The Innocence Of Christof In The Truman Show

The scene of a brief montage describing why Truman is afraid of leaving the island is a key scene in “The Truman Show” used by Weir as he uses a range of film techniques to manipulate both Truman and the audience. This is first recognised in the way Christof scripts and directs mis en-scene to manufacture new ways to prevent Truman from leaving Seahaven. An example of this is when Truman is shown in a close up shot telling his teacher that he wants to be an explorer when his teacher stops him and replies, “your too late, there’s nothing else to explore” in order to manipulate Truman into remaining within Seahaven. In addition to that we start to see how willing Christof is with keeping Truman from the truth. In a mid shot were Truman is desperately

This movie explores issues of greed, human relationships, betrayal and redemption, personal innocence and responsibility as well as the effects on the human mind

In the opening of this film we are introduced to our hero, Truman Burbank, a seemingly normal man living in the small peaceful town of Seahaven. Little does Truman know, his town is not only filled with kind people but also thousands of hidden cameras that film his every move each day. Although Truman does embark on the hero’s journey, his journey differs in some ways. While in college, Truman meets two women: Meryl, a temptress, and Lauren, a goddess. One evening on a beach, Lauren attempts to reveal the truth to Truman, Unfortunately, she is not successful and is forced to leave to show and discontinue her contact with him. One

The Truman Show introduces us to a man named Truman who is living a fake life, a life in which everything around him has been scripted out by a director of a television show. He was adopted at birth and raised inside a television studio that was made to resemble the real world. However, Truman is unaware that he has been the star of a television show since birth and thanks to free will, he continues to live life as a normal person. Meanwhile, the director, Christof attempts to control every aspect of Truman’s life as if to lead him to take certain actions and to think a certain way.

Thus, the narrator’s father dealt with the same struggle that the narrator and Sonny are facing now. The narrator wants to protect his brother from the darkness of the world that has always threatened to invade their lives but he fails to do so as he is torn by his emotions, which shift quickly from love to hate and he is also unable to express his emotions, feelings and concern towards Sonny.

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The middle section of the story is a flashback. The narrator remembers his last talk with his mother, in which she made him promise to “be there” for Sonny. Home on

Everything in Seahaven was operated by machines and computers. These computers were basically controlled my Christof's orders. Early in his life, Truman was traumatized by his father's death at sea. He grew up thinking it was his fault. Because of Christof's planning of the death, Truman was always scared of water. The only way off of Seahaven was by boat, therefore Christof knew he would be able to keep Truman under his control. Christof also did a good job of increasing his audience numbers. When viewers saw the heart-felt moment of Truman reuniting with his father years later, the number of viewers increased. Christof made the scene stand out by changing camera angles and playing background music. In addition, since Truman wanted to make his way to Fiji, Christof strategically planned different events in order to slow Truman down so he wouldn't leave the island. An example of this is when Truman went to purchase a plane ticket, but the flights were all sold out for over a month. Also, when the bus he was going to ride broke down. This proves that Christof manipulated Truman for his own purpose. Christof controlled everything in Truman's life from the weather to who Truman was going to spend his life with. All these points prove how Truman was being used for Christof's benefit; to increase the show's ratings and to gain an income.

Truman Burbank has been living a life of lies. Ever since he was born, every surrounding he sees is an illusion set up for the audience to watch. The people he interacts with, primarily his friends and families, are just actors used to represents Truman's life. Constantly, in order to prevent him from leaving Seahaven from discovering the truth, they made him hydrophobic. Primarily, because they do not have a big enough set for him to leave. Unexpected results begin to make Truman paranoid. Starting with, seeing a set behind an elevator, the car radio mentioning his every move, and even his own wife advertising to the audience which all Truman is unaware of. In order for Truman to escape this fake reality and live up to his full potential of becoming an explorer, he sets out to the ocean. From there, the director of the Truman show advises him to stay as it is safe and that he would get hurt in the real world. But not wanting live a life with a bunch of lies, Truman sets out to the unknown.

The film, The Truman Show (1998) is about the man named Truman Burbank, a first child who is legally adopted legally by the broadcasting company and been unknowingly publicizing his entire life as an entertaining show to the whole world. Although he lives in the world where everything is manipulated, at least for him, he is just like a normal man with own family, friends, and job. The difference between others and Truman lies on the taboo that Truman has attained through the traumatic event of losing his own father. His taboo is that he is incapable of living the city, Seahaven as leaving the city signifies knowing the truth of his life. The film majorly depicts the moment when Truman realized skepticism around his entire life and departs the journey to find the truth and real identity

Christof is determined to keep him in Seahaven and in the dark. He goes to great length to maintain this ideal world where everything works according to him. We realize then that Christof loves Truman because of the control he has over

Sonny's brother is mired in silence. He attempts to shield himself from the realities that make up his existence, but

him, he realizes that Sonny is his own man. The trouble the narrator had with Sonny is

In The Truman Show Truman went to the library to study and he met a girl named Sylvia. They started to develop feelings for each other, ones he never felt with his wife Meryl. Sylvia then takes Truman to the beach and tells him his life is a lie. As she is telling him about the society, people from the headquarters drove down to the beach and picked her up leaving Truman clueless and suspicious. Truman then starts to notice patterns in his daily routines and notices that people start to follow him. Truman isn’t the only one who feels like something is wrong. As Montag was heading home from work one day, he ran into a girl named Clarisse. Clarisse and Montag begin to spend more time together, she then tells him that firefighters didn’t always start fires, they use to put them out. “We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam.” (83) Soon after Clarisse told Montag about the older firefighters she got hit by a car, Montag finds this weird because of the

Another image that Peter Weir used in this film is the representation of Christof as the director or ‘creator’ of The Truman Show. Christof portrays himself as the man behind the show and once we are able to see through his tough exterior we can see that he is not a completely unsympathetic character but quite and conservative. Christof is a very powerful man and is portrayed as a god-like figure. This is shown through the image of individual versus society - as Truman the individual is constantly trying to break free from the control and strong hold of Christof who represents the society.