We've had to cut out a few segments due to a copyright claim so apologies for that. Hope you enjoyed the list though and let us know any more things we missed!

@enriquesanchez2001

Жыл бұрын

You speak ENTIRELY too quickly for effective comprehension. It resembles an urgent news report. Very annoying. I used the 0.75 speed to keep my sanity.

@TheBeerDolt

11 ай бұрын

Does this include #1, or was that intentionally just "this is it"?

@g4man41

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the clarification.

@Weather_67

9 ай бұрын

What was the #19?

@TheRealZazaExpert

7 ай бұрын

@@enriquesanchez2001 sharpen your ears then mate

Truman's car does not have head rests, in order to keep him in a clear view of the backseat camera. A subtle example of them willing to compromise his safety for a little extra production value.

@the_kombinator

2 жыл бұрын

It also has a Service Engine Soon and (I think) an ABS warning light on the dash. He seems pretty meticulous, that should have bothered him. Hell, it even bothers me, even on my almost 20 year old cars....

@shaunstrasser1

2 жыл бұрын

Many shows and movie cars don't have headrests for camera shots in the vehicles

@ax3226

2 жыл бұрын

All cars in movies doesn’t have headrests

@poptarget

Жыл бұрын

@@ax3226 this is true

@jdlwiquwudhakiqu7181yd

Жыл бұрын

My name👍

Another thing about the Mt Rushmore picture. His 'mom' says "you slept the whole way". I always took that to mean that it was incredibly possible they drugged/knocked out Truman in order to give him the illusion of traveling. Another way to show just how dark the reality of the situation is, without getting too explicit.

@jongon0848

2 жыл бұрын

I figured since he was young they probably just told him to take a quick nap and when he woke up they told him they were already there.

@ShatnerLover

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I thought exactly the same thing!

@matthewwriter9539

2 жыл бұрын

I DEFINITELY thought the same thing...drugs were definitely used.

@kellynolen498

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewwriter9539 i mean (bad) parents do it to giving there kids sleep aids like melatonin when they want to go out late

@kosco1151

Жыл бұрын

It's obvious they are telling him that as he naturally would have no memory as an adult, of that trip because its a fake picture and the event never took place.

My favorite part about the movie is the end. We see no more of Truman after he leaves and it’s super cool because it reflects his new life. We don’t get to see what happens to him because there are no cameras on him anymore.

@doesntmatter2732

10 ай бұрын

That makes a lot of sense

@joeyj5924

9 ай бұрын

The Truman show never ended. They just made us all Trumans lol

@johnnycorvo

8 ай бұрын

A sequel would be cool though.

@HONEYEMPRESSIONS

7 ай бұрын

My question is how is this legal, even in a movie

@ronan8834

7 ай бұрын

@@HONEYEMPRESSIONS money

A few other things I only recently noticed: 1) During the on-air interview, Christof receives a call from The Hague, but the call gets dropped. The implication seems to be that Christof may be facing prosecution by the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity, and the call staff barely realizes this in time to prevent the call from airing live. 2) Stripes figure prominently in most of Truman's outfits, reinforcing the idea that he is a prisoner. 3) When the "cease transmission" order is given at the end of the film, Christof slumps forward until his head hits the static-filled screen. Whether this implies literal death from the strain of failure or not, Christof's life is at least figuratively over, as the project that he poured his whole life into has come to an end.

@royce9018

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@jihangamal5823

Жыл бұрын

The Hague call was received by the show hosting Christof on air, and I actually think their getting cut off was just an indication of the fact that there is no communication when it comes to actual human rights in the world now.

@JoshSweetvale

Жыл бұрын

Europe has always quietly protested America's more atrocious bullshit. And vice versa.

@KrepsyK

Жыл бұрын

YOOO

@jayrose6312

Жыл бұрын

Good observations!

Truman's wife was a nurse so that could mean long hours at "work", medical seminars etc.

@nvstewart

2 жыл бұрын

Hardly a vacation...

@ShadowService

2 жыл бұрын

@@nvstewart I believe they meant that long hours and medical seminars and the like would make an excuse for her absence while she went on vacations or to visit friends or reunions, etc.

@PopeLando

Жыл бұрын

I assumed she took her breaks (visiting relatives or something) alone anyway because of Truman's debilitating travel phobia. She doesn't need a special contract for that, only for having sex with Truman.

@mushmello526

Жыл бұрын

@VelktorCreationsMFQ Yeah, but what about the many years before?

@hellybelle5

Жыл бұрын

I'd assume her time at work was time off too. When she comes home she still looks absolutely perfect, but nobody looks like that at the end of a shift.

I always thought the reason why they never had music other than classical was to further isolate Truman from the outside world and help keep him ignorant. Lyrics could cause him to question the reality that they've constructed for him.

@CooroSnowFox

2 жыл бұрын

"despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage" given that photo of him as a clown behind bars...

@lisaspikes4291

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Lyrics would only cause problems for the whole illusion. Truman would have too many questions.

@Seriona1

2 жыл бұрын

That completely violates the world Truman is in. They ground him in a real world, the lights in the night sky are supposed to be real star locations. Truman lives in a city that exist in the US. They go as far as to tell him real nations. This never made sense to me at all. If they were going to have him live in a fiction world, they should of 100% made the entire universe up.

@CooroSnowFox

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seriona1 It's all about the audience, if it was made up, you have to let them follow without asking there to be a guide to it...they would have the book of truman but to have otherworldly details would limit the reach

@Seriona1

2 жыл бұрын

@@CooroSnowFox It just goes against the concept of control. He leaves the dome, he has some idea of what the real world is. By putting in a fiction world, it might make him think about not leaving the world.

Big one yall missed: the bus driver. The bus driver has to fake the bus breaking down when Truman tries to go to Chicago to take a flight from there to Fiji. But the show can't let him leave so the driver has to sabotage the bus so Truman can't leave. However, the bus driver is remorseful, telling Truman he's sorry. Then later, when the ferry is needed for the show to chase after Truman, the bus driver redeems himself by sabotaging the ferry so Truman can escape.

In the magazine kiosk all the magazines are related to low risk activities that can be done around the house, such as gardening, dogs and parenting magazines. Nothing that might tempt Truman in doing something risky or thinking of locales away from the set.

@boltaurelius376

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully no DIY magazines. He may end up finding cameras.

Interesting that's how you interpret the bus driver scene as the driver "deliberately" destroying the bus so he wouldn't have to drive Truman. I always took it as that the bus driver is an actor and simply doesn't know how to drive a bus.

@nickmahan2713

2 жыл бұрын

The bus would have to be able to leave for the illusion to be believed. Seeing people enter a bus and never leave would be suspicious. Like never seeing your neighbors cars move from their driveway.

@savagetowing2508

2 жыл бұрын

Yea i thought he just couldn't drive a stick. But that makes more sense

@fluffylilcookie7916

2 жыл бұрын

I interpreted the bus breaking down as being in the script, a script the bus driver had to follow. He felt sorry for Truman, which is why he said "sorry" before getting off the bus.

@thetruesora

2 жыл бұрын

like the bit later in the movie where no one knows how to drive a boat to chase after truman "they cant, they're actors!"

@qwerty52676

2 жыл бұрын

The bus was a tour for "real" people outside of the show which is why the girl recognized him, nobody wanted to make eye contact with him, and the driver purposely wrecked the bus

I've always liked this wacky attention to detail: At the start of the movie, a light falls from the sky and Truman happens to be nearby, when he picks it up, on it is a label that says "Sirius (α Canis Major)." Sirius (designated α Canis Major) is the brightest star in the night sky, and the fact that the light was labeled with that name implies that there are more lights like the one that fell near Truman that replicate the real life constellations inside the dome.

@Kaiyats

2 жыл бұрын

That makes sense the light was for stars oh I just assumed that the whole thing was lit up some how by those things

@notsureyou

2 жыл бұрын

I also watched a video, where it is implied that the show is in financial trouble (the light fell off due to lack of maintenance etc), Which is why they were pushing so hard for a pregnancy (to help boost the ratings).

@thebugthatssnugpsn1911

2 жыл бұрын

Also kind of make sense because Truman is the brightest star of his show

@xjosebusaidx

2 жыл бұрын

Also the brightest star is related to Lucifer, so it's like the fallen angel.

@user-fe8gx3ie5v

2 жыл бұрын

@@notsureyou That doesn't make much sense, considering how seemingly popular Truman is in the show.

I remember walking into the theater at the age of 17 in 1998 thinking that I was going to see a comedy due to Jim Carrey's previous work. What I saw that day was a breath taking story that alters our perception of reality. This was unlike anything I'd seen before or even after and showed the potential of what Jim can do outside of comedy slapstick.

@weirdloverwilde

Жыл бұрын

A good companion film that came out roughly the same time was Dark City. Both movies feature a man who is watched, experimented with, who tries to escape … both these films (precursors to the Matrix - another “this reality is a construction” movie) were so fabulous.

@edishdraws

9 ай бұрын

Same thought it was goin to be laughting the whole time but the surprise was even better

I believe there was a moment where Meryl distracts Truman by saying that they wanted to try for a baby. That means Meryl was willing to be impregnated for the show OR her and her real-life partner were scheduling a child around the show. It also means that the baby, much like Truman, would be on camera from birth.

@sarvathavicharsheel7487

Жыл бұрын

So she was selfish enough to make her child go through all these? Pathetic mother

@Mariyanthi

Жыл бұрын

I guess as she was Truman's fuil time wife, she would have consummate, otherwise he would realise that something was wrong! That makes her literally a prostitute and the "unprofessional" line in the movie hits harder!

@jewelmathew3457

Жыл бұрын

Maybe she was bluffing about getting pregnant. She definitely considered her relationship as a job and herself as a professional. So maybe she had ways to avoid getting pregnant. But what I really think is, she drugged him before, you know...and he wakes up next day thinking they were intimate.

@miloo2995

Жыл бұрын

Maybe im thinking of a deleted scene? But i do seem to recall Christof talking about trying to get the right for the first on air copulation, or something along those lines. Likely Meryl is willing to commit her entire being to the show

@micahbush5397

Жыл бұрын

There's a deleted scene where the cast (including Meryl's replacement, "Vivian," who flirted with Truman at work) meet, and it's clear that having a baby is part of the show plot, as there are plans to start a two-channel format when the baby is born. (Vivian also jokes, "Let’s hope we don't have twins," which a producer finds hilarious while Marlon is clearly irked by the callousness with which the issue is treated.)

A deleted scene noted that literally EVERYTHING that is seen on The Truman Show is available for purchase via their catalog. Clothing, jewelry, food, cars, appliances, furniture, and even the houses. Meryl noted in an interview that her necklace was a top selling item (presumably without the micro-camera, naturally).

@hambreger8351

2 жыл бұрын

we might be talking about different scenes, but there is one where it shows all the merchandise available during a news segment

@pye2574

2 жыл бұрын

I swear the scene isn't deleted when Christoph is having an interview he says everything you see on set is for sale. From clothes down to the very houses they live in

@panoslianos7312

2 жыл бұрын

I saw it

@dr.alphys

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing that seen but I watched it on the dvd version so maybe it’s different on something else

@colormedubious4747

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.alphys The broadcast version is slightly different.

I always wonder: How many actors in the show, if they met Truman on the outside, would show remorse for their actions, indifference or resentment for losing their jobs?

@markmitera4521

2 жыл бұрын

If they showed resentment for losing their jobs, they are sociopaths that don't care that a man had no freedom and nobody should feel bad for them.

@shoresean1237

2 жыл бұрын

@@markmitera4521 I think perhaps some of them were. I've heard of extra materials for the film which had some of the actors saying they couldn't stand Truman - as though his was a character that could be rewritten.

@sprontos

2 жыл бұрын

Marlon’s drinking seems to be driven by guilt.

@salmonellq2981

2 жыл бұрын

@@sprontos maybe but he's the most manipulative of them all and is one hell of an obedient lapdog in the searching when truman goes missing

@sprontos

2 жыл бұрын

@@salmonellq2981 he was put up to this as a child and is now clearly racked with guilt. You should grow up and get your wmotions in check or the nuance of films like this will be forever lost on you.

You know a film is a classic when you can constantly rewatch and are still talking about it like 25 years later.

@philiprice7875

Жыл бұрын

also you dont realise that it is 25 years old and still so freaking close to our TV watching habits NOW

@samharper8293

Жыл бұрын

A true masterpiece for sure. And too far out for the herd to ever grasp. I’m referring to the one’s still standing in line for the clot shot after all the info is out characterizing it as a game of Russian Roulette at best.

@cassianandor4103

Жыл бұрын

And every time you watch it you notice new things you haven't noticed before.

@stefanysanchez2

Жыл бұрын

Don’t say 25 years old yet. Don’t make my birth year too far 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. We still got few months

I think Marlon's sickness when they tried camping out was also another way of stifling young Truman's spirit of adventure. He goes sailing and "kills his father", he goes camping playing explorers and almost kills his best friend. Marlon's line about delivering all over the country while working was more about his time off. The lights, however, must have had a UV component (negating the need for vitamin D) or all of the plants, including the fake forest, would have died.

@omargoodman2999

Жыл бұрын

Not really. UV ranges from 10-400 nm. Chlorophyll absorption has two peaks, one around 425-475 nm (visible blue light) and another around 640-670nm (visible red light). UV isn't necessary for photosynthesis, nor is green light which chlorophyll reflects. This is why efficient plant-growth lights will generally have a specific mix of LEDs; mostly blue, some red, and sometimes just a smattering of white for overall balance and visibility. The reason plants don't do well without UV, as demonstrated in various RL enclosed environment experiments, is because it inhibits pollinators like Bees which rely on UV to see patterns on flowers to direct them to the nectar/pollen like landing strips. Without UV light, these patterns would be invisible to them, they'd starve out, and the plants would die off as a result. But that can easily™ be addressed via artificial pollination.

@phughesphoto

Жыл бұрын

@@omargoodman2999 Great info! 👍🏼👍🏼

I just noticed something new for the first time. At 7m 55s in, Truman is on the beach and lightning strikes. You can see the flash in the moon, now that would be impossible in the real world. But if the moon is on the side of the dome, it would light up with lightning.

@andrewlewis414

2 жыл бұрын

Finding Easter Eggs in a video about Easter Eggs. You win for now.

@hillaryclinton2415

2 жыл бұрын

On the side... plz change to on the inside

@mmajunkie32589

2 жыл бұрын

Wow right after the did you know guy made a video about it crazy coincidence

@justinbellotti7838

2 жыл бұрын

I came here to write a similar post. Except I saw it on Allen Tsai's channel.

@OnlyRealmatze

2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that one of the most well known things from the Truman Show?

The director had an idea for the cinema release, but the technology wasn't quite there yet. At a point in the film, the screen would change to a live view of the cinema audience watching the movie. Think about where there's the cuts between all the different groups of people watching Truman and then YOU are in the movie, watching the movie, in the movie. But digital projectors to make that possible wouldn't make their way into theatres until over a decade later.

@seppyq3672

2 жыл бұрын

Time for a special showing!

@rottensquid

2 жыл бұрын

@@seppyq3672 Or a sequel about Truman's ongoing struggle to escape Christof's legal right to film and broadcast every detail of his life, in or out of the dome. So Truman is continually being filmed, whether he knows it or not. And what's being filmed is what we're watching. And the movie could even intercut live footage of actual people watching in theaters, TVs, or even on their computers and iPads.

@bbloomfield6497

2 жыл бұрын

@@seppyq3672 Damn, I never thought of that. Classic theatres screening classic films could implement the idea RIGHT NOW and blow away an audience that've seen it 20 times. If you wanted to get real dystopian, when watching on a streaming service it could display cameras on the same wifi network in your home.

@MrMisanthrope84

2 жыл бұрын

I think I prefer the movie without that.

@darkmyro

2 жыл бұрын

I'd personally love to see a take on one of the early ideas for the movie. Basically it was all still a fake world, but Truman was a superhero fighting crime. Though I imagine that might be seen as a little cliche seeing as I know I've seen a few stories where a superhero realizes they exist as a fictional character.

The fact that people like the travel agent or the bus driver being actors makes sense but it's the people at the hospital not really being medics that surprised me. If it is supposed to be a functional town, what would they do if Truman injured himself? And obviously he and others would need regular doctor and dentist appointments. The surgery scene is funny though!

@420mralucard

2 жыл бұрын

They could have be real doctors, they only faked the surgery because the wife said they had a big operation that day and Truman came in unexpectedly so they threw it together at the last minute.

@BOABModels

2 жыл бұрын

@@420mralucard possibly but as the husband of a doctor, I think she would be able to pretend she was operating without scaring the patient to death! 😅

@redrick8900

2 жыл бұрын

One actual doctor would be enough to take care of the medical needs of the staff and Truman but them paying a doctor to be a full time extra at a hospital set would be wasteful.

@redrick8900

2 жыл бұрын

@@420mralucard No doctor would do that.

@SuperDuckyWho

Жыл бұрын

@@redrick8900 I mean... a lot of the people involved in the TV show have questionable ethics so given that we're talking about people who would take a child and make his entire world a big fish tank filled with fake fish as his friends and family... I could believe a few medical staff would pretend to do a surgery asap. They're not ACTUALLY operating.

I reckon Truman's subconscious must've known he's trapped at that why he wanted to be an explorer since he was young.

I would love to see a true sequel, not a studio cash grab, but a true, well done exploration of Truman's adjusting to life in the real world.

@CooroSnowFox

2 жыл бұрын

You're better off doing it to someone else... maybe as a desperate attempt to carry on after all the money that was pumped in but it clashes because it's not as watched as it once was.

@deliz223

2 жыл бұрын

We are the sequel.

@CrispysCrafts

2 жыл бұрын

I think if they did it immediately it would work. He's too old to make it make sense now. He could adjust to life after the hype of how famous he used to be. Maybe desperate to go back?

@MrJayateabug

2 жыл бұрын

It could be interesting to see Truman having difficulties adapting to his life in the real world. Being constantly recognized as a celebrity, hounded for autographs, paparazzi everywhere. He could be paranoid that he was still being watched 24/7 and thinking cameras are everywhere. He could go back to Christoff begging to have his life back only to be turned away. It would be an interesting look at how someone has to adapt to survive.

@deliz223

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJayateabug He does. Jim Carrey plays himself and the (Truman) show goes on. We are all the other actors on a broader scale, unbeknownst, playing our little "roles".

You missed a couple. The motto on the archway - “UNUS PRO OMNIBUS, OMNES PRO UNO” - one for all, all for one in Latin was fitting as Truman’s existence was for the entertainment of all, and everyone on the set was there for Truman. Also, all the street names and character names were after famous actors. Lancaster Square, Barrymore Road. His wife was Meryl, best friend Marlon, secret love Lauren Garland (Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland).

@lisaspikes4291

2 жыл бұрын

Now that I never caught! Thanks! 😀

@dmark1922

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's something I noticed right away!

@lauras3612

Жыл бұрын

And Lauren looks like a young Meryl Streep perhaps the inspiration for the wife's name?

I always thought that bib was a food bib as she was finishing lunch

@cassianandor4103

Жыл бұрын

Same here, I think she even wipes her mouth as if signaling that she was just chewing something moments earlier.

@davidsworld5837

Жыл бұрын

she could have just said I was just having my lunch etc when she came back and took off the bib surely Truman would have seen it as soon as she came in. so removing it in a quick swipe as it was never there can not work.

@SledDog5678

4 ай бұрын

It is a food napkin. Make-up "bibs" are different. Now if this was a movie moment and a movie prop for the excuse "mistakes happen filming in Seahaven studios... okay, that works.

Truman had a handler throughout the film, ans can be seen in many places. When Truman first almost hits the old lady, his handler can be seen in the background when he parks his car. Can also be seen when Truman sees his dad as a homeless guy. His handler is calling out actions in his sleeve of his coat when Truman runs after him. His handler can also be seen at the news stand, and gets caught when Truman sees him waiting after he sits down from being thrown out of the building.

Its a goddamn wonder that Jim Carrey didn't get an Oscar for his acting in the Truman Show

@dominicbrooks748

2 жыл бұрын

You actually believe the Oscars are about the quality of the product??? Denzel Washington got an Oscar for Training Day, one of his worst roles, but nothing for Malcolm X, John Q or even Man on fire... three of his best roles.

@richbuilds_com

2 жыл бұрын

Also: The Grinch. It's a total transformation.

@michaelf9664

2 жыл бұрын

His Man on the Moon work was even more impressive, IMHO, although Truman is the better movie.

@shanesxe

2 жыл бұрын

You have to understand that The Truman Show came out the....actually knowing that Shakespeare In Love won best picture in 99 over the likes of The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, Good Will Hunting, and American History X, you're right this is a fucking travesty.

@YoungBlaze

2 жыл бұрын

@oYG_Snazzy the Oscar's are bought based off of favors donations and influences

I teach Sociology at A-Level and use The Truman Show every year to introduce my students to research methods (it is simultaneously an observation, a field and a lab experiment, and with elements of interviews). There's some incredible new piece of detail that detail gets spotted every year. For example: - Truman never swears, nor does anyone swear around him. The only bit of questionable language in the whole film is when one of the extras says "just find the son of a bitch" after Truman escapes. It could be because of the rating of the movie, or more likely Truman doesn't actually know what swearing is since the show about his life is broadcasting 24/7, and the Producer couldn't risk colourful language before any watershed. - In the flashback scene to the prom, Truman is the only male wearing a white tux. Presumably to make him that much easier to recognise to the viewer. - I picked up on Marlon catching pneumonia and always interpreted it as the character being played by a different actor afterwards. - Christof reveals that he'd planned on the world's first on-air conception, but also that Truman would have a new love interest. Presumably she gets revealed as the new employee in Truman's office. So effectively Christof intended to pimp her out to Truman for the benefit of the audience.

@Baribrotzer

2 жыл бұрын

"So effectively Christof intended to pimp her out to Truman for the benefit of the audience." Except that she would have signed up for that knowing the exact terms of her employment. Christof isn't forcing her to do it, other than heaping up an insane amount of money in her savings account, or that of whatever woman is willing to do it. Wasn't there something about Hannah Gill (Meryl) being the richest woman in the world? Presumably, she signed up for, I don't know, ten years, after which she would Divorce Truman, leave Seahaven, quit the show and retire insanely wealthy.

@cdh5397

2 жыл бұрын

@@Baribrotzer And prostitutes that work for pimps don't have contracts of employment? Very naive. Wasn't suggesting she was working for free either. Just not earning as much as Christof

@waaa7732

2 жыл бұрын

@@justincoleman3805 prostitution is still legal in many places. If its healthy prostitutes and their "pimps" could absolutely have genuine paperwork

@lavenderhuman

Жыл бұрын

Love how they can’t have swearing but on screen conception was ok haha

@claucemicro1080

Жыл бұрын

It would probably be better to use a real example for your Sociology class.

I wouldn't call it a breakdown that Truman had, he was right about it all so it was actually a breakthrough.

It is a fantastic film but a very emotional one when he’s trying to break free on the boat, Jim Carey plays this part superbly despite his ushal hilarious normal characters in other films.

@martaanna9185

Жыл бұрын

It was first Carrey's movie that I realized "Oh man, he can act!"

@philiprice7875

Жыл бұрын

i dont really like jim carey movies dont find them a least bit funny. but trueman made me think different about him so much so i dont instantly dismiss him

@Sonja147

Жыл бұрын

Yup, this is literally the only Jim Carrey movie I'll even watch, for that very reason. The so-called comedies aren't funny to me in the least.

@jwoolman5

Жыл бұрын

Good comic actors are typically also good dramatic actors. The reverse is not true, a lot of good dramatic actors fail in comedies.

@floatingsara

Жыл бұрын

I've often heard it's much more difficult to make people laugh than cry. This is probably the reason why comedic actors can have excellent dramatic vibe.

Also, classical music is timeless. Introducing new music would probably have meant introducing new musical acts and promotions. It would have made things infinitely more complicated for the producers

@CooroSnowFox

2 жыл бұрын

Also they couldn't force truman to like the music they would shell out for and would have an endless list they probably had to that was only played once but never again.

@duanevp

2 жыл бұрын

It also ties into their desire to weigh down Truman with all things TRADITIONAL. They don't want him interested in anything new or revolutionary - NOTHING that would lead to an increased interest in the outside world. They want HIM to not want anything to change.

@Folsomdsf2

Жыл бұрын

It's easier than that, think of who made the music. Real simple, they want to make sure he doesn't want to go to a concert.

@taylorbutler5392

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! The set design for the movie and in universe for the show, is kept intentionally “out of time”. All the clothing, decor, and technology is a mix from different decades, so it doesn’t feel distinct to any one.

@davidsworld5837

Жыл бұрын

plus most Classical music is longer, so less talking was needed. but you have to say that it would equal only one radio station would be got on the radio. Since No standard radio station could be used as there would be a chance that the show would be said live and he would hear it.

The car could be a company car provided by Truman's job so they can replace it regularly.

@DesignIncase

2 жыл бұрын

@@justincoleman3805That's the thing. Some aspects of Truman's world would seem odd to us. But if it's the status quo in his then it wouldn't stand out.

@Jackassik

2 жыл бұрын

That could also explain why he would not try to use it to travel outside the city or something as it's "company use only" so no leisure trips etc.

@micahbush5397

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the "company car" explanation makes sense on another level: Truman has absolutely no need for a car. Truman never leaves (and isn't supposed to leave) the island, and Sea Haven is small enough to walk or bike anywhere within minutes (Seaside is only 80 acres, or 1/8th of a square mile, in size). There is no reason why Truman would spend thousands of dollars on a new car for as little as he uses it.

@micahbush5397

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, no, that doesn't work; Meryl explicitly says that the couple has car payments when citing financial obligations to dissuade Truman from going to Fiji.

@amg503

Жыл бұрын

@@micahbush5397 I don’t understand why the show didn’t just remove the concept of airplanes?

One thing I definitely missed was the significance of the first names of the actors playing his wife and his best friend. I guessed straight away that Meryl was probably named in honour of Meryl Streep but it was about 20 years after my first viewing that I realised that Marlon was probably named after Marlon Brando.

@poptarget

Жыл бұрын

I think it was after Marlon Wayans because of In Living Color

@cassianandor4103

Жыл бұрын

@@poptarget no it was definitely Marlon Brando. The movie had a lot of character names as well as street names based on old timey hollywood celebs or other older famous people. Barrymore street, Lancaster square, and Marlon's real name (in the movie) is Louis Coltrane, which is an amalgamation of Louis Armstrong and John Coltrane. Lauren Garland is an amalgamation of Lauren Baccal and Judy Garland, etc.

@sirdopaminesjournal3292

5 ай бұрын

@@cassianandor4103 It was a joke lol

Another thing people don't seem to notice is when they show the dance: the band is playing the song 20th century boy, which is a song from the 70s, but they're playing it in the style of 50s rock, which I always think was the movies' way of showing it meant they're trying to keep Truman and the place he lives in, in an idyllic 50s world.

The rectangular magnifying glass was super common in the US in the 70s and 80s, it's likely that it was more about aging it correctly to the mom. The trees were in straight rows because that's part of the 'New Urbanist' aesthetic that the real Seaside was designed with in 1946. I definitely missed the makeup bib and Sylvia's recruitments, though!

@ddegn

2 жыл бұрын

All grandmothers have rectangular magnifying glasses. Rectangular magnifying glasses are actually the best shape for reading text.

@harlanbarnhart4656

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Georgia where half the state is planted pines in rows just like that.

@R4D4Rmm

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! And even more so - rectangular magnifying glasses are very common with readers since it allows you to magnify and read an entire sentence instead of just a few words.

@kamenanew9867

2 жыл бұрын

I agree about the trees, but that still makes the forest man made. As in they planted those trees for the show. Of corse it's still a 'real forest, the trees aren't plastic or anything, by a fake forest it just means it wasn't already growing there naturally like that, cause plants don't really do that.

@argophontes

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, they may have decided in the fiction that they were "planted for the show", but those trees (at the time of filming) were 50+ years old, so the idea would have to be pretty shoehorned in there. It seems more likely to me that they shot it in the forest around Seaside and didn't actually think about the implications of it being a planned forest.

As I watched the film I thought it owed a lot to 'The Prisoner', in terms of ubiquitous surveillance and manipulation. Then I noticed, in the control room, there was a penny farthing, a major symbol in 'The Prisoner', indicating that the producers acknowledged the heritage. I always wondered how many people would pick up on that.

@michaeljohnson-li5nn

2 жыл бұрын

I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered!

@PopeLando

Жыл бұрын

That is genuinely new to me and obviously significant. (Unlike a lot of items in this video) Well done!

@stevenj2380

Жыл бұрын

I did see Prisoner as a kid as a one time summer series showing. Read later some episodes were shown out of order. Would not have known back then. 'Truman' no possible connection to another great 1998 film 'Dark City'. Worthy of mentioning together. I'd call it a sci fi film noir.

In the movie they say he caught a lot of things even people jumping out of boxes telling him it’s a show when he was a kid. That was maybe part of the message that he didn’t want to know really until later but there is a willing ignorance or something at some level or just not really paying attention for whatever reason or just trusting everyone else since his whole world told him the same Thing so he would decide to overlook the many instances of things being off. Which can relate to peoples life of going with their own instinct and rebelling against what everyone is telling you.

@timfischer

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if you were 7 (or whatever) years old and someone popped out of a box and screamed "You're on TV!". Would you immediately assume that your town was a giant dome, everyone you ever knew was a paid actor, and your life was a complete fraud? I doubt it.

@dasheerabranagan7722

Жыл бұрын

I think this is a great point and kind of an interesting take on Stockholm syndrome, not necessarily that Truman wanted to ignore those signs but it was genuinely too difficult for him to comprehend that possibility until he was much older and had a legitimate reason to doubt all that he knew.

What hit me the hardest was the audience enjoying watching another human being live in a glass house (cage), held against his will and knowledge. Trueman was a lab-rat for everyone else's amusement. This brilliant movie shows the true nature of human beings. All the people around Truman cared about was a paycheck. Money make people do things outside of their norm.

@michellefarris3961

Жыл бұрын

There's another movie like it called RIA. I totally agree about what you say it shows about human nature.

@NewOrleansGuy837

Жыл бұрын

reminds me of the end of Stone Cold's movie The Condemned. the reporter at the end (talking about the show live feeds in the movie), explains that at first, she thought the criminals on the show were "the condemned", but after seeing millions of people pay to watch it all unfold, she says, "are WE... the condemned"...i caught chills.

@IamPINKIEDaniels

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the human zoos that used to exist too

@doriane9331

Жыл бұрын

Something interesting is that they all celebrate the moment he comes to the real world at the end

@DaddyGerLo

Жыл бұрын

@@doriane9331 you are absolutely correct.

It was a great movie. The only thing I ALWAYS found weird, already when I watched it the first time as a child were the scenes where truman started acting out in public, and instead of reacting on him like "hey, what is wrong with you, do you need help, can someone call cop XY he will know what to do..." ANYTHING? But instead the actors just frezzed in place like some kind of animal and waited for truman to move on. Even when he was standing in front of the bus, gestureing weirdly towards the driver, it always weirded me out that the bus drived didn't stick out his head and yelled "get of the roead!" And maybe someone who knows him, pushing him from the road to the sidewalk and asking what is wrong with him. That was the weirdest

@waspswarm870

2 жыл бұрын

after so many decades of perfectly planned performance, most of those actors probably would just freeze up in shock at Truman becoming self aware and challenging them off-script, so to speak

@elaylaserrano4359

2 жыл бұрын

omg i thought the same thing

@weridplusho

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same. lol Then I realized it's on purpose. If you're acting, you're not gonna have the same emotional reactions you would normally. They'd have to think and consider their next action if things go off-script and then wonder if it'd be okay for _them_ to go off-script too. With how much the director controlled everything and how often the extras were on earpieces, they probably weren't allowed to improv without being told.

@dreamzofhorses

Жыл бұрын

@@justincoleman3805 and waiting for direction

@ctje1638

Жыл бұрын

They were never trained to do that though

The forests around the area in Seaside (the real town Truman Show was filmed in) all look like that. The entire area was originally logging woods and parcels were sold off for developing beachside vacation communities. The trees are arraigned that way because after clearing all the pine they have machines that go back and plant new trees in rows. It works for the story of Truman show but is only incidental.

@jeffreypettis8277

2 жыл бұрын

Also, the forest he is running through, is not really near the real Seaside Florida. It is located in another small town, Southport, just north of Panama City. It is just outside the gate of a real power generating plant on the north side of the bay. The "forest" consists of planted pine tree rows for pulp wood production. This "forest" is located about a mile through the woods from my childhood home. It was pretty cool watching this movie being filmed.

@h0zzle327

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreypettis8277 I never knew this! Living in Lynn haven now but lived in Panama City my whole life

@Daniel-xg3ul

Жыл бұрын

This looks no different than the forests near Tallahassee. The trees are lined up the same way. It's the same all over the Panhandle. As soon as I see it in any movie or TV show I know it's the Florida Panhandle.

@toastyghosty489

Жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-xg3ul it’s all old logging land

@Daniel-xg3ul

Жыл бұрын

@@toastyghosty489 Yep! St. Joe Paper. One of the largest land owners in Florida. The guy that made the video clearly didn't do his research about that part of Florida.

With good films like this, you can watch it every couple of years and not get sick of it. Brilliant film, and a gem of an actor from my youth.

I always wonder, when Truman goes to the travel agency and when he stays at his car looking for patterns of the bicyle, flowers and car, almost figuring things out, why did nobody intervene? If there are cameras everywhere, wouldn't they see him doing suspicious stuff like that?

@michellefarris3961

Жыл бұрын

They have to figure out how they're going to react.

@timfischer

Жыл бұрын

Going to the travel agent... what are they supposed to do? Have it suddenly close? Block him, like they tried to do other times? They decided to just quickly play along, and have all flights be "booked". Perfectly reasonable. As for the patterns... he sat in his car, watching, presumably in silence. It wasn't until he told his "wife" about the patterns that anyone from the show could know what he was thinking. And by then, it was too late to warn the extras.

@diegovaldes3785

Жыл бұрын

@@timfischer good points you're giving

@neliaferreira9983

Жыл бұрын

The real question is: WHY IS THERE EVEN A TRAVEL AGENCY?

@yiming99

Жыл бұрын

@@neliaferreira9983 because it is normal to have a travel agency in a town?

I caught quite a few of these after one or two viewings, but a whole lot of them I never saw before. For example, I noticed the background characters going about their "jobs" but I never noticed Marlin taking candy OUT of the machine when Truman turned his head. Funny thing, though. I saw the Vitamin D supplements on Truman's table the first time I saw the movie. I noticed because both my wife and I take Vitamin D supplements for different medical conditions and I even remember remarking when I saw them, "Hey look, he takes supplements, too!" But I never put two and two together to realize he needed them because the light he lives under is artificial. Wonderful video that will enhance my enjoyment the next time I watch this movie.

There was a Mockumentary made about this where the cast (The cast of the fictional show not the real cast of the movie) were interviewed and it was revealed that the actress playing Meryl got paid a 10K bonus every time she had sex with Truman. There was also a dropped storyline where the show wanted the first ever live conception and when the baby was born a 2nd show running 24/7 would start featuring the child now this was done for 2 reasons first off to get another show but also already setting up Truman’s replacement for when he gets old or if he got to Ill or had a accident and/or died due to it.

@JakeLYT

2 жыл бұрын

How would a second show work when the kid will live with Truman for two decades though

@TheDarkVampire666

2 жыл бұрын

@@JakeLYT the child wouldn’t be with him 24/7 it would go to school and be at home when Truman was at work it would spend time with “friends” etc The show would probably set up situations where they were apart as well. I don’t know why they dropped that bit as it was filmed and the the deleted scenes were on the dvd and can be found online. I think it showed even more how they didn’t really care about him and to them he was just a thing to exploit and when a time came where he was no longer useful they would just get rid and move on with the next one plus it could show the actress who played Meryl was willing to just use her own child and give it up to the show as I think she has already signed any future child over to the show for more money (or go another way and have her genuinely care about it and show what she did she deeply regrets and tries to get it back)

@LL-tg2sg

Жыл бұрын

@@JakeLYT It would just be a parallel production with the kid as the focal point instead. Certainly there would be loads of overlap in the beginning where they spend a lot of time together, but Truman is at work for hours a day, so viewers can choose which channel they prefer or switch back and forth. I imagine some of it would feel like watching a sporting event flipping back and forth between the broadcasts that favor each team.

@jful

Жыл бұрын

@@JakeLYT Not necessarily. They could just fake the child's death if they wanted to make a new location or create some reason why the child has to be separated from Truman like his wife divorcing him and getting the kid

@nikolebisceglia3903

Жыл бұрын

@@JakeLYT they were planning his demise...

For point #2, regularly spaced pine forests are actually a real thing in North America, as they are replanted after clear-cut forestry, to rebuild burned areas, or anywhere that a forest is desired, and can often be seen in many near urban or wilderness areas. While your point about the forest being "man-made" is well taken, it isn't nearly as unlikely as your commentary claims.

@jonsimpson6240

Жыл бұрын

They are even more of a thing in Europe. At least one European nation has designed its tank doctrine around the rows of trees in their forests.

@Enthrallogy

Жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment. The pine tree thing is def advantageous for the man-made illusion but it's probably just that way because people farm pine in that area. I'd like to know more about why the real Directors chose Seaside.

@debbiebankscell

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I live in this area and the planted pines always stand out to me whenever I see them in a movie or TV show. For another example, look for the Crocodile Hunter episode filmed at Eglin Air Force Base, very near where the Truman show was filmed.

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

you replant trees in rows after a fire? Living in Australia, that's such a weird concept!!!!!!!!! Do none of your trees regrow after fires?

@jonsimpson6240

Жыл бұрын

@@mehere8038 they would, but the forests in North America are usually commercial. So they have a financial loss from forest fires and can't just wait for the trees to do their own thing.

I remember driving in some beautiful town thinking I’ve seen this place before.. and turns out it was where most of The Truman Show was filmed. Seaside Florida is such a beautiful town.

gonna call Nope on the magnifying glass - rectangular magnifiers for reading are extremely common, see them more than round ones, and when this film was released TVs were mostly square.

@mattyt1961

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed that outside of films, rectangular ones are more common, although I used to sell them a lot, mos of the ones I sold didn't have anywhere near as thick of a surrounding.... I think they definitely tried to make it look like a TV though

@NoahSpurrier

2 жыл бұрын

Plus it’s the wrong aspect ratio for TV of the time. NTSC TV was 4:3.

All the magnifying glasses my mother owned were square - in fact she had this exact one. The square ones were super popular in the 80s for reading. She used this particular one specifically for reading the news paper.

@hellybelle5

Жыл бұрын

My Mum's was cream, and square, so I wouldn't have thought anything of this one 😄

The piano player in the control room is the composer Philip Glass. He also wrote a lot of the soundtrack.

OK loved all of that except the magnifying glass thing. Those were incredibly common in the 80s and 90s and in fact were probably more available than a round one.

@spudpud-T67

2 жыл бұрын

Also forests are always planted in rows when planted by man. This is very common.

@doctoralfman8393

2 жыл бұрын

Also the fact that a TV in the 90's was basically square, not nearly as rectangle as the magnifying glass. Modern TVs are much more rectangular and much more similar to the magnifying glass used in the movie, but that is modern people making modern assumptions.

@WildkatPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@doctoralfman8393 Yup. TVs were 4:3 back then as opposed to the 16:9 now and the relative shape of that magnifying glass.

@redrick8900

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, round ones are crap. I've only seen them as children's toys.

@edjeavons562

2 жыл бұрын

Also, aren’t there literally hundreds of multilevel homes in Seaside, FL? I’m struggling to think of there are any that AREN’T multi floors…

I was asked to watch this as part of my uni politics course to teach us about 'big brother' culture which was a huge issue late 2000's. It's still relevant today

@HImitsuRose4869

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. There were some books too that we had to read (can’t remember what they were though) that had the same theme

@michellefarris3961

Жыл бұрын

It is real. The Truman show is reality for some of us and they mock us with things from it. Another movie is RIA. There is no getting away. We don't know who the audience is, maybe deep web? But you wouldn't believe who gets cameos. If I've had the misfortune to have seen anyone famous, and I have seen many, I automatically conclude the worst.

Classical music may be in the public domain, but the recording of the performances is often times NOT in the public domain and is subject to copyright laws/royalties. Since audio recording didn't exist in the days of Bach, the recordings are modern, usually done by famous symphonies and are copyrighted.

@AndreiFierbinteanu

Жыл бұрын

They could hire some local orchestra to record just for the show, and not have to pay royalties though, no?

@filanfyretracker

Жыл бұрын

@@AndreiFierbinteanu yes the music itself is without copyright so all that would happen is the production would drop a lump of cash on an orchestra and hire them. Or presumably in the setting the show is backed by an existing entertainment conglomerate which probably already owned classical recordings they had full control of.

@apollyon1

6 ай бұрын

I thought this. You still have to pay the orchestra.

Some of these I've noticed in my several viewings. I always love the posters in the travel agent's giving you reasons not to travel.

Also, Burbank is it's own bubble city in the middle of the greater Los Angeles area. Burbank has it's own police force, fire department, public schools, water & power and even it's own National Guard.

@michellefarris3961

Жыл бұрын

It's also porn movie production center USA.

This is so meta. When it was mentioned that Truman and his friend have new Ford cars, KZread interrupted the video with a Ford commercial.

@RK-252

2 жыл бұрын

Our machine overlords are getting closer to consciousness every day...

I would have loved to see a sequel of the Truman show where he struggles to adapt in real life and he gets to interact with all the characters on the show outside of acting

@lola1033

Жыл бұрын

I’ve always wondered why is there no sequel of this movie. Just the story of how he found his true love while struggling with depression after finding out his life is a lie … I mean… please??

@primitivechef8009

Жыл бұрын

@@lola1033 wouldn't that ruin the whole message tho? Like after he escapes the fake world around him, why should he continue to be watched by an outside source? He's free and that's what's important

@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735

Жыл бұрын

A sequel..... is a horrible idea.

@purplerabbit638

Жыл бұрын

@@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 said no one ever lol

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

@@primitivechef8009 It doesn't have to be filmed as if he's being watched by cameras though does it! Or does it? Maybe on the outside Truman discovers he has no skills of way to make a living & maybe he agrees to be followed by a documentary or reality film crew as a way of making a living or building support for his case for compensation against those that exploited him for his whole childhood?

Here is another one: When we first see Truman in his office there is in the foreground on the desk a round black ball, the top of which is white. The white contains the number 8 and the ball is resting on a small flat surface on which this toy can show any one of eight random "fortunes." He is in that scene literally "behind the eight ball."

@SledDog5678

4 ай бұрын

Good eye!!!

The missed point about the manmade forest is somewhat untrue. Those sorts of forests are prevalent in areas like Florida and Georgia because they are usually planted by paper tree companies. Pines grow fairly quickly compared to other trees and are used for paper mills. The paper companies will replant new tress in rows like shown in the movie after they have cut down the existing trees. It's doubtful that the production company would have had to create a forest like that when they are quite common.

@chumrob100

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct, however I think the intent was to show the production company of the Truman Show Had to plant a forest, and the planted forests that exist everywhere where I live, (very near Seaside, FL) were A perfect and clever inclusion.

@Danthar

2 жыл бұрын

Good old slash pines as we call them.

@tyrannicpuppy

2 жыл бұрын

Which still makes it a manmade forest. The point was that nature doesn't make a forest that only grows in perfect straight rows like that.

@spudpud-T67

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyrannicpuppy In my country all pine forests are man made. Straight lines everywhere.

@dgcurtis5114

2 жыл бұрын

@@chumrob100 I doubt the production company planted that forest though. While the forest is man made, those trees are about 6-8 years old. It seems more likely that they scouted the location rather than finding some land to plant the trees 4-6 years before starting production on the movie.

I once heard that, if you can afford a car on finance, you can afford an island that same way. The Vitamin D thing makes me realize; if the Truman showrunners could afford that dome, why didn't they just pick out a choice island and build their set there? Heck, why didn't they CONSTRUCT an island at Point Nemo? It would keep Truman away from non-actors naturally.

@genius1a

2 жыл бұрын

Good thinking! If I had to come up for a reason, it could be for logistics: It hard to ship in and out actors, far more easy and practical to do it by car. And the dome provides the perfectly controlled environment, compared to an island without dome.

@redrick8900

2 жыл бұрын

Islands aren't controlled environments. You want a hurricane blowing through on sweeps week? Also, you shouldn't believe everything you hear.

@zachb1706

Жыл бұрын

I thought the dome was pretty hilarious. This humongous steel behemoth that sits behind the Hollywood sign.

@OutyMan

Жыл бұрын

Logistics and control. Much harder and 10x more expensive to get crew, actors, and supplies to and from an island all the time. Also, if on a real island instead of a set, there'd be no control of the weather or day/night cycles which are shown to be important tools for manipulating Truman, contriving storylines, and covering up exposures.

@katienovota8870

Жыл бұрын

People could sneak in by air or sea. The dome was to not only keep Truman in but fans/protesters out.

A Spaniard here. Just a little detail: the Santa María wasn't "THE" boat of Christopher Columbus, but one of them: La Niña (the girl, named like that because it was the smallest), La Pinta (the Pinto Bean, because it was darker) and La Santa María (the Holy Mary). Also, Columbus didn't own any of those ships, but the Pinzon brothers, who were also part of the crew.

@lexprontera8325

Жыл бұрын

My thought as well! Do we know which of the 3 boats Columbus was on?

@alessia8546

Жыл бұрын

@@lexprontera8325 pretty sure he was on the Santa Maria

@Rockboygg

Жыл бұрын

@@alessia8546 the Santa Maria was the flagship and the one Columbus was in. The Santa Maria got swept up in a storm similar to the one on the movie, Columbus and crew survived after the storm miraculously receded, but the vessel was ran aground by an inexperienced helmsman and at the now discovered Hispaniola island. the crew scrapped the vessel to construct a harbor and fort. Columbus tranfered to la Pinta but the rest of the crew stayed on the Hispaniola. That scene was a reference to that and the fact that Truman was also forced to stay on an island Aslo being literally and metaphorically being inexperienced himself "running the vessel aground" on the "new world" simbolizing his "discovery" like Columbus.

@tylerjames962

Жыл бұрын

Actually, those aren’t true facts. No one actually has documented proof or any scripts that state those were the names of the ships.

@MargaritaMagdalena

Жыл бұрын

Columbus was evil.

Rectangular magnifying glasses were common, my grandparents had one. Beyond that, thank you for all the other interesting tidbits. The Psalms 139 was definitely an interesting layered easter egg

@cassianandor4103

Жыл бұрын

Yea, but the one they show in the movie does look like old style TVs, so IMO the video does make a good point.

Another Easter egg: We see a few extras get the newspaper “Dog Fancy” from the news stand. This contains real world news. They were banking on Truman not buying it because he doesn’t like dogs.

This is an awesome movie! I think it’s one of Jim’s best movies. I love it when he realises what is really going on but makes out he is back to his old self.. even us viewers don’t realise until he vanishes.

It didn't predict the future - it merely described the present. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" - George Orwell, 1984

@yooshtoopid

Жыл бұрын

And then what happened

The Psalm 139 reference is a pretty interesting one, and the parallels are quite obvious (though take on a rather sinister undertone when applied to Truman's context). For anyone who doesn't know the passage, here's the relevant excerpt: "O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me... Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall lead me." (Psalm 139:1-5, 6-7, NKJV)

The forest is typical of many in the South that are periodically cut for its pine lumber by the landowner and then replanted for subsequent cutting in 20 to 30 years. The trees are often replanted in straight rows. The scene was likely shot in one of these pine forests.

Just wanted to add something you may have missed but I don't think the bus driver broke the buses transmission on purpose I think he did it because he didn't know how to drive the bus because if you remember later on in the movie the same actor who drives the bus is the same actor they're trying to get to drive the boat out on the artificial ocean to search for Truman but someone comes over the PA system and says they don't know how to drive the boat they're actors.

@lola1033

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same at first but how did the bus get there then? The town is supposed to function, even actors in movies learn how to do stuff to pretend to work doing that so why wouldn’t they know their supposed job in the Truman show?

@tvctaswegia497

Жыл бұрын

This is correct I think. I know a bus driver who said old buses (maybe like the one on set) had double declutching, even multiple transmissions that had to be worked manually, no synchromesh. Wrong order or wrong gear at wrong speed with wrong torque = destroyed gearbox. He said it was a lot of work he's glad never to have again. So, I believe theory checks out, although it does seem like he is trying as hard as possible to wreck it in the movie, in line with Kristof's demands.

The funniest part about it being filmed in seaside is that a LOT of areas are exactly the same or super similar. Truman’s house for example looks almost the same, a bunch of signs from the show are still there, the town square has changed but the bones of it are the same with new building added since the time they filmed and so many more.

The Sirius star that falls from the sky holds symbolism as a guiding star as well.

@brandonkellner2920

2 күн бұрын

Polaris would be more symbolic as a guiding star. Sirius doesn't even show that much in the sky in the northern latitudes, definitely not directly overhead when it's not winter. I don't think they put a lot of thought into the name.

I thought you might mention how the street names were names after classic Hollywood actors, and the cast named after others, including more recent ones: Marlon (Brando), Meryl (Streep), Vivian (Leigh), Angela (Lansbury or Cartwright), Lauren (Bacall)

@AJARyan-yn2uv

2 жыл бұрын

Even Truman, who also worked in Hollywood and wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

@cassianandor4103

Жыл бұрын

And Marlon's real name (in the movie anyways) is Louis Coltrane, which is an amalgamation of Louis Armstrong and John Coltrane.

@dmark1922

Жыл бұрын

@@AJARyan-yn2uv Oh, I never thought about Mr Capote... I originally thought it was after Harry Truman, since the fashion in the movie resembles early 1950s styles. But the "official" explanation is that he is the only "True Man"... although the Capote theory fits in perfectly.

If you notice right after the Mt Rushmore picture he continues looking through the picture book and sees his wife crossing her fingers in the wedding photo, that is the first time in the movie that he starts to suspect his wife or Marlon may be in on it. Then in the next conversion with his wife he says "I'll cross my fingers for you" which i think is hilarious

@yooshtoopid

Жыл бұрын

You are a great type of observationalist

Imagine a Truman Show Sequel from the moment he walks out of that door...

@dremovremen1764

Жыл бұрын

I'd hate it if that ever happened. Because I'd feel obliged to watch (and just be curious of) whatever happened to Truman afterwards while I want the "open" ending to remain - it's much more thought-provoking and (don't laugh) hopeful. Gives me much stronger emotion rush rather then a fleeting enjoyment from yet-another-plot-closure would.

@davidsworld5837

Жыл бұрын

you would have to ask who would he earn money his job was given to him, there is no job interview and any thing he learned mean not be high enough for him to get a job in the real world. And take it he is a Big star know worldwide. he is more likely to be mobbed every time he goes out. Any film could include what happens to the director and how the massive costs of the show and all the staff move on. we know who he will be with but not how it is going to work, he only knows the life in a small place with everything given to him on a plate. he has not seen so much of the bad but only the good

The Truman Show gets better each time I watch it ! Classic film ❤️

In recent years, I have felt the intended message of The Truman Show was that we all are living in an artificial reality.

When it comes to the new Fords (10:50), there's a mention of "New Car Day" somewhere in the film. So evidently there's a made-up holiday in Seahaven when everybody gets a new car, it probably happens every year - and presumably if another auto company gave the producers a better deal, those new cars wouldn't be Fords.

That super warm message of kindness and support at the end was so unexpected but genuinely made me feel so happy and loved💖💖

As per the vitamin D thing, the studio could simply mix UV lights in with the studio lighting outside. It would do the exact same thing as natural sunlight to give Truman vitamin D.

@robscott8449

7 ай бұрын

That and if there is no uv light how did the plants grow?

@MagicCardboardBox

4 ай бұрын

Sunlight is waaay more than UV light, but sun lights are a thing

That magnifying glass was a reading magnifying glass and they are rectangular in shape to minimise distortion. My grandparents had a couple that looked exactly like that. So Truman’s elderly mother having one is simply the way it is. I doubt it has anything to do with a subtle nod to Truman being on a tv show.

I thought the show does mention about how many hidden cameras are on set. But the ring one, and him giving it back to his father is a great find

@nvstewart

2 жыл бұрын

I think it mentioned 5,000 cameras total.

They could have kept Truman’s suspicion from developing by setting the tv show in a slightly post-apocalyptic setting. Saying he can’t leave the island because most of the world is uninhabited.

@ctje1638

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but then people couldn’t relate as much. The point was for him to be an average guy

I lived in this part of Florida when this was shot, I was actually late to school one day because they were filming on deer point dam bridge (the one he can't cross himself) I wasn't going to comment, but with one of the last ones, about the trees in a line, there are actually several man made forrests around this part of Florida, there was one my dad pointed out to me that he helped make in school I believe. So it probably wasn't planted by the production crew, but they used one of the ones already in existence in that particular area.

Another possible detail is the producer was planning a way for him to go on a holiday to reduce his suspicion. In one scene when he wanted to book a holiday they actually gave him a possible time be that a long wait but not impossible. Which may explain the other island

Those rectangular magnifying glasses are very common. My grandmother had several. I’d say they are more common than the old fashioned round ones.

@pg9193

2 жыл бұрын

yeah my parents have them too. rectangular to fit the shape of a paragraph. old people need em to read

@jeffdavis6657

2 жыл бұрын

I think they are much more common here in the States than the UK where WhatCulture is located.

@ShadowService

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, in my experience, the rectangular ones are more common for reading because mentally we like rectangular fields of view. Whereas the round ones are for inspecting things because it gives a "spotlight" like focus on a single point. Growing up we had both: rectangle in drawer of office for paperwork, round in utility room and shed for crafting/repair work.

Instances of Friday the 13th occurring in December only happened twice in the 1990s: 1991 and 1996. So 1996 seems like the obvious in-dome year. However, since the in-dome world is completely fictional, there is no reason, other than convenience, that they would have to use our calendar.

There should already be a sequel to this movie! I wonder how shocked Truman would be in a few years after he got out of the dome to witness in the real world the advent of real-life tv shows, our craziness for selfie pics and videos, and addiction to social media. The very things that he grew up with in the dome that denied him his freedon all his life.😭

As anyone who has posted on KZread is aware of, adding classic music might not require you to pay the composer, BUT the orchestra that performed the music has rights too. The show will have to have new performances of the classic pieces recorded.

@rooky102

2 жыл бұрын

Still far cheaper than paying for contemporary music or hiring a hundred artists to make new music

@DesignIncase

2 жыл бұрын

We see a guy playing the piano. So yeah they get some folks in have them record royalty free music. Likely produce some original music. In that world maybe some popular sounds were recorded for the show.

@ShalmendoGlineux

2 жыл бұрын

@@DesignIncase This was for a live soundtrack produced on the fly to give whatever emotional weight they wanted to the scene of the moment. It was also a lot simpler then the classical music. I do hope they paid their live music studio a good wage for being on call 24/7 to accompany Truman's life at any moment.

Square magnifying glasses are common for reading or looking at larger print. You wouldn't want to scan a glass across a line of text constantly. It's easier if you magnify an entire line at once.

It really is scary how much of this movie has come to life. I saw Truman Show like 10 times as a kid.

Regarding the trees mentioned near the end of the film the Southern US has many, many tree farms that are planted in rows just like the ones visible in the film. The species of tree most commonly grown for pulp wood in the South is the loblolly pine and it takes approximately 25-35 years for these trees to mature where they can be harvested. It was not an uncommon practice when a farmer passed away that his or her farm would be converted to a tree farm by the farmer's heirs who themselves had no interest in managing a farm as a career. Planting trees allows the heirs to retain the farm property as a farm (beneficial for tax purposes) and to profit after the trees mature and can be replanted once harvested.

Truman Show is such a underrated movie Jim Carrey give one of his best performances in that movie. A must watch for everybody.

This film is so incredibly well thought out. A true classic.

I've always wondered why they didn't let Truman decide who he wanted his girlfriend to be, if they did, he probably would have stayed forever

@marisa5359

Жыл бұрын

Good point. I think it had to do with the fact Meryl was controllable. Sylvia probably had already given off the vibe that she had a different agenda and could not be bought.

@bamflyer

Жыл бұрын

Definitely control, they approached it probably by literally casting the role for the most iconic spouse on television

@cassianandor4103

Жыл бұрын

Because they controlled every single aspect of his life, thats why. They knew Meryl was gonna be his wife and cast her in that role and stuck with it. She was controllable and could do everything they would ask of her, and they needed him to fall in love with who they chose for her.

@jayjayheinz8552

Жыл бұрын

well the actress who played meryl most likely auditioned and signed a contract that said her role was to be his girlfriend and eventual wife. if Truman was able to choose a different partner then there would be risk that the actor or actress would want to leave after just a few years and so there would be problems down the line. it would make sense if Christoff perhaps hired three or four girls as potential love intrests all with the understanding that if Truman where to choose them they would have to commit, but onlu having Meryl and forcing them to be together gave Christoff a guaranteed long term love intrest without the risk of her quitting because of the contact she signed when she first started.

@sarvathavicharsheel7487

Жыл бұрын

Not every actress would be ready to fake marry and have s*X for the sake of a show. They needed someone who was ready for it(they paid her extra for that) but other actress might not have that level of acceptance

Also, another commonly missed detail is in the beginning, when the light falls from the sky, there’s a label on it reading “Sirius” which is the name of an actual star, meaning the set likely had accurate star placements and constellations 🤪👍🏻

Ok as soon as he mentioned the Ford product placement I got hit with a real Ford ad. Well played

I took our family by the community where the movie was filmed while we were on vacation close by. We drove by the house Jim Carrey walked out of and smiled as he said his lines. The house is in Seaside Florida at 31 Natchez street, but the owners kept the 36 on the front over the door. Unique community, lots of foot traffic and people on bicycles. Quaint, beautiful, and pleasant. And you can't beat the sugary white sands along 30A of the Emerald coast. Just my opinion

@marilynalspachtoth5635

2 жыл бұрын

We went there many years ago and again 4 years ago. It's a pretty planned community, but now the plants and trees have really filled in the yards. It looks very different, but you can still pick out scene locations.

You know the one thing I never understood is why instead of a catering service they wouldn't simply just have actual vending machine stockers or cooks etc. Have the cast and crew be given a certain amount of fake money a day to spend around town eating and shopping, it contributes to the world building and considering Truman's schedule is known at all times you can always make sure it doesn't interfere with whatever he's doing. Also a rotation and restaurants and eateries would allow for greater opportunity for advertisement pushing, as Truman could be easily pressed by friends and family to go check out new additions to the town under the guise of trying new things.

@kev3d

9 ай бұрын

It's a good point. There's a theory, I don't remember who came up with it, that much of Seahaven actually is a functional town. That is the show helps pay for itself and it's massive cast by having normal businesses operate in the many buildings that occupy the site. And they would do things like process the orders for the items sold on the show, software development, (fittingly) insurance, publishing, or basically anything that requires a call center. The stipulation being that most of these people are not allowed to interact with Truman. Perhaps some even live in Seahaven, at least part time. With the rest either being bussed in or using underground tunnels Truman doesn't know about. Interesting theory, but if that was the case, there wouldn't be a need to have a fake elevator with a craft service table. They would, have real buildings (not facades) and, as you say, real jobs performed by the "extras".

When Truman first meets his wife rock music is playing in the background so I'd assume Truman has also heard non classical music

@myshepspud1

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe rock was used to make him feel "rebel" at the time they wanted him to meet her.

Superb list! not one bit of filler and generally interesting. This is the quality that Whatculture should use as the benchmark

More than likely Truman's and Marlon's vehicles are "company" cars to cover potentially a different car every year.

4:52 I had a completely different take on the bus driver scene. I think it was yet another allusion to the fact that everyone in Truman's world is an actor rather than what they appear to be (i.e. the actor is not a bus driver and therefore doesn't know how to operate the bus).

@konstellashon1364

2 жыл бұрын

There are actual bus drivers among the extras. 9:00 shows a functional bus.

I just noticed one of the newspaper headlines says "Who needs Europe?" - I guess this was another effort to stop Truman from wanting to go anywhere else by his home.

@lima9212

2 жыл бұрын

without context this headline almost sounds like a threat 😄