the famous Barrymore right? Her family is like Hollywood royalty
The hot cocoa ad was always my favourite. Truman is breaking down and she casually drops the ad with a big smile.
It also shows how dumb that actor was, though. She poured gasoline on the fire when an intelligent actor could've de-escalated the situation. In my mind, it just shows even more how little thought they put to actually caring for Truman instead of exploiting him. This movie is perfection. I have often wanted a sequel showing him wanting to get back in the dome after seeing the horrors of this world we actually live in.
@@lbatemon1158 I always thought there was a certain compulsion to her character. she's done that shit for so long, she doesn't know how to do anything else. Of all the 'actors' in the Truman world, hers has the biggest cost, as there is almost no escape for her. She's almost as much a victim as Truman is.
@@RickReasonnzhey, she signed up for it, it’s a hell of her own making. Lady went in knowing she’d be expected to date him, marry him, have sex and conceive Truman Jr, if she has a problem with that then she needs to seriously rethink her life choices because that’s exactly what she sighed on for
@@mrcritical6751I agree with what you're saying, but at the same time wouldn't she have initially "signed up for that" around Truman's college years, meaning she was likely around the same age? Truman Jr. was almost certainly not part of the initial deal
After that, leaving the show would probably feel close to impossible, I mean who would voluntarily give up THE major co-starring role on the most watched show?
And she couldn't 'get pneumonia' like his friend and get a month off; aside from her time "at work" she had to perform all day... Truman was literally her entire life
The new girl could've signed up to have Truman Jr. knowing the full situation
@@dammagrilla I think Truman Jr was always part of the plan, Christof is thorough, he would have wanted his Truman Jr spin-off for a while
I love how Truman takes one last bow like at a curtain call before turning and leaving the dome. It's also worth mentioning that Sylvia immediately leaves her home, presumably to meet him. She is happy that he finally got to leave the prison he's lived in for over 30 years, and they can get back together for real.
"curtain call" nice!
I like that there is a dome setting on the table in crisstoffs room
@@gurudude6842
It's another flat earth reference. There's more.
In regards to Marlon there are a few deleted scenes that show he was genuinely conflicted with everything. Like he spent time away in rehab, that he wanted to tell Truman and even a scene near the end where he actually finds Truman while he is escaping and lets him go.
I would love to see more deleted scenes such as when Marlon encounters Truman as Truman is 'escaping' and Marlon let's him pass without saying anything. I have watched other deleted scenes from the Blu Ray but would love to discover more. Years ago I read the Script online was it was very interesting explaining some of the details, but using our imagination to fill in the blanks is half of the movie experience. One of my favorite films of all time. I'm happy to see so many others who also love this film.
I've always thought about how messed up it is for him too. Like, if they've been friends since childhood, Marlon's also been very heavily indoctrinated his entire life
OH!
I need to look into those because I always felt like Marlon was more of a friend then we're lead to believe
@@jtf5223 Yeah I could see Marlon contacting Truman on the outside as they had so many shared memories.
I still remember another scene.....One where Christof is going through a daily schedule with the cast, and discussing the plans for "Vivian" to have a child with Truman so they can start a second show revolving around that kid's life. The whole time, Marlon is shown shaking his head and just has this disgusted look on his face before coldly saying "So? When Truman dies, we'll go back to the single channel format? Right?" It shows that, out of them all, he was the one who was most 'done' with it.
I remember being taken to the cinema to see this when I was 8 years old. My friend’s mum saw Jim Carey was in it and assumed it was an Ace Ventura-esque comedy… She was wrong. Gave me a proper existential crisis and I absolutely loved it. Pretty sure this movie is responsible for my belief in the power of fiction to reveal deep truths about our reality (or possible lack there of…). Will always love this movie for the revelations it gave me, even as a wee nipper.
Well put.
exactly! and then when The Matrix came out, it really got everyone going on the existentialism
You got existential crisis as a 8 years old in 98? Yeah right, Rebecca.
@@9one984 it paved the way for me to become extremely wise... Samantha?
It’s nippa’
It's a perfect movie and incredibly rewatchable. The story was so unique in its time, but more than anything it's Carrey's performance that elevates the movie. We all knew he was a comedic genius with so many amazing roles throughout the 90s. But then he shows off this grounded humanity and warmth and real emotion against the plastic facade of the Hollywood production he is living in. Just amazing stuff for an actor to pull off -- to makes us feel like he really is an everyman living inside a bubble (as we sit in a movie theater watching it unfold on a big screen).
It's a perfect hand in glove type of role which comes around every so often where it feels that there is only one person who could have pulled off the specific role. And he definitely did.
For it's time? The story is more relevant today. Back in the day people left their kids with tv mostly out of necessity. Now kids get left in front of the screen out of luxury.
@@enriquecabrera2137 Never insinuated it wasn't relevant today, it very much is. I'm saying it was unique when it came out "in its time", i.e. we had not seen anything quite like it before.
Agreed. He hasn’t done many serious roles/movies, but this and The Number 23 are the two I like the best of them.
I like your words funny man
Some might say it’s… ‘like a glove!’
Couple of things you might have missed.
At the end he is figuratively a Jesus figure. After the storm his wet hair looks like a crown of thorns. He then proceeds to walk on water and ascend the staircase where the creator talks to his “son”.
He’s a religious icon in this world.
its religious symbolism done correctly imo, usually its cringe when ppl try
He also holds his arms out like a Cross
What i found astounding is that Truman is both a Jesus archetype AND a Lucifer archetype: Truman knows (in the end) his creator, but refuses to play his preassigned role and walks away from him.
@juanausensi499 you could also argue his exiting is a symbolism for turning away fron a false God, which lucificer has been portrayed to present himself as, reinforcing the Jesus archetype
@@drewpott I don't think the director can be easily seen as Lucifer, all the imagenery about him is chosen (down to his name) to represent the creator god of Truman's world. We don't see him rebelling against anybody, nor an opposing force is presented. He reigns absolute in the reign he created, observing from the sky, controlling the weather and everything, thinking he knows best what Truman needs, and feeling entitled to kill him because he created him.
Personal theory: the bus driver probably could’ve driven the boat but was trying to buy Truman more time because he felt bad for the bus thing earlier.
EDIT: There also seems to be a similar sound design that supports this. Compare the sound of the bus to the sound of the ferry when the same driver is stalling out each of them. It makes me think the shots are intentionally meant to mirror each other and how the driver is ultimately deceiving the person right in front of him in both situations.
It was definitely a big 'screw you' to the director.😂
He’s a bus driver, that doesn’t transition to know how to drive a boat. They should’ve used the guy who was on the ferry.
@@Brownie.- meh
I agree; either he knew and pretended not to or just didn't try very hard to work it out. He was genuinely gutted he couldn't drive the bus so that seems fitting.
I've done this - "forgot" how to drive a semi because my dispatcher wanted me to make a last second pick up in South Carolina, which would have added 2 days to my route.
I ended up doing it because I got a hotel upgrade, and I wasn't going to be doing anything, otherwise. 😂
I have always wanted to know what happened to Truman after - did he go nuts from the fame, did it burn him out, did he find happiness with Sylvia and maybe go travel the world and actually see the real stars, sun and moon, or did it frighten him so much, that in the end he found some quiet place to live in peace and happiness with Sylvia and their kids.
In a sad twist; he longs for the dome and returns after failing at life outside - where he voluntarily raises a child in the same manner.
[Let me write this down! No stealing!]
The point is you'll never know. He's off air and gets to live his own life now.
can you imagine him knowing that every person he meets outside the dome had likely been watching and by proxy participating in his entrapment
I could see a massive lawsuit over it there, that would be a very interesting continuation with covering Truman adapting to the real world while also letting them expand on other things. Christof might be trying to repeat things with a new "truman" to replace the one that walked out.
Imagine all of the things that Truman would need to learn just to exist in the real world with taxes and the like along with other things.
But with everything concerning the setup, Christof is, likely, in BIG legal shit at that point. Fraud, false imprisonment, psychological tampering, and a pile of other things mixed into a nightmare human rights mess.
Oh, and the fact that his college and schooling are, likely, worthless as well.
I don't know if he'd capitalize on the fame or abhor it...or some mix of the two...
@@AzraelThanatosThey would be in legal trouble, at least once Trueman is legally a grown up.
At least at this point, would they be required to tell him everything.
Before that point, they had him legally adopted.
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Did you know that the line "in case i don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and good night." was actually something Jim's Father used to say. He added it in as an endearing nod to his Dad, who was apparently a remarkably friendly person.
So why did he only say it to his neighbours and Christof?
@@JK_Clark
He also said it to all the viewers
I'm the main character, you guys are supporting actors.
Crap he’s onto us
Training all my life to say "Hey" the one time I walk pass you.
Sorry pal, but I am the main character. You were trained to make this comment on this video on this very day so that I could see it and realize this fact.
I'm just an extra, no dialog.
Sorry pal I don’t support you😂😂
Never mind the past 30 years, The Truman Show is a movie up there with the very best cinema has to offer. It feels almost like a callback to the days of Its A Wonderful Life, but with the social issues that we face now even more than we did when it was made. It deserves to be utterly cherished and celebrated.
One of my absolute favourite movies. The line “bring up the sun” shows how powerless Truman is for most of his life
I like how he’s shown to be advertised and taking a ton of Vitamin D because his sun is artificial, such a great movie, even the travel agents bib hanging out of her shirt because she had to get her costume on last second due to him surprising them with his travel. Epic film.
yeah, he literally showed those parts on the video
@@increase9896 yeah and I said I liked that. AND???
@@alexanderdumas- Yes but what does it add to this video?. There is a like button you can press you know.
You commented for the sake of commenting on a video, not to add anything new like a different perspective or things you spotted too.
I commented this because I want to understand why people repeat what was said in this video other then for likes.
@@tacicalchannel7225 who says I have to add anything to the video you weirdo , I just shared my opinion on the movie with a favorite scene, dozens of likes, your the only weirdo making a federal case out of it, get a girlfriend buddy stop trying to proof read the internet
@@alexanderdumas- Proof read? I wasn't correcting your grammar. If you get upset by the fact your comment was redundant then thats with you. Try disproving my argument before getting angry at a comment
I think this movie is so timeless because every time you watch it you catch something you hadn’t realized before.
~10:30
Yes, I've felt like my life was a show. I actually read an article about 10 years ago that talked about how victims of childhood bullying might develop a belief that other people can read their mind. I have suffered with this for a long time, even before I read the article, but the article did give me some reassurance. Although, there was a period where I thought the article was placed there for me to drop my suspicions. Mental health is a serious issue, and should be treated as serious as physical health.
I was also bullied and thought that as a kid, weird
Actually, it is a pretty common sympthom in ASD; so I suposse it can easily translate to other simmilar situattions when one feels judged, or there's social difficulty in integrating into groups and understanding illogical or gratuitous conduct like bullying.
Maybe loneliness could trigger it too? Desperately wanting to be seen?
@@dethmaul not in my case, maybe for others, idk.
It's crazy to me how different people can develop such similar thoughts like this. I would occassionally wonder about people being able to read my mind as a kid. Although I didn't totally believe it, the "what if?" thoughts freaked me out sometimes.
And every once in a while I would entertain the idea of my life being manufactured. That seemed even more unrealistic to me, but it was an interesting thought experiment. Like he mentions in the video, the more I thought about it, the less sense it made. But the whole reason why I watched the Truman Show in the first place was bc it spoke to this exact paranoia that my mind liked to tease me with. Love the movie, and again, it's interesting how relatable of a scenario this is. Psychology is so fascinating.
The Truman Show has become part of the human lexicon. One of the most pivotal movies ever made.
One thing you have to take into account for the aesthetic is that because the Truman Show started when he was a baby, they couldn't show shows from any time after he was born without heavy scrutiny for references to his own life. Every sitcom or talk show would have subtle throwaway lines like "Oh you mean like Truman Burbank when he failed English?" or "Stuck in Seaside with all these cameras on me." I don't think they even thought of it, but realistically the show would likely record proprietary TV shows just for Truman to watch. They had a city-sized cast and a million cameras, they could easily record other shows with full production quality, and put them on the air for Truman to watch, and by extension, everyone watching Truman watching TV would get new programming.
Guess they would just cut these parts out.
I think it’s more plausible for TV shows to provide The Truman Show producers with an alternative version void of any TTS references. Making entire shows just for him would be an unnecessary and massive additional expense
Shows within the show. Very practical. Another hook in the jaw of the audience. Another gimmick to keep them engaged without having to cause upheaval.
Insightful and practical.
Good job, OP.
I have one critique. I think with all the old school actors being homaged in this film with character names it would have actually been Drew Barrymore's grandfather John Barrymore rather than her, being homaged here. He was an incredible actor, a legend of the 30's, if you haven't seen his filmography I highly recommend it. Cheers. Love your vids keep it up.
Thought the same, figured I would scroll through the comments and find someone who said it first and here I am.
I was just writing out an annoyed comment to this effect. I'm beginning to think they have taken a page from WhatCulture, and are purposely making obvious but not super important mistakes in all the videos so people comment corrections for engagement . It happens far too often now.
Definitely for John but id just hit a broad stroke if i was them and say it was for both Drew was a child star because of E.T and was very popular already. So an upcoming star and her dad more so an actual legend and deserving of the homage at the time.
@@henrycavillsrealmustache3553 Good point about her being a child star, and even more so, most child stars don't become adult stars. Drew Barrymore was an always star, she had hits at 3 and 30. She lived Truman's life. But I would still lean far more towards John Barrymore because all the other names were 50s stars and the whole aesthetic was 1950s.
@@promontorium oh yea i definitely agree it was intended for her dad… but for the purpose of the video and not knowing for certain i wouldve said the barrymore family is who its for. Because the dad fits the time period they were going for but like weve stated Drew to this point was also already a common name from starring roles for over a decade to that point.
My mom was in a.. uh.. "mental health facility" around the time that this movie came out, and she says now that the movie was vehemently banned from being played in the facility because of the effect it had on many of the patients after it was accidentally played only once. Truman syndrome was apparently very real, and very aptly named.
I would imagine. Lmao. A movie where schizophrenia actually turns out to be real wouldn't be the best where it's actually reality for some people.
I think the fact that the show was just him going about his average daily life might have contributed to that. He isn't any sort of impressive or special person of the sort we can't relate to, yet he is being watched anyway. It makes the connection a lot easier.
31:40 actually the *YOU NEVER HAD A CAMERA IN MY HEAD!* line is for me the perfect one. I mean this is amazing too but he is right. Your mind is free no matter what. And if the mind is free how can you stop a man who set his destination? A literal act of god wasn't strong enough to hold him back so this is 'the will(power) of a human' looking for the freedom it desires!
A fantastic point. 👍🏽👍🏽
Ah now it makes sense that Elon Musk wants to implant computers in our heads. ;)
But they do have a camera in his head. That's why they all check their appearance when they see him.
@@micbln8967
Musk is an NPC.
Sum klone.
@@micbln8967
Musk is an NPC.
SUM KLONE.
I also love how the door Truman leaves by is labeled "exit". IMO, why would they have such an obvious exit? My theory is that it's an Easter Egg referring to the play "No Exit" by Jean-Paul Sartre, which is basically 3 people existing in a mysterious room with a door that they never have the courage to open. Truman actually opens his door, & thus exits where the characters from Sartre's play cannot.
I'm not going to pretend to know everything about the Middle East, but I think it's worth acknowledging that most Jews are white. Just saying
i always just assumed they never thought he’d get close enough to notice and that he’d never try to leave anyway
@yikesmydude5641 Feel that wholesome hate of them Jews. Word to ya mother
They made him fear the ocean because of what happened to him as a kid. So that exit sign wasn’t for him but for the workers. An exit sign just incase of emergency. They had to protect themselves from legal lawsuits.
@@yikesmydude5641i thought its because it's a Set and they have rules and regulations at work places
Its impossible to dislike this movie. Its my favorite go-to movie to show when my students are standardized testing. They always get into it...funny enough though, I always have to explain what crossed fingers means.
It really does amaze me how so many people who seem to love this movie, have never heard of the 80s Twilight Zone episode that did the same thing (on a smaller scale)... It affected me so much as a kid, and I kept wondering if there was ever a camera hiding behind my mirrors or something.
Special Service was the name of the episode, and I guess it was from 1985.
I'm gonna check this one out, thanks for the heads up. I guess I never gave the 80s reboot a fair chance because I was such a huge fan of the original
There’s an arc in the Thor comics where Donald Blake who was Thor’s human alter ego in his early years is living in a Truman show like world where everything is a false. He was put there by Odin and since Odin had died the magic that kept Blake started to diminish. This all ends up with Donald Blake realizing he had been trapped in a simulation and due to the confinement he went full psychopath and killed everyone. I wonder if at some point Truman was going to develop something like that.
Superman has a classic story that's similar, except he's trapped in a dream of his perfect life...he gets very very angry when he wakes up.
@@ghintz2156 I know about that one as well
20:55 - I always took this moment where Truman tunes his globe radio as both him expressing a desire to travel the world, as well as him thinking about how the moon could always be full and locked in the same place in the sky.
Awesome breakdown. One more thing to mention is that in the kiosk we can see magazines all about "Children" and "Dogs". Yet another thing to keep him settled and bound to home.
Nice catch
I can't express how much I love that you did this movie. It's a classic for me and a real gem.
I always wanted to see a sequel to this. Like, he has been broadcast for 30 years! imagine the crowds that were going to follow him around once he left the dome!
A sequel would demean it. The show ends when he escapes. You're meant to feel like the audience watching him. I don't even think they should have shown him reuniting with the woman, cut to black after he steps through the door.
When this came out there was no social media. There were no smart phones. Aside from paparazzi, a celebrity could pretty much go about their business. Now everyone is paparazzi and everyone has cameras and they film everyone and can broadcast it to millions, live. A better sequel would ignore original Truman and create christoff's season 2. Putting the spotlight on our modern society. Have a new Truman, and use phones along with hidden cameras to film them. Make their world worse, put them in poverty, make terrible things happen to them, get the audience enraged. Everything that works now to keep people engaged. That's the kind of Truman show that would exist in our modern era, and the only kind of sequel that could work.
@@sun_beams Normally I would agree. Bu most of the people watching him had been his entire life. They watched him grow up. I don't need to see if he found this girl he met once. I was more talking about his life outside that dome. People would be crazy around him.
One of my favorite movies of all time. I had no idea what it was about…I went in completely cold.
I was just as confused as Truman was, it was awesome.
You’re not the only one to have experienced feeling like you’re being watched like Truman! The only time for me was years ago during my freshman year of college with an undiagnosed sleep problem, undiagnosed adhd, miss managed anxiety, and the recent death of a loved one. I was assigned to watch this film for a class and it took me to a dark place at 3 in the morning where I was crying hysterically on my dorm floor because nothing and no one was real. Took me about a week to get out of that but it was the most surreal feeling. Now I’m in a better state overall, but every once in a while I dissociate and get a little of what that initial episode felt like.
Get mental help Makayla. Your sick!
@@GabrielAlcala956reading comprehension would assume they have sought help. Saying shit like this the way you did doesn’t do anything to help. Get fucked bud.
@@GabrielAlcala956you're sick for making someone feel bad over something they can't help. Even psychologist say it happens to a lot of people, maybe read more about it before telling someone they need help! You seem like you need the most help lol
@@hannonbaggin1649 wow Hannah u sound sick! PLEASE GET HELP!!!
Lmfao 😂😂😂
One of my favorite jim carrey movies. It's just so good because we've all felt like we are just actors on a giant stage at one point in our lives.
The Barrymore reference isn't just about Drew but her entire family of actors like her Grandfather John and her Father John Drew Barrymore.
I'd have thought that the "number of days running" sign was a better indication of how long the show has been on than the 30th anniversary sign
That's for people who don't like math. 😂
It was one of the few moments he was able to play the straight man to the comedy aspect of the drama focused movie.
While the main personal joke for the character is the fact that he wasn’t able to notice sooner.
I was 16 when I saw this movie in the cinema and I was a massive fan of Jim Carrey since the first Ace Ventura film. I never really grasped the concept of the movie at the time and found it very odd but now in my early 40’s I see how this movie was ahead of it’s time and a reflection on the current state of the world.
Yeah such a good film, really stands the test of time
Like with the works of Orwell and so many "visionary" works, it's hard to distinguish if it was prediction or rather inspiration
When I first saw this film I took it to be an allegory of spiritual awakening (still do).
In a nutshell, we come into the world and our training' (brainwashing) into the 'normal life' starts immediately. We're supposed to do what others do - get an education, get a job, marry and have children. Our lives become a series of repetitions without question. But sometimes 'reality' pokes through the facade (synchronicity, deja vu,, a peak experience, spiritual teachings, etc.) and we start to question things. The beginning of awakening is when we realize we have more control of our lives and the 'external world' than we thought (symbolized when Truman stops traffic by holding up his hands). We start questioning, investigating, and testing reality. Finally to escape from our self-imposed prison we have to be willing to give up everything we've been conditioned to value - safety, comfort, etc. To take the final step into the true reality we have to be willing to give up our very lives. The final scene has several references to Christ - the apparent walking on water, the ascension up the steps, and Truman's final pose before he leaves for the next level (true reality): a crucifixion pose with arms straight out to the sides. I always suspected they chose the name Truman' because it shows the path to becoming a "True Man" (fully human). There are many other parallels and clues in the details including Gnostic references (the fallen star 'Sirius, Christof as the demiurge and Silvia as Sophia) , but you get the picture. Given an interview I saw a few years back with Carey talking about his own spiritual path and beliefs I'm pretty certain he sees the film that way too.
18:04 seaside is so beautiful! My family and I go there for summer vacation quite often. It looks practically the same as it does in the movie.
This movie is/was so underrated. I loved this movie when I first saw it. When reality TV came out, I mentioned to someone "oh, like the Truman Show" and got a weird look. Didn't realize how unknown this movie is among most people.
Reality TV came out before the Truman Show. Real World in particular was a huge influence, was hugely popular, and had been around since 92
Hi there!
Im someone who experienced Truman Show delusion for two years after watching the movie due to external mental health factors. Im medicated and all good now but just wanted to mention that this movie really is a masterpiece, and despite my reproachfulness to it, this video has helped me come to peace with the movie. Thanks!
Well done. I love the bit where just as the "father" improvs the line about Fiji, Truman says "I'll see you in school?!?" and she yells out "There is no school!" This movie really stays with you. I did have a dear friend go through a mental episode of some kind and for a time believed he was being followed and spied on and everyone was in on it. It's a lot rougher in real life and much less entertaining.
Thank you for another amazing breakdown, Paul! This film is one of my all time favorites!! It is far more profound than given credit. I think it is Jim Carey’s most meaningful performance and truly made me a fan of his work. Glad you appreciated it so much on the rewatch. The details make or break a film sometimes and this film’s details take it to another level. However, my mind does not want to admit it has been 25 years since I screened it in the cinema I was managing at the time. Time flies I guess…🤷♂️ Thank you again for more phenomenal content. Cheers mate!!
That’s wild man, glad it brought back some memories for you and thanks for the kind words as always mate
Thank you! I could never figure out what he saw in that wedding photo that made him wonder or why Meryl paused when he said he will cross his fingers
You know all these years later it's ironic that this wasn't just a movie for Jim Carrey seeing what he's openly talked about in his real personal life it's almost like this movie, this character mirror's his actual life as a celebrity in Hollywood.
20:36 “I’ll cross my fingers for you”
Oooof that cut so deep
I love the look she gives back. She finally knows he knows. But neither can say anything. The suspense, I feel it.
This one of my favorite movies and I’ve seen it dozens of times. I’ve always wondered why he was even introduced to idea of the rest of the world anyway. It’s seems that it would have been a lot easier to keep him contained if he was taught as a child that there was nothing else out there.
The same reason you think we can go to mars or the moon.
@@ProjectIcarusFEwe’ve been to the moon you ape
->I could image that you just have to provide some answers to questions like: where does product xyz come from (they can't be all manufactured in his small town, at least you dont want props/factories for every little thing). I guess the idea of the rest of the world is supposed to deflect from the fact that he lives under a dome (it gives easy answers at least for little mistakes that happen like the spotlight etc).
The most basic explanation would be that they wanted him to be relatable to the viewers
They wanted everything to be as normal as possible from his education to how he treated the world. Having him believe the earth is flat or whatever is just offputing to any viewer plus the only permanent inhabitants on the island was him and those he interacted with. The rest are a floating class that can go in and out of the island as people quit or new characters are introduced. The island seemed to be pretty big but it's not that big for him to notice someone new, eventually he notices who disappears or wonders how he never met this new girl before.
I was 14 years old when movie hit theaters. I saw because it starred Jim Carrey and in 1994 he had his starring role debut with 3 hit films with Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber and The Mask. Jim could do no wrong in that time frame. It was a departure from his big comedic roles but I could tell Jim really had the ability to do dramatic roles. Like Robin Williams who could be funny or a be power house like in films such as Good Morning Vietnam, Awakenings, and Good Will Hunting. I love this movie and yes sometimes I feel like my life is a sitcom or drama someone is watching.
16:30 Meryl is not a sympathetic character. You can tell she never loved him. She was a company woman from the beginning. She was hired to be his wife, to hold him back. How can you sympathize with that? She had zero love or affection for him. The scene where she begs for help from the show and pulls a knife on him the moment he gets a little edgy reveals she doesn't even know or trust him. She's lived half her life with him but can't even handle him being a little upset. When he grabs her she complains about working conditions as an actor, entirely disengaged from Truman or the reality of the moment.
This movie made me a fan of Jim Carrey. Love to see it covered by you after all these years!
Thank you
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It's obvious that Truman knows what he's in by now and just acts along, so he can do what he has planned; fake his sleep and sneak out.
What I think was missing was that the production crew didn't realize that Truman had figured out what the deal was.
i actually loved the truman show. i especially loved it when he starts trying to break the 4th wall and escape and when that officer said, no problem, truman. i was yelling out Red flags, get the heck out of there, my dude. lol.
It's so common it doesn't even phase me anymore.
You blokes are ahead of your time, and brilliant for covering this. Thank you, ya bastards and cheers. For privacy’s sake, so prescient for its time.
Your breakdowns are one of a kind,d truly giving the respect the piece deserves. This one warmed my heart and really made me feel grateful for being in a world where this movie exists.
I remember watching this movie off acid a few years ago after not seeing any trailers or anything. The reveal that he was in a tv show blew my mind
Bro it's revealed like a few minutes in
@@user-gt4gs5xu6she was on acid when ur on acid ur brain isn’t working properly and u forget shit that happened like 3 mins ago because ur tripping out
@@user-gt4gs5xu6s😂
@@BrokenXanz He specifically says he was “off acid.” So he had no LSD in his system to speak of and still didn’t understand the film.
@@GoblinAndLaserBeampretty dumb for a smartass, aren’t you?
This is a great analysis of the Truman show. There's a little bit of overanalysis at times, but overall fantastic. It is one of the greatest movies ever made for several reasons mentioned throughout the video. One of my favourites is that Jim Carrey was always the best choice for this film. Like in the Matrix he wasn't even close to the first choice, but hell if I could think of a better actor at the time to fulfil the role given. We got lucky to see these actors at their best in the roles given. A pure joy to watch.
Thank you, yeah I can go a bit OTT at times, you just kinda don’t wanna leave anything out with these vids
This was my introduction video to your content and I must say, Bravo!
I would love to see a similar video on "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind". Probably my favourite Jim Carrey movie to date, The Truman Show being in my top 5.
I always feel inclined to keep myself to myself though, when I stumble across content that opens my eyes or talks about the things I enjoy in great detail I can't help but feel compelled to say Thank you for your efforts.
I feel like the line "And If I don't see you, Good Afternoon, Good Evening & Good Night" can be pretty cheesy but I love the inclusivity of it, how it's such a broad statement of well wishes throughout one's day.
I wish to all who read this, the best time they can have. Take care all. 💜
i use that line to this day, its funny when ppl dont get it and think im being crazy lol
Another JC movie wherein outsiders mess with his reality.
I never understood the Truman Show reference because I never watched it. But now I do. Thanks for the breakdown video.
Another thing I thought was interesting. Was when the feed is cut, and the actors are all huddled together to look for Truman, they are themselves. They talk completely differently to when they are with Truman. Seeing their real faces was crazy for kid me. When I first saw this movie as a kid, I started halfway through. I thought he was in some alien place where people were abducted or something.
I now think I remember reading someone talk about how Truman is actually now faced with almost the same nightmare when he gets out into the “real world”. Everyone on the planet knows him as a celebrity. He’s walking now into a world no better if not maybe worse than the one he left, at least in terms of being able to be himself and have a free life to explore who he is. Every single person on the planet will just want an autograph from him. This actually does highlight another meta layer of the movie I suppose. Real super stars like Jim Carey that’s their real life off camera. The movie is kind of a depiction of what it’s like to be a movie star on a set, and then when he walks off into the real world the real horror awaits. At least this is one non mainstream interpretation.
Why feel bad for Meryl? She has no emotional investment in the fictional marriage. She's merely playing a role. She gets her paycheck either way.
She has no time off from her role. She is trapped 24/7.
@@whatlarriloves2837 So? She's getting paid huge amounts of money to do this, that's her choice, it wasn't forced on her. If she really does get tired of it she can always be 'killed off' or get a divorce and then retire with her millions. Also, she does get lots of time off, because she doesn't have a real nursing job, her 'time off' is merely inverted from the rest of us. Her 8 to 10 hour work day is her 'me time' and the rest is her working time. Plus, it's not like she spends every second of every minute while at home with Truman. We see that they still have their own hobbies and interests separate from one another.
Marlon on the other hand is deserving of at least some sympathy. He started this charade as a literal child, it's kind of hard for him to escape all of this seeing that he didn't really choose this life, and by the time he was old enough to make that decision he was already too far in to stop. Meryl shows up as an adult, she knew exactly what she was getting into when she started.
Just like all loveless marriages in the world its too late for her to gwt out at this point. Just like how a lot of women stay in toxic abusive relationships for multitude of reasons especially money. Also its a huge violation that she has to sleep with him, which means its been completely unethical. Im not saying this makes abuse on trumans any less but i can feel bad for them both because hey emapthy is great
@@leiajiang7877 Your post doesn't seem very empathetic at all lol.
"It's a huge violation she has to sleep with him."
The person being violated is TRUMAN, not Meryl in that scenario. Meryl is literally having sex with him for ulterior reasons, she's being paid to put on a performance, and Truman is none the wiser. Pretty much everyone agrees revenge porn is wrong, well what Meryl is doing to Truman is basically revenge porn without the revenge part. She's getting paid to do the deed, she's choosing to do the deed knowing millions of people will see/hear about it, and all the while the person who didn't consent to having his sexuality displayed is Truman.
"Just like all loveless marriages in the world its too late for her to get out at this point."
She can literally leave at any point, an option I'd like to point out Truman doesn't have. In what way is she 'trapped'? She chose to be there, she chose to put her career first over anything else. The fact that her 'career' is playing an actor who constantly violates Truman's autonomy is not a sign in her favor at all.
From where I'm standing your post doesn't seem very empathetic at all. Really, it seems to me like you'd prefer to take Meryl's side entirely but you know how awful that would look considering Truman is the victim here.
Going back through this movie and noticing al the tiny details is so refreshing.
I didnt take it as Paul Giamatti looking for jobs because Truman was getting suspicious. He seemed to be one of the staff that feels they are taking it too far. I read more into it being that he was having an internal conflict rather than jumping ship as it sank.
Ey great comment, makes sense too. Love it when people see something from another angle. Thanks for dropping it.
Paul!
I loved this movie from the 1st time I saw it. It was and still is ahead of its time. Jim Carrey's best movie, by far.
Good afternoon, good evening and good night 😂
I love the Truman show I was obsessed when it 1st came out, and would rent it like crazy. I love these classic movie breakdowns they are the best. I’m still waiting for Rosemary’s Baby, and please classic Keanu like Constantine, Devils Advocate, Speed, etc. but great work as usual and thanks 🙏🏾
There is a real forest in Florida, that is also an artificial forest. When you drive through it you can in fact see that the trees are planted in straight lines, and this is because... it is a paper mill. Literally, it is an entire forest grown to make paper from. This both protects the natural forests of the US from being harvested for paper, and gives a real world example of why some random forest along a road might have trees in straight rows.
You also have a lot of tree farms that are much the same for lumber or christmas trees or for nurseries to sell for people to plant in their yards. I live near a few of them
What i love about this film is i watched the behind the scenes and how marlons character was basically he grew up with trueman he became actual friends with him you can see him being conflicted the thing is i think he gave a subtle hint to trueman “if that was the case then even I’d have to be in on it” paraphrasing but the line is a hint a hint trueman picked up on so he did exactly what he was supposed to he acted he played his part while most likely secretly working on his escape plan
The Truman Show is hands down my ALL TIME favorite movie......and i NEVER noticed the hidden cameras around the environment!! Its soo obvious!!
I actually believed when I was very young, way before the movie came out, that I was in a secret tv show about my life. I eventually got over/through it on my own.
I honestly don't know how seriously I believed it. I don't remember how serious I made it in my mind. But I don't think I TRULY ever believed it.
This is one of those movies I wish had a sequel because it didn't really "end". I always wondered what Truman did after the show, how he dealt with being in the "real world" for the first time in his life, and being a major celebrity on the outside. What did he do? Where did he go? Did he and the girl get married and have a family? etc. Or was it a darker journey where he couldn't handle the pressure and trauma of his entire life being a lie, eventually went psychotic and murdered everyone who held him captive his whole life? I hope for the happier ending. I'd love to see a "where are they now" followup.
I see what you mean. I can see a follow-up documentary/movie of cameras following Truman around when he walked out and the legal cases determining if he is legally a citizen since most of his documents are fabricated. Keep in mind, that Truman was raised on a set that reflected the 1950s, so he's stepping in a completely different time. But all of that would take away the message of the movie that the in-universe (and real-life) audience have to accept which is that Truman is finally free, and no cameras are following him anymore (what he does with his life is his business)
That is a brilliant idea.
@@SebastienGendron-uk4poit was stated that Truman was adopted, the producer would have copies of the birth certificate along with the adoption documents, which would determine his citizenship, aside from being the most well-recognized person on the planet, he would still need to get an ID from California, which was probably procured for him by proxy.
It’s my belief that after he gets out, he would immediately be greeted by cast and crew from the studio who got there first. The ensuing next few days for him would be a nightmare: he has no real money, he has no house, no way to contact anyone who could help him. When he is eventually in contact with Ms. Garland, albeit because she has to be the one to track him down physically on the outside, the next few months and years will be one massive legal battle over 30 years of content and revenue which he was never contracted to receive anything from.
He's an international celebrity. The sequel is that Truman learns that he can escape the studio, but not the camera and demands of his entitled fans.
The reason it ends is because he's no longer on camera. There shouldn't be a sequel, because once he's left the stage there's no longer an audience (i.e. us). He's living life, whatever that means, without anyone watching him. There was no social media at the time. There weren't cameras everywhere. It's meta commentary.
We are all in the Truman Show now. You can be filmed at any moment and broadcast to millions. At the time though, he escaped and lived.
An entire Spider-Man breakdown? That's gonna be HUGE! Can't wait for it!
One of my most favorite movies, I’ve watched it many times, but I’ve never picked up on a lot of what you pointed out. Great job!
This is a very good video. Small details like the vitamin D bottle and the trees in rows shows how creative people really are. I'd have never of thought to include those types of things.
I recently rewatched it and thought about how much easier it would have been to make the show had they just brought up Truman with the understanding that there was nothing else outside of their town. How would he know any better? They could have literally designed that world any way they saw fit because Truman would only know the world he grew up. I guess the argument could be made that making it the way they did would be easier on the rest of the cast to act. Still a great movie.
You are the GOAT Paul and absolutely love the classic movie breakdown series and would love to see more!
When you said the movie was 25 years old I audibly gasped lmao oh god
I decided to watch a video of this channel a few days ago simply because I couldn't find anything else that interested me at the time and now I find myself 1520 videos in thinking this is one of the greatest channels on TH-cam keep up the great work I love all the background insight into some of my favorite films
Ah thank you so much
Truman Show=152.
Barrymore St would be named after Lionel Barrymore, given the other actors honored by those details-Welles, Stewart, Lancaster. Especially as it was her Poison Ivy days 😅
lol I always thought it was meant for the napkin to be there because the travel agent was at lunch. This makes much more sense. I can't believe this movie was even better than I ever knew. Impossible.
This was brilliant! Please cover Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Another Jim Carey masterpiece.
I first saw this movie in 2020 during the pandemic. I was bored and bought some movies I'd never seen before. When I finally watched it, I was mad that I hadn't seen it much sooner. It really is an underrated film, and I loved how wonderfully it was done. Jim Carrey has an amazing acting range. I hate it that his non-comedic roles aren't given the attention and praise they deserve.
Makes me wonder if Hollywood was afraid to lose another comedic actor to serious roles the way they did Michael Keaton when he went from "Mr. Mom" and "Beetlejuice" to "Batman".
I watched this when it came out in 1998. At that time, I was blown away because it made teenage me wonder whether or not life was like that for all of us on some level. Fast-forward to today and I show this movie in my visual communication classes because it's literally what we are living out on a daily basis, but was portrayed in excruciating detail twenty five years earlier before most of us had any idea this would be happening now. The students understand the gravity of the situation Truman was in far clearer now than I ever did when I was their age and that is a hugely important message.
I think all of us can understand Truman Burbank on multiple levels but it has taken the modern advent of technology - and social media - for so many later on to understand why and how.
Another 1998 movie with the same premise: The Big Lebowski. Watch it with the understanding that everyone knows The Dude before they meet him. The entire story is set up to manipulate him for a single purpose...
Amazing movie!! I've always loved Carrey, was obsessed with his movies, even as a kid.
8:41 These twins remind me of the twins from A Series of Unfortunate Events, nailed it!!
same, my brother and I would reenact Dumb and Dumber countless times, knew every line, we would switch off being Harry or Lloyd on the next viewings lol
@@DeRockMedia Yes! D&D, Ace Ventura, Cable Guy, The Mask....
Somebody stop meh!!!
@@RealBradMiller just add Truman Show and youve nailed all my top fav JC movies...i feel Cable Guy is very underrated too
"No, its too late for me...but theres a lot of little cable boys and girls out there who still have a chance!!! dont you understand Steven??............ somebody has to kill the babysitter."
23:00 Actually, long straight corridors like this are not that uncommon.
Certain types of infrastructure such as high tension powerlines and gas or oil pipelines need to have a tree free zone around them either for access to maintain the infrastructure or to prevent the growing trees from damaging the infrastructure.
So they clear out all the trees in a long straight corridor.
23:00 Sadly that's how lumber farms look -- not "natural", but still "in nature".
Nice breakdown! Keep 'em coming :)
Need trewatch this soon
One of the best films ever made to this day still! So well thought our and little hidden messages. I don't think any other movie has gone that deep into a story. Will always be one of my top favorites for sure.
This was a good breakdown, a lot of stuff in here I didnt notice.
Could have done without the several interruptions to push your products though.
So can we talk about how Truman most likely became filthy rich after leaving through the massive lawsuit that he would file against the guy that did this to him for 30 years? That would be one of the first things I'd do. Sue the man that used me for entertainment, kept me prisoner for 30 years, never got my consent to do this and use me for a show that I never saw a dime for.
The premise of the movie is not that unique, since propably everyone has had the idea of "what if my whole life is a movie or a tv-show", but Truman Show executed that idea so perfectly and completely! Like the Groundhog's Day with Bill Murray, they executed the idea so perfectly, there's no need to make another movie about it, and the those films become instant classics.
I usually don’t have the time or the patience to watch a long play video but this analysis of the Truman Show was captivating. Excellent job!
I. Also love that the ending doesn't show us one single frame of him outside the dome. Since he left and there are no cameras out there
It’s pretty crazy that my girl watched this movie on TH-cam the other day. And I literally thought… “one of the TH-cam channels should do a review of this movie since it’s so layered…” aaaaand… less than 1 week later, this pops up! So, no I don’t think I’m in a TV show, but now I think the “real” world revolves around me 😂😊😵💫
So they do have a camera in your head!
i went to a buddies house when i was in elementary or middle school, we watched this show with him and his father. he would pause the movie intermittently to ask us questions and have us guess what may happen during the movie, at the time i just wanted to watch, but i still took part in the talks and questions. im forever glad he did that with me and my friend, i cant say for sure whether it helped me in life, but it was a good memory that i will always be fond of
There were so many things that you pointed out that i never noticed before in the movie, despite seeing as many times as i did. The really interesting part of what you've pointed out is even more things that are so similar to real life today. This movie just gets better and better. Thanks for an awesome breakdown! ❤
A brilliant movie about the state of humanity.
Because Truman wasn't the main character; YOU were.
I always thought it was weird they didn't hit balls into the ocean. Instead, they hit them back down the road in the opposite direction. Perhaps to avoid hitting the dome?
I agree, this is one of Jim Carrey's best roles, right up there with Eternal Sunshine and Number 23.
This is one of my favorite movies. Thank you for the breakdown, though I did notice about half of them after watching it about a dozen times.
I grew up thinking I was in a movie about me. But living in Philly. I realized I was trapped in Grand Theft Auto.
Such a great underrated movie!
It’s crazy that his wife is technically a hired prostitute.
indeed so. this has so many layers to it, it's amazing and also as a classical musician and composer, I love Philip Glass' score, he really is a brilliant composer.
Also, to this day whenever someone catches a joke late or finally understands something, my go-to saying is:
"Cue the sun!"