[RiccochetJ]

hey, Sorry, I`ve heard good things of this movie and am planning on watching it. I have no idea about, was the title a spoiler? :(

No. It tells you all that in the first 5 mins.

[cubanb]

hey, Sorry, I`ve heard good things of this movie and am planning on watching it. I have no idea about, was the title a spoiler? :(

No, it's the basic premise of the show you would get if you watched a trailer for it .

[Prez]

If I were a brave man (with nothing but time and money), I would hire a bunch of people and actually gang stalk him for a week.

You could just buy a cheap van, make it look like this one and park it in front of his house:

[CrocMother]

;_;

Such a good soundtrack

inspirational

and creepy

just like the film :)

[LordCanti]

I've always wondered if the girl (I forget her name) is technically a stalker. I mean, she invades the set to get close to him and then doesn't marry or continue her life beyond protesting his incarceration for the next...decade? More?

[CFK]

Ok , cool.

Thanks for for the replies. Off I go.

[Alphahawk]

I heard someone say that the whole thing was a metaphor for religion/god. If you think of the actual outside world being heaven it kind of makes sense.

[CrocMother]

I've always wondered if the girl (I forget her name) is technically a stalker. I mean, she invades the set to get close to him and then doesn't marry or continue her life beyond protesting his incarceration for the next...decade? More?

In the movies it's ok to be a stalker if you are truly destined to be together.

"true love" and all that jazz.

[davepoobond]

thats why its a happy ending. he sued for mucho dinero.

[Ether_Snake]

I heard someone say that the whole thing was a metaphor for religion/god. If you think of the actual outside world being heaven it kind of makes sense.

It is a gnostic parable.

The creator is called Christof.

"ch-ris-tof, chr(i)-stof\ as a boy's name is a variant of Christopher (Greek), and the meaning of Christof is "bearing Christ"."

bear·ing
1. the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures.

So he is a fake Christ, or demiurge, creator of the material world:

A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis (esoteric or intuitive knowledge) is the way to salvation of the soul from the material world. They saw the material world as created through an intermediary being (demiurge) rather than directly by God. In most of the systems, this demiurge was seen as imperfect, in others even as evil. Different gnostic schools sometimes identified the demiurge as Adam Kadmon, Ahriman, El, Saklas, Samael, Satan, Choronzon, Yaldabaoth, or Yahweh.

Truman is brought to "salvation" or the "true God" through a woman, which is again typical of gnosticism (Sophia brings salvation, "sophia" means knowledge).

At the end of the movie they try to prevent him from escaping by setting some road on fire (among other disasters). Hell is used by the demiurge to dissuade people from seeking the truth. Etc.

[zethren]

;_;

I knew exactly what song this was before it started playing. Such a great soundtrack, such a great movie.

I've actually vacationed twice in the town where the movie is filmed, and seen the "Truman House". It's not actually a small town with nothing around it. It is a small town by the ocean, though. Seaside Florida. Place is amazing.

[Vagabundo]

Just imagine all of the fapping they would have to censor if it were real.

You'd have a whole black market in Truman porn smuggled out of the studio.

[Dominican Power]

It is a gnostic parable. The creator is called Christof. "ch-ris-tof, chr(i)-stof\ as a boy's name is a variant of Christopher (Greek), and the meaning of Christof is "bearing Christ"." bear·ing 1. the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures. So he is a fake Christ, or demiurge, creator of the material world: Truman is brought to "salvation" or the "true God" through a woman, which is again typical of gnosticism (Sophia brings salvation, "sophia" means knowledge). At the end of the movie they try to prevent him from escaping by setting some road on fire (among other disasters). Hell is used by the demiurge to dissuade people from seeking the truth. Etc.

[EulaCapra]

Of course Truman was falsely imprisoned. You can count attempted murder by huge tidal waves too.

God, as much as I loved the movie and have become paranoid about everyday life after watching it, what an effed up situation.

And what a terribly boring reality show it would be this day and age.

[CorvoSol]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm in a real life Truman Show so every once in a while I will just randomly look into a mirror or at the sky and say "I know you're watching me" to throw them off in case they are.

My biggest fear is that they respond.

[CloudWolf]

You know that shit was real and happens to people every day? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKybG...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyem_YhynOQ

There is also an even more extreme version of this; The Truman Show Delusion. Those people believe that every single event in the world is staged and everyone except for them is an actor.

They have reported that one patient traveled to New York City after 9/11 to make sure that the 2001 terrorist attacks were not a plot twist in his personal Truman Show, while another traveled to a downtown Manhattan Federal building to seek asylum from his show.

[gerg]

Well, the whole point of the movie is to bring up and discuss questions of freedom and agency: is freedom more than being able to do what you want without coercion? (As in, if Truman had happily engaged in his life in the show until his death, would he have been free all up until that point?) It asks the exact same questions as The Matrix, only with a less technological analogy.

Personally, I think that freedom demands, in part, access to choice, but I'm actually finding it quite hard to articulate why.

[Coppertracks]

In the film one of the audience (the cops) comments how "they never get to see anything" when Truman has sex. The camera moves to an open window and they play music instead. I assume Meryll (his wife) discouraged a wild sex life with Truman.

It was more than likely the same for when Truman masturbated.

[dc89]

My favourite film. I love it.

[Truant]

My favourite film. I love it.

That's what they want you to think.

[replicashooter]

It is a gnostic parable. The creator is called Christof. "ch-ris-tof, chr(i)-stof\ as a boy's name is a variant of Christopher (Greek), and the meaning of Christof is "bearing Christ"." bear·ing 1. the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures. So he is a fake Christ, or demiurge, creator of the material world: Truman is brought to "salvation" or the "true God" through a woman, which is again typical of gnosticism (Sophia brings salvation, "sophia" means knowledge). At the end of the movie they try to prevent him from escaping by setting some road on fire (among other disasters). Hell is used by the demiurge to dissuade people from seeking the truth. Etc.

Do you have a soul, Ether?

[Jay Sosa]

Jim Carrey should have gone to jail for making such a shitty movie.

[CrankyJay]

hey, Sorry, I`ve heard good things of this movie and am planning on watching it. I have no idea about, was the title a spoiler? :(

Sorry dude. Statute of limitations is up on that.

[Messypandas]

Best composer cameo ever

[Dilly]

Jim Carrey should have gone to jail for making such a shitty movie.

No

[Nevasleep]

Yeah I watched that movie way too young and it messed me up when I was younger. :P

Haha, same here.

[echoshifting]

Jim Carrey should have gone to jail for making such a shitty movie.

Who are you talking to?

[Jay Sosa]

Who are you talking to?

My computer.

[Emerson]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm in a real life Truman Show so every once in a while I will just randomly look into a mirror or at the sky and say "I know you're watching me" to throw them off in case they are.

I genuinely used to do this/think this when I was a kid. Crazed narcissism.

[sky]

Fantastic movie.

But you just have to accept that it's in an alternate reality, where the situation is generally excepted by society.

[Majine]

Jim Carrey should have gone to jail for making such a shitty movie.

It's my favorite Carrey movie.

[Neverwinter27]

I thought Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was everyone's favorite Carrey movie

[UncleSporky]

Who are you talking to?

[SquiddyCracker]

Hm, you know what?
I don't think he was actually falsely imprisoned up until the point where the gig was up and they sent a storm at him to stop him from leaving.

Up until that point, he was staying in that town voluntarily and without coercion even if there was a lot of social pressure - but that's true for everyone.

[Sklorenz]

;_;

First thing I think of any time this movie is mentioned. So good.

[Rapstah]

There's a Philip K. Dick short novel that deals with the same issue as Truman Show. Of course, being a Philip K. Dick novel, it goes to fucking insane hell with crazy sci-fi elements near the end.

[UncleSporky]

It's obvious that they royally screwed up by teaching him that there was a world out there past the island. The place where they're keeping him needs to literally be the only place that exists to him.

Of course it's hard to avoid "made in China" tags and explaining the breadth of products available to buy, but oh well.

They could've put him on an alien planet, if they wanted. Made up a new language. Put a glowing crystal on the top of every car and tell him that's what powers them, and show him the mines where they harvest the crystals.

[y2dvd]

my life is boring as shit i have like 60,000 posts on NeoGaf a show about me would have been cancelled by now.

This made me lol!

Loved the movie. Gotta track me down a copy.

[WillyFive]

Jim Carrey should have gone to jail for making such a shitty movie.

It was probably his best film ever, and it wasn't even a comedic role.

[Dead Man Typing]

I kind of wish they'd make a sequel...

[:Motorbass]

Man, these "gang stalking" videos on youtube make me really sad. Most of the comments even encourage them into thinking they are stalked everywhere they go. They accuse random people of stalking them, think that their entire neighborhood is wired and filmed just to harass them and give tips on how to shield yourself from heat-, sound- and microwaves. Phew, that must be tough.

[reggie]

Jim Carrey should have gone to jail for making such a shitty movie.

You should be in jail for having such awful opinions. The Truman Show is a classic.

[Razek]

This is my favorite movie. No joke. I loved the premise and found it super intriguing.

Jim Carrey should have gone to jail for making such a shitty movie.

You sir, have awful taste.