"We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine. It's a life." - Cristof, creator of the Truman Show.
Even as the movie ended my mind was still hooked on to the starting scenes where Truman standing in front of mirror is talking to an make-believe buddy, that they must go on and if things go worse he should eat him for food and the scene alternates between Christof and rest of the crew each one sharing their experiences in the Truman show.
A brilliantly written story with an equally brilliant cast, this movie gives us a chance to see Jim Carrey in a role far away from the usual slap-stick comedy and believe me, he has done justice to his role. In so many ways I am reminded of the book 'Brave New World' by this movie. Truman is reared in a make-believe world controlled by external factors like the alphas and other Greek lettered sections in the Ford era of the Brave new world.
I love the way the crew apart from Truman, try to put ADs in the "show" , a nice reminder to show how unrealistically the corporate tries to push their many useless products into our lives portraying them as dire necessities and how easily we still buy into it.
I wonder one thing though, If he, Truman had no Slyvia would he have still pushed himself to know the truth? Been that eager to find the exit? (The last question is intended for Truman's character)
Without the comfort of knowing that someone out there will be by your side would you blindly do that leap into the dark. Probably, yes. The lure of confronting the unknown has always lured men out of their safe haven far into the unmerciful seas.
