A unique story about freedom
The amazing performance of the film's stars, Jim Carrey and Ed Harris in particular, as well as the rest of the actors who performed their roles brilliantly, and conveyed their feelings to us smoothly, with great skill and high feeling, and the camera angles, along with the enjoyable directing, had a great impact in showing that.
The unique story presented by the film is about Truman, a simple, peaceful man whose privacy has been violated since his birth, without him realizing anything about it. Then he gradually discovers the false life he lives in, and that he is the hero of the events in it, but that does not prevent him from trying to gain his lost freedom, despite the amount of restrictions that bind him.
The steps taken in the film to cast doubt on Truman and show the truth in a way that gives the viewer an unnatural thrill and makes him sympathize with Truman in an unusual way, as freedom is the demand of every human being on the face of the earth and the desire of all people.
The cohesion that Truman's character showed is a unique model presented to us by Jim Carrey, even with his awareness of the complete falsehood of his reality, which could destroy any ordinary person, and despite the fact that his character is peaceful and very simple, he decided to fight for his freedom, which is the desired transformation for every person, to be able to defeat anything that imposes its control over him, or wipes out his humanity and freedom with roughness and tyranny.
Other characters
The other characters in this movie were divided into two groups, a group biased towards stealing Truman's real life and keeping him as the star of this unique show, and at the head of this group was the character of the show's director, Christoph, who was brilliantly performed by the star Ed Harris, then Meryl, Truman's wife, then Marlon, his close friend, then Truman's mother, and the rest of the show's actors as well, and the show's viewers who considered it their permanent and unique entertainment every day.
Another simple group wished for Truman to be freed from the false and miserable life he lives, and at the head of this group comes the character of Lauren, who was performed by Natascha McElhone, with warm and dreamy feelings and overwhelming love, touching all hearts in a captivating way, and making many of the show's viewers tend to liberate Truman from the slavery of the show and its hateful golden cage.
All the characters came together in a wonderful way, to present us with this amazing and exciting movie, and each character possessed qualities that distinguished him from the others, and made the movie unnaturally complete, to love everything about it, even with the appearance of the character of the deceased father suddenly, who longed for a son who did not really belong to him (Truman), which will make you realize how Truman's character affected everyone, to make them unconsciously cling to the continuation of that show or not.
The overall performance of all the actors in this movie was enjoyable and brilliant, and deserves praise for every moment in it.
Discover the mystery
It was really scary and strange what Truman felt, as his feeling began to grow that everything around him was working to prevent him from leaving the city, and that he was being watched and followed in some way, to the point that his suspicions turned towards his wife and mother, and that they were also immersed in trying to prevent him, and the only thing left for him was his close friend Marlon, whom Truman trusted a lot, but he was no different from the others in trying to keep Truman in the show, and while this feeling of his was growing, the show director began to intervene in an attempt to abort that idea, and he exploited his friendship with Marlon to make Marlon give him a unique gift, which was Truman's father who had drowned before his eyes, and thus he returned to him something precious that he had missed all these years, but he forgot that freedom is the most precious thing to a person, and that there is absolutely nothing that can replace it.
To condemn anyone to be watched for their entire life, and to have their freedom and privacy in the wind, is disgusting and extremely selfish, even if it was in a perfect world that was created for him, and he is the biggest star in it. The show's makers did not see him as a human being, but as a lab rat in one of their laboratories, seeing the whole world as a product of their experiment. When Truman realized their logic, he turned into a monster, fighting to regain his freedom.
Love and freedom
The beautiful thing about Truman's character is that he is an emotional person. When he first met Lauren, she caught his attention, and he saw a lot of words in her eyes. When they were alone together, he felt true love for the first time, and he was completely attached to her to the point that he never forgot her, even after she disappeared and he married Meryl. Lauren had known and felt the real Truman, not the Truman the star of the show. She saw him as a human being, not a lab rat. Truman was not allowed to experience this true love, as it might destroy everything in this show. Therefore, her disappearance and snatching her from his sight was the only way to keep the show going, despite the initial true feelings between them, which were born to die by the makers of this fake world.
From here, Lauren became a major motive for Truman after all these years, when the falsehood of everything around him began to be exposed, and with the swelling of his feeling that the people closest to him, fall into the same circle of falsehood, Lauren became the glimmer of true hope inside him, and this pushed him to desperate attempts to escape from the city to search for her and reach her, and another greater motive merged with Lauren's motive, the freedom that Truman never had.
From the side of Christoph, the director of the Truman Show, the vision was different, as he saw himself as Truman's real father, who wished his son to always be under his hearing and sight, but here his greatest motive was not love but personal glory, and for the rest of the actors in the show, the motive was work and glory, their hearts had darkened and their eyes were blinded as well, from seeing the truth of Truman as a free man who deserves a private life, love had not found a way to them.
christof's logic in keeping Truman in the show was that he gave him an ideal life to live, and that he kept him away from the outside world with all its disadvantages, and that if Truman really had the curiosity and ambition to see the outside world, he would discover the truth then, and that he would not prevent him from leaving if that happened.
Weak logic that only the weak need, because if you gave someone the choice between his absolute freedom, or living in an ideal world without leaving, he would definitely choose his freedom because it is the most precious thing any person has.
escape through water
Truman had decided to escape from his city, and his escape trick was so clever that it fooled his observers with all their cameras, and they did not notice his escape method and location until it was too late. Truman had suffered from a fear of water since he saw his imaginary father drowning in front of him, so his decision to escape through the water was a good decision, because no one would expect that, and when Christoph knew about this, he tried to prevent Truman by scaring him from drowning, so a storm program was run that almost capsized his boat, and when it did not work, he ordered the program to be run at maximum capacity, and this was enough to drown Truman in front of millions of his followers. It was a public murder by the jailer Christoph, but Truman was able to hold out until the end.
Christoph found that his prisoner Truman no longer feared anything, for in the path of freedom no one would fear death, freedom for Truman was equal to life itself, Truman had reached the exit door of the city, so Christoph had no choice but to finally reveal himself, and in a live broadcast in front of the viewers, he spoke to Truman and tried in every way to dissuade him from leaving, claiming that the place he built for him was the best, and that the outside world was full of worse things, and that he knew what Truman was thinking, and that he was the star of the Truman Show, so Truman's response was very sarcastic, as in a theatrical move he bowed in front of the cameras and smiled, and said his famous phrase that he greets his neighbors with every day, then he went out the door, slapping Christoph in the face in front of everyone, and making some viewers in a state of excitement from their joy at his freedom, and others in sadness and frustration.
Of course, Lauren was following what was happening on the screen, so she quickly went down in the eagerness of fans, to meet the liberated Truman, while the rest of the viewers were looking for other shows on the screen to watch.
Final word
A human life is not a movie that can be traded, but a right that belongs to him alone, and no one has the authority to use him as a commodity. Truman was completely exploited. He was born an orphan with no one to defend his rights, and so his life was monopolized as a kind of imaginary adoption. I wondered deep down, how was this allowed to happen so simply? It is a crime in my opinion that may exceed murder. How can you play with a human being’s feelings and destiny with such impudence, and even give yourself the full right to imprison him in your laboratory? It is disgusting and an insult to the right of the human race to freedom.
The struggle that Truman fought for his freedom and love was fought by every possible means, because there were special interests in his existence in this captivity, which shows us the dark side of the human race as a whole, when your freedom conflicts with my interests, this dark side immediately emerges, to fight the fixed, authentic right that is irreplaceable and cannot be bought with money, which is freedom.
The Truman Show is considered one of the most important and best films ever, for the amazing performances of its stars, the unique directing and photography, the wonderful music and effects, and finally for its exclusive and profound idea.
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