Everything GREAT About The Truman Show!
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- The Truman Show! One of my favs errrr I mean…watch the video to see what I think! Ha! You'll never know until you watch! Here's everything right with The Truman Show!
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I really wish they kept the deleted scenes where they reveal Marlon is extremely guilt ridden by what he has done to Truman becoming alcoholic and drug-addicted outside of the show. There's also a scene where he finds Truman at the end but decides to cover it up and let him escape. I think it would have helped flesh out how the actual cast is affected by this, especially those who have had to be there from the start.
I understand why that would all be nice to see, and I agree, but then it wouldn't be The _Truman_ Show.
Also comments on child actors
Yeah it's the only thing really missing from it, we need that evidence of how much it is ruining his own life to show how conflicted he is by what he is doing, and that would really work with him finding Truman during the search and then letting him go.
The way marlon almost couldn’t say "i would never lie to you," and the way truman sort of tensed, knowing he was lying, I think was enough. But it was also so small you could easily decide you imagined it, and maybe that's the draw, and maybe truman being truly alone in the world at the end was best, but it would have been really nice to see marlon actually try to help, even a little.
It is the small hints and nods that sells the conflict and leaves it kind of open to the viewer(us) if they want to believe it or not. If Marlon had a breakdown, it would kind of detract from Truman's own journey.
Fun Fact: Jim Carrey was getting tired of doing comedies and wanted to do a serious movie to show that he's not just a goofball.
And when he read the script for the Truman Show, he loved it so much that he agreed to do it for a fraction of what he normally charges.
I did not like any of his comedies. In fact I find him nothing but annoying in anything I've seen (e.g. Batman).
But he's brilliant for this.
So I think this is, ironically, his best movie - the one where he's doing something else.
@@ViolosD2Ihave you heard about "The mask"?
@@ViolosD2Iidk he's still very jim carrey iirc lol, same thing in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
@@ViolosD2Iliar liar, the mask, bruce almighty, cable guy, ace ventura, grinch, and eternal sunshine oh and Me, Myself and Irene… id say he only comes off as obnoxious in ones where he is meant to be obnoxious like Dumb and dumber which is also a great movie.
@@highdefinition450I can see hating him in his other comedy movies but eternal sunshine was the right amount of serious for me to fall in love with the movie! But to each their own
For those saying that Truman will never get a moment of solitude, the ending where both guys' quick attention span cause them to change the channel is the right bow to cap off the gift of this storytelling.
I don't think you appreciate how desperate the paparazzi are.
Shelve tabloids for a few days and then tell me what you think.
Right! He'll be old news in a Month or so.
Idk, Kim Kardashian has been in the news for decades, and what has she done that is 1/2 as big as the Truman show is made out to be?
@@ryanhamstra49 the difference is she's desperate for attention and Truman presumably isn't
@@joshevans3421 it doesn't matter if HE wants attention.
Truman's final line is exceptional writing. In that moment, the facade is broken, the truth is bared right in front of Truman, with Christoff wanting nothing more than for him to abandon the hope of reality for his artificial Eden. But in that moment, where Christoff desperately wants what he's always wanted, for Truman to respond with real emotion and feeling, Truman feeds him his catchphrase. Truman is finally an actor in the show, and like all actors do, he exits the stage, abandoning the role for reality.
Beautiful.
More importantly, he blithely feeds the catchphrase, not FULLY aware he’s speaking to a global audience of every time zone.
ETA
NOW, I meant “NOW fully understanding…” 🙃
@@davidw.2791 no he's completely aware of that, thats the point of him deciding to say his catchphrase
@@parkerdalberg9033 Oh sh*t, I made a typo! I really meant to say “NOW fully understanding” not “Not” 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I always saw the final "Good afternoon, good evening and good night" plus the bow was not just to get the final snarky line, but to even create some doubt that maybe he was in on it the entire time and thus devalue all Chrisoff's work
I never thought of that but that would be such a genius move on Trumans part
Wouldn't work though. Truman has been onscreen 24h for his entire life. By the time he started talking he'd have had people paying attention around the clock.
@@KMCA779yeah but it would be enough to get people speculating about it, and once its an idea in people's heads its a blow to the shows legacy which would tick Christoff off.
Excellence.
I once heard someone say that his final line was a kick in the nuts to Christof who wanted his show to have a profound conclusion but Truman denied him with the corniest, most overplayed line possible. I like that theory.
Okay, but can we talk about what a mind-blowing series finale the in-universe Truman Show had?
Truman starts breaking the fourth wall, tries to escape, talks to God, says his catchphrase one last time, and exits stage right. He even takes a literal bow for the audience.
10/10, best ending ever, both in-universe and out.
I suppose that's the dark side of it then. In a way, Christof still won. He got his masterful tv show and will continue to profit from it for the foreseeable future.
@@glendarjj3991 Indeed. He may have failed in getting Truman to stay, but he inadvertently made one of the greatest series finales in television history.
I dont know why it never clicked that he PHYSICALLY BROKE THE FOURTH WALL :000 this is mind blowing
😂..@@glendarjj3991
@@glendarjj3991couldn’t truman sue him for all of his money lol
8:48 It gets even better. The reason she has the makeup bib and comes into the room all flustered is because they had to get the actress ready unexpectedly and in a rush. They never expected Truman to show up at the travel agency considering all the work they put into scaring him out of ever traveling, by sea (father’s death) or plane (radio announcement about the falling stage light, poster on the travel agency wall, etc.) Truly, this film is a masterpiece.
Also, imagine if they had to rent out a handful of old vintage airplanes, most probably museum props, and could only afford the very front of a dummy passenger jet, and Truman reaches the fake hangar just as the last plane is pushed onto the set, with it sliding into the fake jet nose causing it to slide out of the hangar door just enough to reveal a teensy gap towards the back, which combined with the wobbling of the other planes, tips Truman off even more before he’s once again dragged away with curtains being pulled over the window!
if they didn't want him to travel, why did they have a travel agency? plot hole, 0/10 film
@@JBG-AjaxzeMediaexactly! Don't want him to try to travel? Don't make it even seem like an option! Travel Agency implies Travel
Ooo
@@JBG-AjaxzeMedia Exactly! There were so many plot holes in this movie, including that people would just stand around in a diner for years on end watching a man do the same things every single day. It would get boring pretty quickly.
I will always be amazed that Ed Harris got the role of Christoff on a Friday and started filming on the Monday after Dennis Hopper pulled out. Christoff feels like a fully thought out and realised character and Harris nails the role.
You're right. Ed Harris is sooo good.
Oh man I didn't realize it was going to be Dennis Hopper, he would have been great
About that "killing Marlon" thing: there are actually two cut scenes from the movie that would have made him more likable.
The first is a scene where the producers and Christof are talking about what to do when Truman has a child, and they want to move to a two-channel setup - one channel devoted to Truman himself, the other to his child. Then Marlon, in a tone of voice that tells you he really isn't okay with this, says "So, if Truman dies, we go back to the one channel?"
The second is near the ending, when the search party is looking for Truman. Marlon actually finds him, in a disguise. Truman looks at Marlon, scared. Marlon looks at him for a few seconds, then turns around, and yells "Truman?! Where are you?!", letting Truman escape.
I understand why they didn't put these scenes in the movie, but I would have still liked to see it.
The second scene in particular would have completely changed his character, though it might have come of the blue considering what we know about him.
I could be misreading, but I feel like Marlon has another moment like that that makes into the film itself; when he's being fed lines by Christof to try and reassure Truman, I always figured his "I'd have to be in on it too" to be him going off-script. Basically trying to clue Truman into the truth without saying it outright.
Those scenes, I don’t know if I’d want them in the movie, but also happy that they exist. Kind of like he says for the kneeling scene in Endgame. Doesn’t mean that they didn’t happen, just that we didn’t have to see it.
@@andymac4883 It blew my mind when I realized that the moment when he says "I'd have to be in on it too" is the moment when Truman figured it out. The look on Truman's face as he hears those words is everything! It's not a reassured look of, "You're right, that'd be crazy!" It's a look that says, "Holy fuck... You *are* in on it."
I don’t quite understand Marlon’s point in they first scene
Great analysis as always Cinema Wins! There is a small but horrifying detail you missed... When it shows Truman with his rear comically in frame he is digging a hole. Later in the movie he escapes through a hole in the exact same spot implying he was planning an escape from the start. Probably one of the most detailed movies ever made.
I think that plays into the idea that Truman always knew there was SOMETHING going on. I personally don't think that he knew it was as big as it was and that every single person in his life was lying to him, but there was definitely a lot of distrust and tension surrounding Meryl. That's even more clear when you see he's clearly only ever had real feelings for Sylvia, and he's keeping that a secret from his wife, just like the hole in the yard. Maybe he had an escape plan because he just never trusted Meryl?
@@TheSyrupSnakeI saw someone say that they watched it recently and it reframed it as not Truman figuring out that somethings up, but the producers and cast starting to realise that Truman knows and has known or at least questioned for a long time. Like that bit about him diggin the whole, or when the twins push him onto the advertising he looks at the advertising like he knows what they are doing
I'm surprised you didn't highlight my favorite quote in the whole movie. It's hard to catch because Carrey quickly whispers it, but as he is talking to Christoff, he says, "You never had a camera in my head." This is a fantastic line that shows that Christoff and the audience, despite watching him his whole life, didn't actually know who Truman was. Life is like that for everyone. We judge others based off of what we see, but we don't actually know who they are on the inside and what enigmatic mechanations are going on inside their head. What we think a person actually is will most likely not be who they truly are, no matter how close we are to them and how much we watch them, and that was the beauty of that single line.
That is so fricken deep
It’s almost as existential as the movie
hey you got that from spongebob
I ain't reading that
@@Rebublic_of_austria
Read it. Trust your Uncle Stickie - you'll be better off.
That’s a really profound point and I liked that line, I think the way Truman says it is very teenage (you don’t know me!),
He isn’t a teenager but he is being confronted with boundaries a parent (Kristoff) has given him and he is rebelling against it,
Jeez such a good film
"Its not PROFESSIONAL!"
Always made me laugh. Truman and Marlon talking and Truman feeling slightly awkwards, Truman going to "sleep" and escaping, Sylvia softly gazing at the TV, Sylvia trying to explain that everything is fake; even the sand.
"You never knew what was in my head." 10/10 Truman Experience.
Not necessarily a missed win but something I noticed before Truman's final line, is that the music keeps repeating the same chord like 4 times after Kristof says his line, because Truman is "missing his cue" by actually thinking about what he wants to say. Just thought it was a neat detail.
Ooo, good point!
On the "starting The Truman Show right after the Title Card and looking how long it takes people to figure it out":
In English class, I think Year 8 or 9 (non-native here), our teacher did that exact thing.
Outside of those that had already seen the movie, and those that needed to get to the full collapse of the Truman Show itself to finally understand what on earth was happening (potentially due to a language barrier, or being teenagers who really didn't care for schoolwork), most of my class got it on the car scene with Truman pointing out how everyone seemed to be moving cyclical. Classes then went on about both media awareness and the cultural impact of the movie, as well as a thought experiment how different a show it would make, if people were to attempt something like this in todays times (of course, in this hypothetical, ignoring the blatant ethical concerns). At the end of the teaching unit, we rewatched the movie again, this time with both the Prologue and our knowledge about the movie.
Probably one of my favourite classes I ever had, and made the Truman Show one of my favourite movies.
I did the “skip to the title card” thing with a friend who knew nothing about the movie. He figured out Truman was on TV when he walked into the elevator, but didn’t realise he’d been on TV his whole life and was the only one not in on it until they outright reveal it in the movie. It was fun watching him slowly put the pieces together!
It's the kind of thing future audiences could have a heck of a lot of fun with if it ever gets to be possible (and viable) to easily re-cut movies the way that songs get re-mixed - if it was something the general consumer could do instead of waiting for a studio to release it, like The Snyder Cut, or all the different Blade Runners, or the Lord Of The Rings Expanded Editions.
Like, if buying a movie such as The Truman show also made all the building blocks _of_ the movie available to the purchaser too, for them to rearrange any way they feel like.
A 'Big Brother Cut' of The Truman Show, where the audience only sees the hidden camera feeds, or only the stuff the viewing audience _within_ the movie sees, or a 'Horror Cut,' or a 'First Person Cut,' that only shows what Truman sees. The possibilities could be endless. Letting the common rabble loose on such projects would result in some nightmarishly awful crap, but there are rare, powerfully creative minds among us who could put together some really incredible stuff.
Licensing and releasing projects like that would, naturally, be endlessly complicated - probably too complicated for it to ever be more than an idle fantasy, but it's still cool to imagine it happening.
@@stickiedmin6508 Dude I've been saying this for years! So glad someone feels the same way. I've always wanted to edit my own version of the Hobbit trilogy or rearrange 'Passengers' to be from Jennifer Lawrence's POV, but am limited by the films already being edited with music, sounds, etc.
Someone came up with this idea, it's a video on TH-cam, explaining how terrifying the Disney movie Tangled would be without the first 5 minutes and now I can't watch it without skipping the intro
@@kawaiiqueeeI was late to the theatre when I first saw Tangled. I basically did that by accident lol
The title of the movie is a clue in itself. Would be even better if the person didn't know the title going into it
Here's a question: Do you think Truman later develops a phobia of cameras? Or does he feel more comfortable around a camera when it's not trying to hide from him?
He probably barely ever saw cameras before he left
@@trequor Yeah but when he sees one now, I imagine he would either be very uncomfortable. Is that camera meant for him? Are there other cameras?
Or he'd be more relaxed because he can see it, it's not disguised as anything.
@@chickencurry420 Yeah i think he'd be more generally paranoid. Like looking everywhere for cameras and not trusting people in general. Who cares about a normal camera after being oggled by a gajillion secret ones for your whole life?
There’s gonna be a lot of places he can travel to on bus or train without having to fall asleep once. That might help him know a bit more about the “real” world instead of worrying about bigger TV Domes.
This film didn't predict reality tv, it predicted family vloggers
Yes! There's an episode on the last season of the Simpsons
Correct, dann family voggers suck, poor kids
It predicted reality tv as well… family vloggers are in on it. This would be the preferred form of Reality tv if producers could get to record peoples lives without the star knowing. Imagine the kardashians if they didnt know the cameras were on or even just didnt know where they were. Much like how the dating shows and like big brother style live in a house shows most the contestants are aspiring actors… the other people that come and interact have an agenda are also acting.
Yeah, it's pretty messed up that parents profit millions off their children, without their children having any choice in the matter.
This didn't predict anything. It's an old trope.
I love all the jokes about his brother Travis and how his life is also a truman show type setup lmao
What is this Travis thing?! ❓
I didn’t make the connection past the original joke, and thought he was referring to Truman and just forgot his name halfway through 💀💀💀
11:55 - Upon rewatch I've come to interpret Truman's response to Marlin's line as the gut-wrenching realization that Marlin just inadvertently confirmed that he is indeed in on the ruse. Once he came to realize that, Truman knew that *no one* could be trusted. Not even his conveniently returned father.
Marlon’s delivery also seems like it hurts him as well. Like he knows he can’t outright say it but he desperately wants to, and feels immense guilt about the whole thing.
When his "father" came back, the camera ingers on Truman's teary-eyed face. Is it teary-eyed because his long-lost father came back? Or was it conclusive proof to Truman that everything is truly fake.
@@DeathnoteBB There's a deleted scene where Marlin sees Truman escaping but he doesn't report it and lets him go.
@@NobodyC13 This. It also took away the one advantage Christoff had. Now that he had proof that his father was alive, and that his death was likely staged, Truman had no more reason to fear the water.
That look of BETRAYAL
There is a really nice game with a similar story: Americna Arcadia. Whit some key diffrences. In American Arcadia the whole city doesnt know that they are a movie set and the tourists are literal tourists, fans of the show visiting the set dressing up as characters to not break the 4th wall.
It's criminal Jim Carrey wasn't nominated for Best Actor for this film. His performance as Truman was pitch perfect, it's one of my favorite lead actor performances of all time.
Not only nominated, he should have won the Oscar too.
@@everythingisawesome2903I agree.
0:41 this is what's so horrifying about this movie. They didn't get lucky with his personality, the sculpted it. Fabricating childhood experiences, manufacturing moral dilemmas, until eventually they got the kind of character they wanted, someone outgoing and charming, who'd bring in viewers.
Truman never really has a true identity, even at the end when he finally escapes he still resorts back to his old catchphrase, a catchphrase that was probably one he picked up from somebody or something installed into the set to give him the catchphrase.
Nobody does. That's the point. All of it is fabricated. The question is only, by who? Most of the time it's just an inadvertently collective effort by everyone and everything you encounter. Your parents and other caretakers in your life, and even most of your "friends" will try to mold you the way they want. And since they don't have the same ideas, conflicts arise and those conflicts also generate your personality.
But it really doesn't matter. You are a PRODUCT of your experiences. Before you've had enough of them to aggregate an emergent personality out of them all..."You" don't exist at all.
And even once you finally do in some sense exist as a personality, it's in constant flux, never really the same from any given moment to the next. There is NEVER a "core you".
except they failed, and Truman did have his own identity its just that the persona he acts as and puts on for everyone else was what they wanted even though in his head he thought differently, this is shown many times throughout the movie that they just don't get Truman but if they had actually successfully engineered his personality then they would have been able to know what he was going to do at all times, and the reason he chose to say his catchphrase, was to make it a true finale and stop being the actor they had made him into and finally step off the stage and get to just be a person
This film was special due to the mix of comedy and drama. Many consider it a tragedy due to the ending, though I argue the opposite. The tragic truth isn't what Truman leaves behind, but what he had to fight for to get that freedom.
The real tragedy is, imho, how quickly the carefully constricted lie crumbles
@@edoardoprevelato6577I would almost consider it a hopeful message! People with power can try to suppress the truth but that doesn't stop it from being true and worth fighting for
@@Zalintis what i mean is, that no matter how much effort is put into building something (both physical and abstract), it takes little to bring it all down
@@edoardoprevelato6577@Zalintis What a fascinating comparison on optimism and pessimism on the same event. Thank you both!
@@Spidehman the movie is about that duality. In the end, Truman escapes the dome, but we are left wondering if he goes on to live a happy life or not
I dont think words alone can express how much I love this movie and Groundhog Day. They tie as my favorite movies of all time because of the themes and amazing presentation of their stories. Jim Carrey and Bill Murray are among the greatest actors of all time.
Wow, Groundhog day is My favorite movie, alongside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and the Truman Show is up in my top ten. Makes me happy whenever I find people who love the same ideas and feelings.
The actual life of Truman after he's left the dome would be so complicated. As the most famous person on the planet he'd have to fight the endless waves of reporters. Then the company that sponsors The Truman Show would have to engage in a lawsuit or two, since they basically imprisoned Truman for 30 years. And then he would take years to adjust to a new reality (see The Shawshank Redemption). All in all, it would be a difficult life for Truman, but it is the one he chose.
I'd like to think Truman and Sylvia do find each other again, start where they left off, and she helps him acclimate to life outside of SeaHaven.
And hope they do sue the company that owns Truman and the show and raze it on the grounds of gross human rights violations and abuses (plus Truman being the star of the show and not seeing a dime of any royalties for his work or image should also land the company in hot water).
I once asked my psychologist if they'd had to discuss the problems Truman would have in the real world after his escape, while she was at uni. Unfortunately, they didn't discuss it.
@@NobodyC13That would be a good start for a second move if they ever make one, or a series.
Basically he would sue, win , lotta people would go to jail, and so on, Oddly in the Game with this same premise, American Arcadia, they literally had a whole CITY of Trumans, and they needed a federal law to allow them to adopt to make it "legal"
My favourite idea was always that Truman steps out of the Dome and the camera shows that they have been creating a bigger dome long ago for this case. The movie ends with "intruducing: Truman World"
I say that would be dumber on the moneymen’s part than if they just made up a bigger lie than “You live on this Real town but we need you to not leave by water or air”. “The world had a nuclear war and you are living in one of the castle-bunkers” would have had a much bettet built-in reason to not let the Truman leave
@@davidw.2791 Isn’t “the world has endured nuclear war and your only safe place is this bunker” the excuse that was meant to force the Despair Game in Danganronpa V3?
@@iantaakalla8180 I don’t know that game but I ask the question because the audience watching TV is never fooled about the world being fake and neither are us the viewers. So why not just lie to Truman more hardline-ly about the world outside being not livable?
I do agree, but I suppose here the conflicting wants of “wanting Truman to live his life as naturally as possible” and “forcing Truman to live in his Arcadia” were relevant here.
Yes, he could claim that everywhere except this town was livable because of nuclear fallout, but he wants a highly realistic world. A world where everywhere else was unlivable except there is what he felt like was unrealistic and dystopian, so he instead made it so that Truman had reasons to stay on the island.
Also, a world where everywhere but the town he lived in was ruined by radiation would seem like an obvious nightmare, and he wanted Truman to be trapped in Arcadia.
But on the other hand, if you are as wanderlust-y as Truman, you would try anything to see the world beyond your hometown, so he had to make him afraid of water and live on an island. However, it is still notable that “the best possible option is that we gaslight Truman that he has a fear of water and reinforce that” is still very bad.
Fun fact: When constructing her character's backstory, Laura Linney decided there was a clause in Meryl's contract that stipulated a $10,000 bump every time she and Truman had sex.
A similar kind of commentary on personal morality as in Indecent Proposal - the idea that it isn't so much any inherent concept of right and wrong that holds a person back from engaging in what is essentially prostitution, merely the size of the offer.
It's a pretty chilling notion.
@@stickiedmin6508 Since I do not see prostitution as any kind of sin, my response is a shrug. Linney's decision on Meryl doesn't strike me as negative. On the contrary, I think it's hilarious. She's right, and rightly so - if my job entailed pretending to be someone's wife, I'd insist on being well paid for any sex I'd have to engage in. There's only so much you can expect a person to do for the sake of "art", after all.
@@Serai3
Oh, don't get me wrong - I completely agree that there's nothing inherently wrong, or wicked about sex work.
My comment was more about how shaky a person's ethical or moral boundaries can become, if someone is offering a big enough carrot as an enticement to cross them.
It's not so much about the particulars of a belief, but the fact that it might turn out to be a lot less solid than one previously thought, and the impact this can have when one actually realises as much.
Wondering about whether or not one might have the courage to refuse to commit an act one firmly believes to be immoral, even with a gun to one's head, or how big the reward would have to be, to persuade one to abandon such a moral principle, can take the mind to some pretty scary spaces. The famous Milgram experiment is a good example of how flimsy human morals can actually turn out to be.
Here's hoping none of us ever have to face that kind of a test.
@@Serai3 - The actual immorality of what Meryl is doing is the fact that she's having sex _under false pretenses_ ...essentially, she's denying Truman any real consent, and therefore is raping him every time.
No wonder she was tryina have a baby so much 😭
I love this movie so much because of how dark it ended up becoming. The production crew spent almost three decades driving this man into a psychosis, whether they meant to or not. Truman is very much a victim, and I hope he got some serious help after he left. Those demons will not be easy to shake off so easily.
Also, Bathtub Guy was played by Napoleon from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
This gives me half the mind to write a small bit about truman going to therapy
@@kaijakaslana Same. My headcanon is that he found out about the "Free Truman" movement, united with them to finally charge a lawsuit against his captors, seeked therapy and went to Fiji away from society.
Srsly, this guy *really* needs a normal quiet life after everything he went through
This movie will always have a profound yet horrifyingly existential place in my heart, it was the second movie I saw Jim Carrey in (after the Grinch) and it just confirmed how much of a treasure he is to humanity
If you want to see more of Jim Carey being himself watch Ace Ventura, I’m pretty sure most of his lines are actually improvised and the producers just went with it cause it was so good 😂
He's an autism-vaccine guy.
how was the grinch the first jim carrey film you've seen? blimey go watch ace ventura and bruce almighty right this minute! and the mask while you're at it!
@@JBG-AjaxzeMediaand Liar Liar (1997).
and now you can go play a game like it...American Arcadia
One of my favorite movies ever and that final scene…truman banging on the wall with that track, the imagery of the dark doorway on the fake sky, the bow and the music, the final lines of dialogue. “What else is on” is the BEST way to end it. Its all so good. Its definitely one of the movies that after im curious about or crave fanfiction cause I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT but leaving me with that intense craving for more is what i LOVE
My absolute favorite shot in the movie is at 17:47
He’s looking down on Truman on his little tablet, from his base of operations on the moon, someone who manufactured and entire life for someone out of a sick desire to create art, and here, while he’s looking down on Truman, he looks miserable. Almost humbled. The sky in front of him, his creation at his fingertips, and yet he is hunched over and looks powerless. He likes to think of himself as a god, but all he created was a television show. A sick television show. And here we see him as that. A sick, pathetic creator, who has been beaten by his creation
You brought up something for me I had never considered: The vitamins because he has never actually experienced real Sunlight, and also, the perfect idea of the ending: He leaves, and it's none of our business anymore. I never saw the ending that way before but something just clicked into place. Also, I was the first person to show my wife this movie and she freaked out at the end saying it was epic, and I still agree. This movie gets my emotions moving no matter how many times I see it and thank you for shining a spotlight on it again. I really love this channel.
The film is almost too perfect to have a sequel but if there ever was one, my personal ideal version would be to have it as a found-footage thing where avid fans of Truman try to piece together his movements from documentaries, cctv footage and so on.
That's a great idea.
This is both a great and a horrible idea - though I might be saying it due to a fanfic I've read.
The point is, it'll all go back to the same problem of Truman having no privacy whatsoever. Kind of why the perfect ending has to be right there.
Make it a thriller where Truman continues to try and find some sense of privacy and constantly fails. In the conclusion he either embraces a pained existence as a celebrity, or kills himself.
That would be incredible. A modern-day continuation of his life where he escapes but is still constantly followed by cameras. They could do it as a TH-cam thing, it could be amazing!
@@נעם-קליין
Reading "fanfic" (so called) is *_ALWAYS_* a horrible idea. Don't do it to yourself - you deserve better.
17:15 - You're not wrong, the whole cinema gasped at the boat hitting the wall when I first saw this film. You see the fake background on the second watch only.
Huh, I just saw the movie for the first time last night, and I immediately saw the fake wall the moment the scene appeared. Was even waiting for the boat to smash the set.
@@JesterLegend4life It probably fooled more people in the lower resolution movie theaters of old
@@concept8192 that's true
When I studied Plato's cave with philosophy my professor compared the Truman show with the matrix. Somehow, despite the post apocalyptic nature of the matrix and the enslavement of all of humanity; the Truman Show seems worse because its done by a man who somehow got the whole world behind him to essentially torture a guy for his while life
Oh the Truman Show is absolutely worse than the Matrix. The Coppertops don't know they're imprisoned. Truman Show's audience are literally getting *pleasure* from another human's bondage. That's all kinds of messed up!"
Truman Show kind of reminds me of Omelas
@@memerminecraft585 I can see why there's a lot to compare but this feels way worse to me, since at least there the suffering has a greater purpose. It literally creates a utopia with no strife. Here it just provides people with temporary entertainment, which can easily be done through ethical means
@@DrownedInExileEspecially with the show wanting kids from Truman.
Torture is a bit much. It's evil no doubt, but I wouldn't call it torture
9:39 after he said this, i was like “wait does that mean-“
And yep, when Truman makes that turn you can see the “hidden” camera in the back, GOD THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOD
Where are the sci fi movies like these at nowadays? Back then cinema was indeed going all out
@@Fred-ud7zqdid you just reply to your own comment
I wish there was more with his best friend since he seemingly was just as much of prisoner a Truman being with him since a super young age and he seemed to be really upset about having to lie to his friend
Apparently there was an unfilmed scene in the script where he sees Truman during his escape, but just turns around and walks away instead of sounding the alarm.
@@FluffeeSMASH It was filmed, but didn't make it into the final cut.
I remember in like those extra interview things they filmed is that the character describes his audition as a bunch of kids were taken into a kindergarten and they just saw which one ended up speaking to Trueman the most.
So he essentially lived as Trueman did but he was in on it
3:21 YES! SCULLY WAS MENTIONED
b99 is such a good show man 😭
FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICED!
Yeah, I headcannon that was a short transfer away from the 99
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19:12 my teacher actually did that to my entire class in high school years ago. He said we were gonna watch a movie but didn’t tell us anything about it didn’t even let us see the movie poster! Just…threw us in. And man that was a really cool class day; just watching people slowly put together the “actual” plot of the movie (like Truman putting the pieces together in his own head), and why strange things kept happening in the movie. 😁
I got to watch this once in school too, but my teacher was a jerk and spoiled the plot for us first. It was still a fantastic watch, though.
Your teacher is a real one
7:53 him pulling out the candy bars was actually not meant to happen! the actor thought the take was over (real actor not show actor,)
I first watched this movie for a media literacy class in grad school, and I was blown away by Jim Carrey's performance in it. He's sweet and sunny but there's this existential dread at the core of him that leaks out over the course of the movie as Truman uncovers the truth of his reality. This is one of the movies that really harnesses how larger-than-life Carrey can be and use it in service of the story, not just to sell jokes.
I really am always impressed by his true sourness and subtle impatience and anger he begins to exhibit once he catches on to what his life really is. I always loved the snarky “i’ll cross my fingers” he says to his wife. And her reaction is perfect to in the sense of “wtf does he mean by that?”
Love this film. I've always imagined that a good end scene would be where we see Truman and Sylvie on some beautiful tropical beach presumably Fiji showing that they perhaps lived happily ever. I guess what happened to Truman is left to our imagionation based on how the story made us think and feel :)
"In the age of war and genocide being captured on the phones of those committing atrocities and those having atrocities committed against them, the rest of us are all sitting in our Truman-themed bar, hoping for the best" that really hit home for me.
4:39 when are we gonna get a win counter for cinemawins? that baby driver reference made me happy
The Truman Show is one of my favourite movies, glad it's finally gotten an episode on here! I'm going to have to rewatch it for the millionth time now 😂😂
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This film is so interesting. I often try to put it into a genre, but you just can't. The decision to let the viewer be in on the bit was masterful. Letting us know from the start that it's a show was a great choice. If they had waited till the end for the big reveal, you might call it a mystery thriller. Or some sci-fi mystery amalgamation. That one creative decision made this movie unlike any other I've seen. It was able to tell a story, getting across some serious topics, in a light hearted way, and managed to give us some classic Jim Carrey to enjoy
One of the most subtly dark implications to me is when Truman’s mom is talking about wanting grandkids.
And this is around the time that they know that he’s starting to figure things out.
Essentially, they want him to have a kid so they could continue the show.
It would then just be about his kid.
And if they had that insurance they probably wouldn’t be bending over backwards to try to keep him or even to keep him alive.
Apparently there was a cut scene that related to this
In it Christoff is talking about how if Truman had a kid they'd have two channels, Marlon then asks pissed if it's so when Truman dies they can go back to having a channel
That is so disturbing wth
God damn.
I was so excited to see you covering this film - one of my favorites! I rewatched it last year for its 25th anniversary and made my own list of my 25 favorite things about it. Some overlaps: Christmas present guy, Paul Giamatti refusing to increase the wind, the sound cutting out as Truman pounds against the "sky".
Some not mentioned here: "I made macaroni! : D ", details like Truman working for an insurance company (forced to think about the dangers of the outside world all day) reinforcing his fears, Sylvia praying for Truman (to the real God, as opposed to Christof who is trying to make himself into a god but can only make inferior copies of real things)
Truman's "dad's" "death" is smart *and* evil! Just like the whole show!
"That one's for free" is a great moment, but I never caught the significance of the astronaut motif specifically. Or that of the all-purpose nature of Truman's catchphrase at the end.
And as for the end, I'm firmly in the "Truman reunites with Sylvia and they live happily ever after" camp. He's earned it.
I genuinely believe that the greatest moment in cinematic history is the very end of this movie, where the director is trying to dissuade Truman from leaving and Truman says his catchphrase before leaving the dome and it shows everybody at home popping off for our boy. Truly a fantastic ending
My god that heavy hitting line at 21:15 is definitely a thinker. 🤯
Its funny how this movie aged like fine wine. I remember loving it as a kid (everything Jim Carrey did was gold to me) and being so confused when everyone said it was his worst film. Fast forward a decade and some change and here we are, praising it for the damn near perfect work of art it was. Glad to see it featured on your channel. ❤
3:25 I just noticed there’s an entire crescent canal surrounding the town then there’s the sea. And they gave him a swimming trauma and a flying anxiety. He really was boxed in.
Honestly, I always thought it extra cruel that the show pretending that he lived in a real US town; they could have just pretended that the whole world IS inside a dome or bunker or castle because of, I dunno, nuclear war having happened outside. It’ll still be a great big lie, but it would have saved on those dumb measures of keeping Truman out when he “should be capable” of leaving.
@@davidw.2791 That's not what Christof would've wanted, though; he specifically went for putting Truman in a cutesy idealized US suburb bc he couldn't let go of the past and didn't like how times were changing. Like "See? The outside world's too complex and scary and tough; in this suburb you can live an easy carefree life just like The Good Old Days :)))"
@@F1areon Yeah I’d say that was pandering more to the Audience than even to coddle Truman. Truman would have gladly swallowed the “There is nuclear fallout outside of this bunker-city” lie for sure, but the aUdiEncE would feel bad.
I remember there being a theory that Christof is actually responsible for the string of incidents that clue Truman in on his reality. The idea is that what Cristof is really trying to sell to the world isn't Truman himself, but his peaceful suburban lifestyle, and what he ultimately wanted was for Truman to recognise what his life was, but go back to it anyway, thus proving how idyllic a way of life Christof had constructed.
That’s a great theory. It really adds some fun since it means that it all failed because of his hubris. But also I’d hope Truman would have figured it out eventually anyways and escaped
That's great. My favourite part of this movie is the ending where the music kicks in as Christof realises his big final speech has failed and his face just drops, knowing Truman is about to leave him forever.
Oh wait, can I make a theory that builds on this theory where the movie is some reference to the story of the garden of eden? My thoughts aren't fully formed, but the whole tree and snake are often seen as a test for Adam and Eve, so in the Truman show it's Truman being tested by Christof, and he leaves, but it's not a tragedy, learning the truth and this needing to leave, it's his greatest triumph.
So he spends all his time at this teevee show but his real job is real estate mogul in San Dimas?
@@petermgruhnI dunno, Cristoff doesn’t have a Life either because he supervises everything about TTS.
15:09 Legion reference!!!! That movie scared the crap outta me!!!
finally someone that understood this reference
One of the best films made.
Hilarious, sad, uplifting, ridiculously detailed, really well acted and written, gorgeous set design and music. Everything you need for a great movie.
Writers and directors could spend years trying to get close to something like this, but Peter Weir and Andrew Niccol managed it. Also, not at the Academy Awards, but at the golden globes and bafta - this actually won more awards than Weir’s Dead Poet’s Society.
We watched this back in english class and I'm happy for it. Lots of stuff for discussion about media consumption, the film industry, american values past and present, and human psychology.
Two of my favourite films of all time along with Meet Joe Black ❤️
Here's another fun little detail: the newspaper at 6:21 is #10,763 meaning it started publication not too long after Truman was born...!
I wish you had mentioned Peter Weir, the director. He is really a genius filmmaker who never gets enough attention. He put together an amazing filmography, including several of my all-time favorites, such as this film, Witness, Dead Poets Society, and Master and Commander.
14:52. Note Marlon never closed the Car door because he knows the car will never be stolen.
I saw this movie and ED TV in the same evening ( tv theme nights, amirite?) and I always loved the contrast and similarity. One is about a guy just living his life being filmed, and one is a guy choosing to be filmed. Both hated it, both chose freedom / love. The fact that both protagonists were basically at the mercy of the audience and studio is really something we should leant from, in out reality tv era.
The guy who jumped out of the Christmas box is my brothers best friend and a close friend to the family.... Hey Marco
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This was the first dramatic movie I’d seen of Jim Carey’s. I’d only ever known him from In Living Color, Dumb and Dumber, and Ace Ventura. I thought he was okay but never this genius my friends kept saying he was.
This movie changed that. The fact he delivered such a realistic portrayal of a person trapped in a fictional life without knowing it, blew my mind. Ever since I’ve always preferred his dramatic roles, but The Truman Show gave me a new appreciation even for his comedy.
This is one of my top 5 movies ever, and I’m so glad you covered it.
I taught English in Japan for a bit, and part of my curriculum was to occasionally show English-language movies. I did the Truman Show probably 3 or 4 years ago, and I didn't tell them what it was about at first. The kids ranged from 8 to 12 years old. I took them a pretty decent amount of time to figure out the premise. Can't remember exactly how long. 20 minutes maybe? It blew their minds.
YES YES YES, this movie is so damn good. The scariest Jim Carrey of all time, pure emotion, pure heart, great comedy/ dark theming, such a topical piece. Demolition Man is another one I hope to see.
So fun fact, my first time seeing this movie? For a high school English class. That teacher went on to be my English Lit teacher in the final two years I had, but endlessly has my respect for deciding that we could analyse something like this. Breaking down the themes, the characters and more. It was great.
My dad showed me this movie when I was a kid and I didn't get it until the moment with Marlon on the bridge, when the movie actually tells you what is happening. I've seen this movie over a dozen times and I always get emotional every single time. Thank you for finally covering this!
6:37 DUDE YES THANK YOU!!! I love this song so much and it deserves more attention!
I love the way it ends and I’ve never really wanted to know what happened to Truman after the fact. But I do think an interesting sequel would be done with TH-cam/ticktock footage of people following Truman around trying to figure out what he’s doing now. Which would be a commentary on how the reality tv craze has shifted to online parasocial relationships and the lack of any kind of privacy everyday.
I once watched this with my dad and i only started watching it about a quarter of the way through so it really changed the tone of the movie for me which really made it much more interesting to see how truman slowly realised that he was in a tv show.
This is the movie that made me fall in love with movies. Excited to see older standalone movies being covered
1:22 Fun fact: those dogs act the way they do because their real job is to track Truman down if he disappears.
Always a blast when this channel covers older movies.
Love to see Back To The Future one day on this channel.
Best part is you noticing Philipp Glass himself being in the film, so amazing 🤩 and again, the "qatsi" trilogy is worth hearing!
the score when he walks in the revolving door, to me, it is also uplifting in a way, it feels like he starts to understand/questioning everything.
3:15 “The whole show is essentially gaslighting him…”
That’s EXACTLY what I was thinking the first time I saw this movie! Tbf tho, it’s not a hard conclusion to come to. Just feels great to hear others thinks the same as me.
This film is an absolute masterpiece. Everything from the profound writing, Peter Weir's ingenious direction, and of course the fantastic performances from Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, and Laura Linney. It all came together so beautifully
The Truman show reminds me of that one Japanese tv show about a comedian trapped in a home living for multiple days and each day getting a prize which has to lead up to a million yen.
I still remember that one time I got to serve Travis at McDonalds. Really felt special man, I'll always be thankful for the opportunity
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@@kalma8216time difference?
3:24 that sounds like a Brooklyn Nine Nine reference, hell yeah
Truly one of my favorite films of all time. Incredible writing and acting. And one of the most moving and memorable scores ever. There is no other movie like the Truman Show.
5:19 Marlon wasn’t there from the beginning! Remember: when they were kids, Truman says Marlon was out of school for a month? They recast the character.
Is it confirmed? Or maybe the actor just needed a break?
This is the sort of film that you can watch and like it, but if you reeeally watch it you can truly love the minute detail covered almost every minute.
I've heard people point out that Truman giving his catchphrase as he leaves is basically the biggest middle finger he can give the showrunners. He's expected to give some big statement, a revelation, his final line ever on tv, with the world listening. Instead, he gives the same catchphrase he's always given. He will not give them what they want anymore
At 11:50 my personal interpretation was always that Truman WANTED to believe Marlon, however his dead father dramatically coming out soon after was the final nail in the coffin. Funny how Christof brought Truman's father back to try and placate Truman and return the show to normal, but it basically became a 'jumping the shark' moment for the show
People on TVtropes spotted that too. They say that the TV dude thinking Amnesia is Brilliant is very telling.
That makes more sense
I recently rewatched this movie so seeing a video on your channel about it has made my day. What a classic.
I absolutely love this movie. Glad to see it getting recognition from this channel for no apparent reason.
I noticed a detail, it's day 10,909 at the start... well the newspaper that Truman bought about the homeless was edition was 10, 763 so they must have started it just before Truman turned one in time for him learning to read... also it's Friday the 13th...
19:13 I actually have to give a shoutout and recommendation to OctoKrool for this. They did a fantastic reaction to this film and, pretty much as soon as that title card hit, every piece of that intro seemed to fly out of their brains. They then spent a good chunk of the movie trying to piece together what was happening and slowly realizing the truly horrific nature of it all. Very satisfying to watch; fully recommend.
Next week preview...a bunch of guys in suits running along what looks like Venice beach. I'm gonna guess Barbie.
I like that we never see Truman again, because for the first time in his life, he was no longer being watched. For the first time, he's free from our prying eyes
This film is severely underrated. The emotional beats never miss their mark. Truly Jim's greatest film.
“Underrated”? Who?
Imdb.
It should be near to or imo above Shawshank - It's the GOAT in my opinion.@@q-miiproductions878
people always say the light falling was the first domino, but the fact that Truman is gardening before that even happens tells us he was already digging the tunnel, something he uses in the final act.
Haven't even watched it yet but wanna go ahead and say thanks so much for doing this video, The Truman Show is my all time favorite movie.
I love how you touched on that, as soon as the show was done, everyone immediately stopped giving a shit and changed the channel. I don’t know why, but when I first saw that, I had to laugh because of how true it is. I also found it kinda funny how the Dalmatian during the show was all super nice but when the town was looking for Truman, the same dog was out for blood. The growling and snarling was just hilarious in a dark way.
please do a CW on "Clue", a flawlessly wacky murder mystery and the only film noir I know of that's a comedy.
Never forget that the guy in the bathtub played Napolean in "Bill and Ted", another movie that needs a CW video.
Using the second movement of Chopin's concerto was an amazing soundtrack choice, and the piece playing during Truman and his dad's reunion brought me to TEARS. Seriously, a soundtrack miles better than anything Zimmer could do.
The Truman Show! is such a criminally underacted joy of a film, as is Natascha McElhone, who was perfectly cast as Hank's love ,and muse in Californication.
I watched this movie after only hearing it was a mind blowing movie. No details, i finally got to rent it and it was so confusing and i had to watch it over multiple sit downs bc it was a lot to take in. I wanna watch it again and having the video explaining helps so much.
I hadn't watched this movie until after watching Generation Loss and seeing people talk about the final bow reference. So I think it's really cool that you covered it right now since I just saw it and was hoping for a review of it.
Yohhh! Thank you for mentioning the Qatsi Trilogy. I watched Koyaanisqatsi immediately after this episode and i can't get the theme song out my head. Great soundtrack. Also saw Naqoyqatsi this morning, but i haven't found Powaqatsi yet. These movies remind me of another good movie called Baraka... 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
In hindsight it makes the Dr Manhattan sequence in Watchmen even more awesome because Prophesies etc was NOT originally composed for that movie 25+ years after Koyannosqasti but the folks made it work.
Love that this was covered. Great movie! And a Nine Nine shoutout for Scully?!
Yes! I'm so glad you pointed out the soundtrack when Truman starts to push the boundaries of his world.