Truman Show Psychology

Every morning the humanity wakes up to live. The life is controversial, so, someone is enjoying it, and others feel unhappy with every dawn. In varying degrees, every person has the choice of how to live. However, the ability to choose is sometimes not available for particular individuals. All the actions lead only to an external result, and all initiatives are vain. Such a situation creates an imagination of an artificial world, where nothing in the surroundings seems real. Therefore, the person becomes a truth-unconscious slave, who is watched, whose actions are monitored 24 hours a day. Mr. Truman Burbank has learned all this from personal experience. Mr. Truman did not have delusional and paranoid disorders, as it might seem. The secret

The movie filmmaker is Peter Weir, who is famous for his film “Dead Poets Society” (1989). The script belongs to Andrew Niccol. The movie has an outstanding cast, where the leading role belongs to Jim Carrey (Truman Burbank), Ed Harris (Christof), and Noah Emmerich (Louis/Marlon).
The film location is the Seahaven community, where Truman Burbank lives with his wife and mother. The father of protagonist died when he was a small boy, and it has caused the fear of water in Truman. The life seemed quiet and normal, until Truman meets Lauren (Natasha McElhone). The inability to be with the beloved person makes Truman suspicious. Through the series of observations, the protagonists understand his life being broadcast to a global community. The dome under which Truman lives is so large that it is visible from the space, and the crew working on his life is enormous. Still, the scenery of the Seahaven is bounded, so the climax of the movie is when Truman in the boat literally reaches the edge of the world. The drawn sky and the “Exit” sign have a significant meaning, which explains to the protagonist the artificial nature of the world he has been living in and empowers him to leave the show about his life in order to discover the

However, the audience sees more, than the pseudo-real viewers do. The viewers of “The Truman Show” receive some satisfaction of their interest not only with hidden cameras but also with the access to the editing room, where the life behind the scenes receives revelation. In particular, it gives the understanding about the scenes adjustment process. These are the moments of the movie when Peter Weir reveals his