Dylan Provost Dr. Peter Neumann GE4300 Dec 8th 2014 Take Home Exam Section 1: Philosophical Movie Exegesis The Truman Show: The Truman Show is a movie based out of California featuring actor Jim Carey based on a real life television show about Truman Burbank’s life. The place that Truman lives is in fact a studio with over five thousand cameras capturing every minute of Truman’s life. Truman believes he is an ordinary man with an ordinary life and has no idea how he is exploited‚ but one day he realizes
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satirical film The Truman Show (1998) directed by Peter Weir‚ the audience is offered the chance to examine ideas & realities that previously remained unquestioned within society. The film provides insight in to the tendency for individuals to question the reality of the world around them in times of unexplainable occurrences. Throughout the course of the film‚ various scenes display the ideas of truth‚ media control & individual choice. They are ultimately revealed by Truman Burbank’s quest to locate
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the media manipulates public opinion and routinely creates fictions that masquerade as facts. The change has taken place in large measure because the media itself has become so powerful and so out of control‚ there is no longer any way for it to keep what it is doing under wraps. Ironically‚ one of the voices that is being raised against it is none other than that of the ultimate media machine‚ Hollywood. While celebrities take on the tabloid photographers who follow them around‚ the movie and television
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Peter Weirs 1998 film The Truman Show is a metaphor for modern society‚ it focuses on the way the media manipulates reality. We are complicit in that manipulation and also victims of it. The film challenges us to critique the media and extricate ourselves from the “reality” it surrounds us with. The Truman Show tells us about life and reality‚ it portrays from what is real and what is a fantasy. Truman’s world is somewhat like our own world because of the way things are perceived and approached
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is an allegory for religion because Christof plays the role of a god to Truman‚ he is omnipresent‚ and controlling his life. In a similar way‚ God controls our lives and although not as strict as Christof‚ he is in control. For the majority of the film we can see different examples of how much control Christof has over Truman‚ and how little control he has over himself. The predictable film‚ The Truman Show stars Truman Burbank‚ played by Jim Carrey‚ who‚ as a baby‚ was adopted by a film company
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The film‚ The Truman Show‚ follows the life of Truman Burbank‚ a man who has had his entire life fabricated‚ filmed and aired without his knowledge. Everyone in his life is an actor‚ and his entire world is encapsulated in a dome in Hollywood. He begins to realize that his life is not what it seems and he escapes by the sea‚ despite the creator of the show‚ Christof‚ creating a storm to stop him. While watching the film‚ it struck me how similar the situation was to We‚ but how different the protagonist
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The Truman Show 1) - Love (Sylvia) - Sylvia has to proved to be loyal extrude to tell him the truth - He deserves to know what real life is about it and has to face hardships - He deserves to have private life - He must be able to experience real feelings. 2) - The relationship originated with Sylvia was a lie. - He wouldn’t know how to face life. - All his life has been a fake and he will be treated as a freak. - As he is very famous he will not
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The Truman Show An important relationship in The Truman Show was the relationship between Truman himself and his wife Meryl. The contrast in their motives and how they express themselves is really shown throughout the movie in many different scenes and the differences grow as the climax of the movie draws closer. Meryl’s priorities clearly show this as she puts herself first‚ the cinematography helps to develop the idea that the husband and wife are distanced and when Meryl breaks the ‘fourth
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‘The Truman Show’ Director Peter Weir has presented us with several memorable scenes and images in ‘The Truman Show’‚ which remain with us and help to convey the ideas he is trying to get across to the audience. Narrative is used in ‘The Truman Show’ to engage the audience’s interest through the film. Weir’s excellent choice of cast and different techniques which he uses within the film is the reason why ‘The Truman Show’ was such a success with his targeted audience. The opening sequence of
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