The Truman Show - Movie Review

The Truman Shows plot revolves around Truman Burbank, an unsuspecting insurance salesman who slowly uncovers the truth about his life: It was a virtual-reality show, claimed to be highly scripted and happening 247. Dramatically, The Truman Show engages the audience as Truman starts to develop doubts about his world – or the lack of one – and struggles to find out what it means to be real in an elaborately staged existence.

At the same, in the perspective of theme, The Truman Show is right on track when it comes to the concept of constructing identities, the power of media, and the desire for freedom in an orchestrated world. The work contains satirical message to audience and reveal ethical problem of people’s spying each other through use of cameras and mind manipulation. The film is funny and tense at the same time, which is an excellent way to convey the message about the society and individual freedoms. The character portrayal he gives Truman is so realistic that he successfully portrays the vulnerability and the charm. Both Laura Linney and Ed Harris deserve to be mentioned – acting as captivating and, at the same time, creepy characters. All the side characters play their part well to give depth to the triple-layered plot and ground the outlandishly cynical concept within realistic humanism. Originally, his director’s vision is to unravel the seesaw of the dream-like quality and the lived reality, taking the viewers through a suspense plot as well as introspection and enchantment.

The music composed by Burkhard Dallwitz with Philip Glass gave the needed eerie-fairytale feel for the narrative of the movie. The music not only complements Truman’s life experience but brings an emotional aspect of a man’s struggle with his destiny.

The work of the director is focused on both classical and j坴g filming techniques which make the audience a spectator and participant of Truman’s life at the same time. The rigour of the look reflects the odd dreamlike but claustrophobic nature of Truman’s world and the visual design and cinematography are keen and inventive.

The art design of The Truman Show is thoroughly well done and the location of Seahaven that symbolizes Truman’s life is artificed. To correspond to the plot’s focus on the concept of deception entire set pieces are crafted so that they covey the world which could be either real or a dream.

Crafted special effects are sharp and sophisticated, adding to Truman’s environment sense of realness while still being tinged with the unreal. These effects are essential to the movie, as they bring out the aspect of technology that has somehow become part of Truman’s life, yet are subtle to ensure they do not grab much attention as they support the movie’s narrative. The rhythm is deliberate, but keeps the audience on the edge of the seat, even as Truman’s awareness unfolds.

The rhythm of the move is as steady as an operatic score and the moments of tension are balanced with introspective discovery. When Truman gets a better understanding of the world, the tempo of the film reflects it until the core of the film attains a focus that is significant and liberating.

Dialogues are very keen and where necessary they are downright hilarious but in other moments they are philosophical. They explain motives and tell about Truman’s conflict without using instructive narration or exposition directly. The conversations between Truman and Christof are outstanding and can be attribute to the creator-creation tensions.

I agree with the fact that The Truman Show is an excellent look for the theme that depicts the reality and perception, sometimes the narrative seems somewhat predetermined and specifically orchestrated. However, this is done at the cost of sorely underdeveloping the thematic aspects and realistic performances that succeed in giving life to the picture’s profound questions regarding freedom and identity. It subversive and makes one question the state of reality and the purpose of existence especially in relation to media. The plot is engaging, the actors’ work is magnificent; that is why the movie makes people think about the world they live in, leaving a memorable impression.