I saw this movie with many of my friends in University of Arizona's theatre 'Gallagher' back in 1999. I still remember a comment made by my friend after the movie, "what an extra ordinary concept and what if". Who can forget the joyful Truman's greeting "Good morning, if I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night"!!
This is one of the greatest movies that moved me, especially with respect to the philosophy. Other movie that touched me similarly is the Matrix trilogy. Both questioned the existence of free will and how that is personally important to everybody, whether that is imagined or real.
In this movie, Truman goes away in the end. Not because his life was a tv show and being watched by millions of people. But because nothing around him was real. His life was controlled in all aspects. The choices he faced in his life were all controlled. The characters he faced lied to him just so the show could continue. In essence, there's nothing he could really do and say he did it. How would you feel when you discover that your parents, friends and wife are all made up and part of a show whose sole purpose is to generate money?
It also brings up another point which was touched upon in Matrix. His life was normal. He never complained until he grew suspicious about events surrounding him. Like the Architect (read God) says in Matrix, that 99% of the test subjects accepted the program as long as they are only aware of choice at the sub conscious level.
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