It reached its highest point—Number 249—in 1945, the year Harry Truman succeeded FDR. There are only a handful of shots that are not from hidden cameras in Truman's world. We are forced to consider whether or not we truly desire the cold, hard reality over a potentially safer, more bearable falsity. We will fail in finding the meaning of our lives because of … Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time. Additionally, many shots, such as this one, are (comparatively subtle) advertisements slipped into our viewing experience. Firstly, I'm sorry if I created offense by asking this question. We were never so captivated and entertained and moved as when Truman made his big escape. During many scenes with Truman just walking around town we see many people secretly watching him and looking at him as he goes about his daily routine. Yet the character continues to search for meaning to this freak occurrence… Albert Camus described the same notion as absurdism. The aggressive red and yellow show us this artificial, controlled, constructed world, as well as the unawareness of Truman. He was prepared to drown a guy just to maintain the illusion. This critique of consumer … Thanks for sharing. The Truman Show By: Anna Prisco While an ostensibly funny movie, there’s something about The Truman Show that makes us uncomfortable—we might shyly ask, but could this all be happening to us? The Truman Show is a very subtly clever film and I could wax lyrical about it for hours, but I shan't haha. I think it is achievable. Emotional goosebumps... while realizing that I have been placed squarely in the seat alongside the rest of the montage of sappy viewers. That is does this so well before reality TV took root is remarkable. However, two central characters 'Meryl' and 'Marlon' both state that the Truman Show is 'real' (can't remember the direct quotes), which suggests that because they've engrossed themselves so heavily with the show, they've somewhat brainwashed themselves into believing that the show is reality. The final movie leaves it open ended, making your theory very possible. The Truman Show predicts the rise of Big Brother (the TV show), with constant surveillance acting as a form of entertainment for the masses. Everyone goes out of their way to prevent this from happening because allowing Truman to act outside of "normal" behavior means that they have to confront or see those norms in a different way themselves (lose their jobs). This is actually one of my favorite films, just because of the success combination of an ambitious idea, plot, and how aesthetically intuitive it is (like with the transitions in colors you pointed out earlier). Of course, this is entirely ironic, because although I'm cheering for Truman to overcome his situation and be free, I still want to have his every move put up on the screen for my enjoyment. They won't just let their golden egg laying hen walk out of the door without doing nothing, Christof is too smart for it he has been controlling his reality for so long. We later see him in his basement with, again, a red shirt. Most of the shots used in this movie are shots from the hidden cameras all over Truman's world. He is absolutely unaware how the world in reality works, which makes it so much easier for creators to put him in a constructed reality once again, and I think that's the case. Throughout most of the film (parts of the movie taking place in Truman's world), we are bombarded with flat tones of, especially, red and yellow (though other banal colors are used as well). TL;DR - Truman Burbank in the Truman show is still a part of the show, he never makes it out. A film about Truman on the outside would be about freedom and it would be an entire film unto itself with different themes and ideas all to itself. For these people to live such wholly deceitful lies, they'd certainly have to be self-deluded. I feel my biggest reason for coming up with this theory is the ending. (Christianity). The Truman Show is a 24/7 live broadcast television program that follows the life of Truman Burbank. But I think that it's also interesting to see it as a representation for celebrity culture. Then he gets attacked by terminators and he seeks refuge in a town where everyone is a zombie, before he finds the magical mask of Loki. as much as i wouldve loved to see him in the real world and meet up with the girl, it's best to leave it ambiguous. An analysis into Peter Weir's Truman Show. I feel that he was dedicated to the show, almost to a maniacal level. I've always thought it was interesting to see The Truman Show as a take on enforcing cultural norms. I'm just a confused but curious teen from a rural town. Today’s show is brought to you by my books on Audible! Fame is an almost irresistible, but equally destructive drug. The aggressive red and yellow show us this artificial, controlled, constructed world, as well as the unawareness of Truman. I doubt it was a second fake world he entered when he walked through that door. I am thinking there was more to it. I think they did it on purpose, I feel they knew that this day was coming and they let it happen so that they could execute their master plan. All those things are incredibly expensive. Famous people are followed and recorded every moment in their lives and some of them go quite insane. I felt this drew an interesting parallel to both the diegetic & extra-diegetic audiences realities, where we've become so consumed by media that the lines that distinguish reality and simulation have become blurred. Like the OP and several other people I was also taken in by the "Ehh, what else is on?" I initially just took them as the eccentricities of Truman, but there's probably more there. All footage and music used are exclusively the maker's property, and is being used for review purposes. * The Truman Show is a re-creation of myths, depicting a man imprisoned in the nest of a fake paradise or heaven by a manipulative god. I feel that this was a divisive move that the shows directors and Christof thought. I think Christof is realizing this point. The costs of filming a 24/7 reality show like Truman would be through the roof. However, hypocritically, we realize that we were and are being manipulated. It may be a bit of a stretch, but perhaps The Truman Show is calling us to say 'no' to our comfortable escapism in mindless indulgence and entertainment, daring us to boldly march through the pitch-black doorway into the world. 1) Truman is now immediately, hugely famous. With all that said, I want to avoid making any large, daring metaphorical conclusions yet, partly because I haven't thought about it enough and partly because I'd like to hear what you all have to say. As most people know by now, The Truman Show conveys this message by depicting a series of fateful events in the life of Truman Burbank, (played by Jim Carrey) who has grown up, and lives, in a fake town full of actors. In The Truman Show, the main character is dehumanized in the sense that he is treated like an animal in a zoo—there for the amusement of other people. The cast includes Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, a 29 year old insurance salesman whose life is broadcasted in a reality television show all across the world. The next outfit he wears to work is a red sweater over a yellow tie. And yeah, those mirror scenes. Christof quotes are pretty nice but just seem to portray him as "the crazy artist" and don't seem to be commenting too much on anything else. We are totally drawn in to "The Truman Show." In this view, the freedom and prosperity we enjoy, incredible by almost any historical standard, are illusory, for we remain enslaved to multi-national corporations. We are talking of a man who maintained an illusion for, how many? The guy that ran Truman's world was named "Christof". That is what I am speculating. After repeated viewing of the movie, I found something strange about the ending. Doesn't that mean being transgender is a social construct too? You haven't the mentioned the talk Truman has with his friend at a dock in the night. Truman wants to break free of the norms that he's been socialized with, with the idea that he merely "wants to leave town," not so radical, really. Welcome to /r/FanTheories! It's a very human thing and it's beautifully skewered in the film. Throughout the film we are cheering Truman on, by his side the whole time, rooting for him to escape his world. :). I may be wrong, especially considering the fact that it's been such a long time since I saw it. The use of color is one of the most interesting things I noticed about this movie. He controlled Truman's life and then, in the end, we find out that Truman was just being used for ratings. At the end, after Truman comes up against the enclosing wall and finds the door to the outside, the producer speaks to him in a voice from above and tries to instill fear in him, to keep him under control. This matches with the 'we as audience' because it may be a critique of us, the people. In fact, we're watching (for the most part) the same exact thing that the audience watching "The Truman Show" on television is seeing. ...The Truman Show The Truman Show is an American satirical comedy-drama film, released in 1998. End of the movie, screen goes black.. tv watchers change the channel. They have managed to make a whole fake world around a man for so many years, how difficult would it be to make a fake Europe, and it doesn't even have to be a set. On the contrary Truman's black clothing in his final moment of triumph and escape (or rather, escape from his world of escapism) testify to his awareness, his freedom, and-- most of all-- his disillusionment. The fear and uncertainty the actors feel about losing their jobs is symbolic of how we all feel some level of fear and uncertainty when our worldviews and socialization are challenged. I'll have to go back and watch that scene again, I don't remember the dog. I always read it as Christ-off, like not Christ/ anti-Christ. We want Truman to succeed, to escape his artificially-constructed world and defeat his "slavers." Yet it's undeniable that we are watching, and we are enjoying. Our entertainment ends with Truman's freedom. These are shots of the "real world," and many of them seem to be taken from the point of view of the screens that the real-world-audience is watching (though this is not always the case). We always want more, no matter how it finishes. If you want to support the show search for “Isaac Weishaupt” on Audible or hit this link to get my most popular book- THE DARK PATH! And that's OUR exact reaction when Truman leaves--we want more, we don't stop to reflect what happened, we just let our emotions of hunger for entertainment run wild. The last example I will mention of red and yellow, which is very blatant and striking, is Truman's wife Meryl, who has bright blonde hair and bright red lipstick. They can actually find some place and build it from Truman's memories. It was only a matter of time before they ran out of money. Every part of Truman’s life is “counterfeit”; everything is a massive set, known as Seahaven, directed by Christof , the creator of the show. A man walks out of a fake world, right into another fake world where he would possibly shrug of his doubts against reality as his mind playing tricks on him from Trumanworld. It was her first viewing. Those were really striking comments, especially Marlon's, and I kind of shied away from them because I didn't know what to make of them. It was all about money. Then we have Truman himself who is reaching that conclusion by himself and day after day his doubts are proving to be true. WE NEVER saw Truman get out, all we saw was him entering the darkness. Could he have arranged for more to maintain the illusion? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. I wish I could add to it. For some, this question has taken on a philosophical tone, becoming what I’ll dub ‘Truman Show skepticism’. Every Behind The Music or story about Lindsay Lohan is a lesson on how quickly fame can f**k a person up. Every moving scene, every moment of sympathy for Truman, is being constructed by the men and women behind the scenes. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson chose it for their son, and it's also the name of Martha Stewart's young grandson. This is a place for fans of various creative works to share theories, interpretations and speculation related to that particular creative work. I will just add that one of my favorite scenes is the 'search party' at the end, where they walk hand in hand through the sets, and the one that bit character's happy Dalmatian dog suddenly becomes a snarling terror, pulling at the leash. I saw this movie for the first time pretty recently and decided to run through its scenes again and write up some of my thoughts about it. The Truman Show. I want to see what Truman's life is like on the outside, out in the real world where he isn't being scripted and forced into life solely for the entertainment of others. It is set in a town called Seahaven, which is essentially a simulation of the real world similar enough to the outside world that the viewing … Also, Christof seemed really calm and composed while talking to him towards the end: that obviously could be interpreted as his acknowledgement of his defeat at containing Truman, or he has one more trick still up his sleeve. The idea of humanity "preferring the cage" (the "cage" meaning both the literal, physical artificial world of Truman, as well as the state of blissful ignorance under which he lives) is also a prevalent idea. As a matter of fact he is never shown interacting with anyone in the outside world. Going back to the whole idea of the movie being very manipulative, I also have an overwhelming desire to see what happens next. For months, it seemed as if fans of The Walking Dead were waiting on when the show creators would drop the bomb and announce an ending to the show.. RELATED: The Walking Dead Anthology Series: 10 Character Backstories Fans Are Hoping For The news finally dropped in September, when the series creators announced that AMC's flagship zombie series would be coming to an end after the eleventh … By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Added Linney, “The Truman Show is a very foreboding, dark movie—and, unfortunately, our world had gone even way beyond that.” Carrey with director Peter Weir on set. Truman lives in the picturesque, seaside town of Seahaven with his wife Meryl. They also mention about schizophrenia. Truman Burbank was the ingenuous character played by Jim Carrey in The Truman Show, and Truman was the surname of Will in Will and Grace. In this scene, we see him dressed triumphantly in all black, the most earthly tones we have ever seen him wear. I feel Chritof, given the means he has at his disposal, would stop at nothing to keep the show going. final line. Great analysis btw. She was part of the fantasy created for him. Irony (from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía 'dissimulation, feigned ignorance'), in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what on the surface appears to be the case or to be expected differs radically from what is actually the case.. and radical enough to be comically symbolic. I encourage you to look through the movie again if you're curious, as you will see many more outfits with tones of red and yellow. He is the star, and because we are rooting for him throughout we momentarily forget that his very predicament is our entertainment. Real-life Truman Show. Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time. The film ends with, after "The Truman Show" coming to a finale after 30 years, two men who have been watching intently all along turning to each other and saying, "Ehh, what else is on?" Every time heartfelt music comes on, every time we root for Truman in his struggle, we are feeding in to the manipulation of the orchestrators of the show. During such scenes we judge the orchestrators and directors of the show harshly, condemning them for their immorality and their manipulation-- angry that the audience of the world is feeding into the show. The second he wants to go to Fiji and then Europe or whatever, they might be in trouble again. (It could also be that Truman goes through the door and gets lost in some maintenance tunnels and spends the next decade hunting rats for food in the dome's support structure.) Before you read on I must warn you for SPOILERS and if you are yet to finish the movie, please do so first. But because he doesn't recognise the simulation that simply is his reality because he can't acknowledge any other. The Truman Show uses these devices throughout the film, IMO. Even Truman won't think that it's happening again and he would be more inclined to brush aside his doubts as paranoia of his previous world consuming him. I love truman show but i really think they should have had him escape atleast 30 minutes before the end of the film and had a hole story about what happens after he leaves and show him trying to adjust to the real world. The town is enclosed in a giant dome decked out with high-tech simulations of sun and sky, in which the rain and wind are courtesy of the special effects department. What's interesting is that The Truman Show is arguably a really manipulative movie. Thanks for the write up on this, OP, much appreciated. He doesn’t even know if her name is Sylvia or Lauren, the name given to her for the show. Those surrounding Truman fear the uncertainty inherent in their lives having to change and work to stop him. The point is that the location of the show is well known, and it is possible to breach through security. There is something paradoxical about our experience as the viewer. It captures us just as well as it does the audience in the movie. I could easily see it have the potential of happening. It wouldn't work within this film. Our very watching of Truman, our movie experience as the real viewer, is based on this invasion of privacy. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Yup, Truman being watched is a big part of the movie too. He realizes that Truman has began suspecting his reality and sooner or later he will find out the "fakeness" of his world. Ultimately if we really want what's best for him we have to kind of give him up. Which apparently was ad-libbed? Sexuality & Gender. Now they can have a new location and set unknown to people, and new actors whom they can vet more carefully, and cameras put in positions where they won't gain attention. The viewers would riot. The only person who tries to tell him the reality he lives in is this girl, Sylvia. It's almost like a sacrifice we make for cheering him on. But I do think that the idea of "we as the audience" definitely holds a mirror up to us, in society, forcing us to consider the way in which we consume entertainment and are constantly manipulated by it. Why? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the FanTheories community. Eventually the producers would have to buckle under the pressure. I think that's telling of his desire for something more than his simple world around him, even before he begins to discover that it's a sham. But it's different! I think the idea of being so immersed in media that our perception of reality becomes distorted is really interesting. Not to mention it's a film about escape, not about freedom. And as it turns out, Sylvia is a crazed lunatic fan, obsessed with Truman. As I mentioned before, our very viewing of Truman is based on this huge invasion of privacy. The movie, "The Truman Show" is about a reality television show that has been created to document the life of a man who, adopted at birth by a television network, is tricked into believing that his life, his reality, is normal and the environment that he lives is real. The Truman Show is a 1998 American drama film directed by Peter Weir, produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, and Adam Schroeder, and written by Niccol.The film stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, a man who grew up living an ordinary life that—unbeknownst to him—takes place on a large set populated by actors for a television show about him. Truman only has access to information that he has been provided by them, so you can hire a cast of 100 odd people to make a fake town that would look like Europe to Truman. But honestly, I think you nailed it. From time to time he gets to find out the truth about his situation. Or maybe it’s simple television economics as Reddit user u/Gameran suggests. I get the idea from the way Christof's dialogue at the end kind of builds up to him leaving that Christof is, as you said, realizing the show is done for, but I think he is actually fine with it ending as long as it is on a big finish. I really love how this movie contains so many themes at once. That's a really good point. ~ The Journey That Never Was. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. The Truman Show is one of the most powerful man-made metaphors of the spiritual journey I have ever seen. Truman Burbank, the star of the show, has lived his entire life unaware of the fact that his entire life is being filmed and broadcast to the entire world. And yet at the same time, we are thoroughly enjoying "The Truman Show." On the contrary Truman's black clothing in his final moment of triumph and escape (or rather, escape from his world of escapism) testify to his awareness, his freedom, and-- most of all-- his disillusionment. I felt manipulated and powerless at the hands of this movie. We Are the Audience My position was that the film is, in a way, confronting us about how expose shows and media. It can be rather startling as a viewer to realize this, that we've been sucked up into the twisted minds of the directors and producers of this show, and are just feeding off what they give us, much like Truman did. Propaganda and the 666 Hand The lighthouse They could have thrown subtleties in the environment to stop Truman from doubting. She is the only person Truman knows on the outside, and they’ve talked twice, ever. Truman's mother, as well, has similar features. Though Truman has chosen to confront reality, the world continues to indulge in its mindless entertainment. It might even be possible that Truman felt kind of trapped, but (until he realizes everything is fake) had no other choice but to accept the world around him as his reality. Images From Truman Show. I feel this would be the biggest brilliance of the plan. The most striking exception is at the very end of the film as Truman succeeds in escaping his artificial world. Within this film we see the effectiveness of techniques, which include camera angles, framing, shot types, camera movement, style of music, costuming and sequencing. However, the town Truman lives in is merely a movie set, and all the people in his life — his wife, his neighbors, and his co-workers–are actors. Our being manipulated becomes very clear when we see, in certain scenes, the orchestrators of the show choosing out shots, and, importantly, choosing the heartfelt music of the scenes in the television show. Her response at the end was "I need more closure than that!". The Truman Show is the kind of movie that attempts to challenge the audience by using the medium of film, the technology that society strongly depends upon, to critique itself and its … Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It seemed every scene like that featured Truman making up some massive, other-wordly adventure in his head. I got the same 'stabs' of self-awareness at the very end when they say 'What else is on?' The Truman group would be up against a rich and resourceful person who would stop at nothing to maintain the illusion. He probably has one trick up his sleeve. This is when we are forced into temporary self-awareness. Both released in 1998, the films Dark City and The Truman Show offer very different science-fictional responses to the late twentieth century concern of constant surveillance, as CCTV began to proliferate across modern cities. We later see him cutting grass in his lawn wearing an outfit blaring with red and yellow, with some red in his surroundings as well. This is strange as we know Truman’s father died some twenty years ago. If they can figure out a way to introduce multiple sets, it's possible. The advertisements, the emotional responses to heartfelt music and shots, the indulgence in something only possible by means of blatant immorality and invasion of privacy-- all things which we, while condemning consciously, eat up subconsciously. Essentially, the movie is about a television show called The Truman Show. Irony can be categorized into different types, including verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. There they talk about how Truman feels "everybody is watching him". I always just kinda assumed the Free Truman group would already have enough sympathetic followers willing to help him sue the crud out of Christof and the TV network, making Truman wealthy enough to retire. he left the set, so the show is over (he left the screen, so the movie is over). While Marx criticized capitalism as an impersonal machine that consumes labor and then discards workers, the more recent criticism is that consumers are manipulated by huge corporations into buying an endless stream of trivial products that must be soon discarded when the next hyped item for consumption arrives. The 'Free Truman' group probably picked him up and helped him reintegrate. The show also seems to be under constant attack from people who want to let Truman know the secret, or just want to be on the show for a moment of glory. This is especially clear in vignette shots which feature Truman at the center of the frame with black, faded edges. We become more involved in the fiction presented (even if it's "reality"), to the point that we ignore our true lives. There are shots from inside magazine booths, from telephone poles or traffic lights, from Truman's rings or shirt buttons, from random surveillance cameras, etc. Thematically, I think you are spot on though, in that the film is asking to what degree our own reality is just as constructed as Truman's. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Filming a reality TV show is very expensive, even on a normal schedule. The Truman Show Delusion A brief look at those who think they are living their life in a TV reality show . “It is freedom from the world that the deepest part of you seeks, knowing that in overcoming the world, all that is left is God, which is all there ever has been, and all there ever will be.”. and when the movie edits to the live orchestral swell. 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