Everything GREAT About The Truman Show!

[Applause] what a way to open this movie complete with fake credits and the first thing we see is the Creator's face no cold open introducing Truman from the start we're behind the curtain Truman Show is a lifestyle it's a noble life her use of the word noble is such a glue into how narcissistic and deluded everyone working on the show is little fun math for Truman's age 10,99 days divided by 365 days in a year is a little over a month away from 30 years 29 years 324 days oh and in case I don't see

you good afternoon good evening and good night also what luck they got a Jim Carrey type to Star their show when they could have just as easily gotten a Walkin Phoenix I'm still here type or Worse Nathan Fielder every time I watch this film I'm always taking a back at how quickly the charade starts to fall apart it's a great device to show how the production team deals with mess ups but it's also laying the groundwork for it to be more believable that Truman would start figuring it all out o lost the brightest star in

the sky that's a rough one an aircraft in trouble be shedding Parts you thinking I'm flying somewhere nope oh good a couple things here Truman has only ever lived in Sea Haven so the radio seemingly responding to him would be something he's used to fun fact my brother Travis has always worried that his life is secretly a Truman Show situation and we've all gone to Great Lengths to reassure him that his entire life is in fact real and I think our commitment to that is the main reason he barely ever suspects anything but also the

radio quickly explains the light falling while also serving as a way to make sure Truman continues to be afraid of flying since he can't leave the Dome all the magazines are amazing car sound horse child modern dad diver only stuff that would keep him in Sea haven oh and uh one of these the wife here's the thing everyone lies all the time and we all know everyone lies even about stupid stuff but it's not till you find out that someone is lying that you get to pass judgment and everyone would think Truman was the most

despicable human because they got to see every every dirty secret of his and yeah this movie is actually very dark that'd be all for you tman that's the whole kitten Kaboodle this guy seems sweet enough and it makes sense that he'd be the closest that Sylvia got to breaking one of the actors and some of these actors are so comfortable in their jobs they're really phoning it in they don't even think it would tip Truman off I mean they're literally pinning him against an advertisement and acting like that's not weird at all concubine has to

be a big seller for the Gilead perfume company you're going to lose a lot more than your teeth if you don't meet your quota hey thanks I know you expect me to say oh look Adam Braverman has always been the worst Braverman but I'm actually going to say oh look Nate Fisher has always been the worst Fisher imagine being cast on the show and learning that you don't just have to act in one take at all times you also have to assist in filming whenever the main character leaves the frame wow that's amazing in the

trailer I remember this line being played as a big joke because his butt is so up close and personal but in the context of the actual film it's clearly more about him being deeply miserable and Confused that is a beer got to get that label facing the camera Marlin's a pro at this point again if you've never seen a real storm on the ocean you'd think those were rough Seas the moon gets lit up by the lightning you might think this would be the moment he realizes something is up but because he's alone everyone could

just Gaslight him into thinking it never actually happened the whole setup of the show is essentially gaslighting him this movie is so much darker than I remember the wind blows in and the curtains move and you don't see anything of course Scully is bummed about the sensoring well what you sweeping up there guy I love that extra is being bad at faking background activities as part of the story this time one for all all for one has some new meaning when your entire world revolves around one dude dog Fancy please dog [Music] FC dad some

and that's what happens when you're the closest to the disturbance you let that dog go without a worry where's he going to go but I've never blamed you Truman o she's diabolical passive aggressive gaslighting get one of those new elk rotaries Laura Lin is is a celebrated actor who has won several Awards and been nominated for even more and she's still underrated put some respect on Laura Lenny's name a stare right down the barrel and then glance back at truman Perfection absolutely nailed the subtlety of college Romance I'm so sorry to fall on you like

that oh that's all right don't worry about it I'm Merill fun fact every name on the show is a reference to an IRL actor Merill stre Marlin Brando Lauren Garland is Sylvia's full name Lauren ball and Judy Garland and obviously our true man Truman Burbank California okay first this is a T-rex or TX for the true fans baby glamrock 7 song that's being covered by the big six in this sakop 50 style and The Truman Show has a very vague feeling about its generation which makes the topic and title of the song 20th century boy

perfectly on the nose cuz yeah Truman thinks it's the mid to late 90s now but he might as well have graduated in 1955 even though it would have been close closer to 1985 so yeah 20th century boy no doubt kich what um you take Japanese oh yes it works both because flirting will leave your mind empty of all cojan thoughts and also her textbooks are probably just props which is weird though and begs the question did these kids get an education at all I mean Lauren could be a newcast but Marlin's been there since the

beginning I just don't know how Kristoff doesn't get the death penalty for the show I mean come on you're Crush saying now to you I would have S through the cracks in the floor and I don't even know what that means this is good stuff we're actually a part of the real audience where the cameras are having trouble tracking them then don't talk love come on don't worry we're going to piji we're moving to what I like about this line is that clearly the guy is just naming the most far away random spot he can

think of but because Truman doesn't know that he fixates on it and a somebody who watches movies with a fine tooth comb for a living I can relate there's nothing like finding out something you thought was an amazing amazing artistic Choice was actually due to budget cuts or a mistake by a production assistant while Merill is in fact a terrible person it's got to be brutal to see that your spouse prefers someone else on live TV but that's just Aubrey [Applause] Plaza this moment more than anything else would be what freaked me out everyone just

stopped definitely would think we're in a body snatcher situation the copy in this article is extra Bleak since it's all fake and the fake mayor is defending the town's persecution of the fake homeless while fake civil Libertarians promise a fake lawsuit over the violation of the homeless people's fake civil rights and yet this is possibly one of the best pieces of music ever composed for a movie by Philip Glass there I said it it's so Whimsical but also Eerie at the same time also po AI obviously everyone should watch the katsi trilogy seriously in a

theater if it's ever showing near you I'm sure you noticed this guy but did you really did you see him here how about there here legit just standing out in the open here what what about this time when he's talking into his La pel this guy is always following Truman like a spy handler yeah he's always there lurking and staring and now anthem kicks back in and we get the real [Music] treat after the feedback moment this wouldn't entirely break me well I mean can you break what's already [Music] broken the best moment of the

entire film of course the guy wouldn't react he doesn't know what he's allowed to do honestly it's even more depressing that he still thinks he can trust his best friend it's such a human conditioned thing to trust people that are close to you but it's the reason Travis almost figured it out once all the actors hired to be his friends eventually wanted to break character like Sylvia did cuz you know decent humans start to care about people they build relationships with so they were dropping him hints that he didn't really understand but it got ugly

for a while back on track now though love that even in this open conversation Marlin is playing the game waiting for Truman to walk away so he can pull candy bars out he already restocked to stretch his task a bit honestly l a pretty smart move try it you'll be surprised look at that Sunset Truman it's perfect that's the big guy quite a paintbrush he's got holy crap it just hit me how do they even deal with religion in SE Haven it's like every layer of what they're doing to Truman is even more messed up

than the last Christ off is the big guy I do love that this is a big deal honestly wedding days are a blur I could have crossed my fingers worn corpse paint or slapped my best man Jim in the face I wouldn't have known it's just all nerves so that's realistic I'll cross my fingers for you H yeah if there's no real Sun you might need that vitamin D there was that that elevator disaster downtown it was on the news last night and it's like it gets to a point where all the corrections and retcons

start to seem even more mysterious the spy camera view of the scene makes the whole thing feel even more paranoid amazing set design and blocking to reveal the mother of all travel posters oh man I think I always assumed that was her napkin from lunch but now I'm realizing it's her makeup bib to protect her clothes while makeup is applied I want to be like not one person is cussing the driver out get it together actors but the thing is Kristoff says towards the end that his intention is to create a perfect little Garden of

Eden for Truman so realism isn't important Tranquility is so the inhabitants seem to be doing the right thing of course they sell pen pavel's beer in the real world it's Marlon's fave the most obvious camera ever on that trash can and it took me well this is like the 10th time I've seen this movie this is silly there it is there it is there's the DED Beetle you have to love the attention to detail always only using believable locations for cameras and the fisheye winning Close Quarters they go around the block they come back they

go around again yeah you can learn a lot from this scene for Travis we learned early on to use varied Roots swap out extras otherwise he starts noticing quickly nervous look into the lens no headrests makes filming easier and especially hidden camera filming easier can you please slow down yes I can that's some quality Jim Carry sorry there it is smart or evil that they killed his dad to give him a fear of the water you okay yes you want to do it again no I'm starting to think that maybe they're not right for each

other thank you for your help you're welcome J I like the idea that this was a quick outside hire maybe they have actors on standby that they don't have to vet as well because they're mostly non-speaking Parts they're all just waiting for their moment to shine and this guy totally blew it plus Wendy Bird's solid horror movie stare I know the young trees planted in Rose probably seem like a sign they're specifically for the show but I have a force like this near my childhood home different types of equipment and uses for paper pulp but

they're really fun to look at as you drive by them try it sometime why do you want to have a baby with me you can't stand me it's true Lenny does an amazing job of playing wife but her actual feelings about Truman have been seeping through since the start of the film and if you think it's insane that it would take Truman this long to express that well look I'm in a high school sweetheart relationship we probably get a pass cuz we broke up for three years in college but I've known some Loveless marriages that

are loveless in part because we're all a lot different than our 18 to 20-year-old selves you're one of the lucky ones if you grow together why don't you let me fix you some of this new Mo cocoa drink no artificial sweeteners what the hell are you talking about who you talking to still my favorite moment in the film it's so real whether it's a TV show or not and you know how actors on TV shows always build these crazy lifelong bonds now imagine it being your entire life but the main character never leaves set and

doesn't ever get to unwind with real people that would make you go completely insane also it would be hard not to notice that all the other people in your life seem to have extremely close relationships that are different from the ones you have with them to carry on under these conditions it's unprofessional bringing it back to professionalism love it that's the real issue I think the true mature H sag something tells me no I'd gladly walk in front of traffic for you the reveal that Kristoff is feeding Marlin lines is so on the nose for

this scene and pretty dang heartbreaking and the last thing that I would ever do is lie to you just a superb piece of film making the score that keeps slipping back and forth from moving to uneasy the emotionally delivered lines I love that Truman could be going either way with it he knows something is off but he's back with his best friend I'd have to be in on to it's so evil I love this movie trumman pillow and OMG that's the same robe Marill was wearing because of course it's for sale yes I'd love to

think I wouldn't fall for it but I'm currently falling for it what the you're just family washing Daniel son's mortal enemy this man held a knife to Kumo's throat none of us should ever forgive him especially not Kumiko honestly I 100% believe that entertainment would create advancements way faster than the need for spy Tech there's way more money in it wao is that an A113 not exactly but I'm counting it interesting so no Burbank in the Truman verse just 100 square miles of Dome he's the Burbank now is that Barbie Merill we all know how

jealously you guard your privacy such a good line to slip in of course Kristoff is all about personal privacy it's television yes good job guy Amnesia brilliant Amnesia is always brilliant Truman is the first child to have been legally adopted by a corporation what a truly horrific thought we accept the reality of the world with which we're presented painfully true words obviously not painful for us just Travis who accepts his world is bigger than a few hundred square miles are these even bent anywhere outside the Dome the ha for Kristoff hello the hag are they

call about Kristoff's human rights violations and should 100% be arrested for a few minutes of air time with him to thrust yourself and your politics into the Limelight LOL her politics are free Truman it's amazing how we use language the place you live in is the sick Place wow he could be president should be he should he should be president nope wait not old enough ah political wins it came back for a hot take president shouldn't be 80-ish Merill will be leaving Truman in an upcoming episode and the audience of the show is treated the

same way we are spoilers are part of the fun so we can see how it plays out I'm determined the television's first onair conception will still take place not a weird creepy goal to have at all General hmel you thought trying to get money to the families of Fallen Marines wait he's the bad guy in that movie Truman sleeps is another one of my favorite Philip Glass pieces ever put it behind any sad or contemplative footage and you'll feel like an award-winning filmmaker but this whole sequence is brilliant Sylvia staring at the TV the guy

fallowing asleep in the tub very dangerous don't do that and then finally Kristoff petting Truman's nose in some ways we see that Kristoff does care for Truman but also maybe it's more like a pet than anything else then there he is Philip Glass playing his own music that one's for free I love that they don't catch it I mean he's being an astronaut even mocking you control room guys in the moon it's a stretch oh in case I don't see you good afternoon good evening and good night I need a catchphrase man what's he doing

in the basement he moved down there after Merl packed up and left most realistic part of his life men will enclose themselves in dark spaces and stop all General hygiene instead of going to therapy love that a six-pack is the guaranteed get out of jail free excuse they use every single time considering Truman never saw Ferris Beer's day off this is a pretty impressive plan plan he's gone cut transmission such a tense moment of all the things that would make them turn it off not Truman possibly harming Merill or himself but the idea that they

are no longer in control I've seen that lady crawl on the ceiling I'm surprised demons even sleep he has the world's most recognizable face he can't disappear great cut and the fact that the Moon is a spotlight that would also terrify me if I was Truman if you could just hear my voice Truman let me try Truman it's me Dad let's talk the egos on these two are really something it's actually kind of indicating to see that they're basically idiots cue the sun to be honest I'm not sure anyone would do well with this much

power the sponsors are threatening to rip up their contract why we're getting higher ratings with this graphic than we've ever had on this show painful that this is again probably one of the more realistic moments all love a good disaster we're not watching in the sea say what you will about Kristoff that he's evil and should never be allowed near a production of anything ever again and should probably go to prison for life but he's not stupid I got two to one he doesn't again Bleak but realistic it's so easy for us to unhuman the

people on the TV okay this looks way more like her now if there was a job that required this exact skill Truman would be a shoing how do we stop [Music] him love that look it's a real the course of action I'd suggest is a course of action I can't suggest moment we're a nebula peeps who watch clear in present danger with us you know you know give me some light again hit him again where's kylo Ren when you need him just 19 years earlier and somehow way more Grim the whole world is watching we

can't let him die in front of a live audience he was born in front of a live audience Psychopaths say what is that the best you can do you're going to have the K where's kylo now Ruth langmore he's going to drown he doesn't even care do it do it kylo Ruth and now even the emperor is getting in on the action of course Paul Giamatti would be the voice of reason the man is a National Treasure brutal I mean this is straight up attempted murder for sure you're going to jail my boy it's a

pretty remarkable performance that this is essentially the first time we've seen Truman look genuinely content minus some of the [Music] flashbacks this is a perfect moment in the film literally perfect once you know it's coming it's obvious but that first time is mindblowing our Focus isn't on the front of the boat and what's behind him looks extremely realistic it's the ultimate record [Music] scratch genius decision to drop the film sound from this moment feels way more impactful he's not just trying to get out he's also got confirmation that he was right but what he was

right about is that his entire life is a Lie the very definition of Bittersweet who are you I am the creator of a television show that gives hope and joy just the perfect length pause between Creator and of a TV show there's no more truth out there than there is in the world I create cre for you I still can't decide if he genuinely believes that or if he's playing the game you have nothing to fear but also you just tried to murder him so genuinely love the one person in the middle who just can't

watch totally relatable in case I don't see you good afternoon good evening and good night goodness what a perfect line he's talking to the entire world and every piece applies to someone [Music] somewhere love the almost horror film switch in in the moment of realization from Kristoff with the music changes almost ominous but in the best way we are the horror movie Monsters now and then peer joy and look this movie say some stuff about consumers and things like what we vote for with our attention they're all excited that he escaped because he's the hero

of the story but I'd like to think that after some self-reflection they all realized the difference between his actual capts and the viewing audience was negligible but he's still the hero and it's nice to see these people support him also more importantly I'm just realizing this guy was in the bathtub for the entire shoot I know I know his scenes were probably shot in a day but oh my goodness was that a pruny day for him what else is on yeah let's do what else 10 out of 10 ending it's painful and yet perfect that

we don't get to see Truman's life after walking through the door it's none of our business if you start The Truman Show right after the title card for someone who's never seen it before I wonder how long it would take them to figure it out someone do that but by letting us know up front we get to see the trials of trying to do something like this to a human which creates a lot of weird feelings honestly cuz all the people are just okay with this I'm sure this has been discussed before and I even

touched on it a bit in the video but who pray tell is the real villain of this movie it's Kristoff it's very obviously Kristoff and before I get into It ultimately the movie is satire right there are plenty of examples of reality TV going back decades but even in the '90s the real world wasn't super duper mainstream I mean nothing has ever really come close to the global penetration of The Truman Show maybe Keeping Up with the Kardashians and you can't even really count Survivor rupal's drag race American Idol because contest shows aren't really the

same genre but the point is that the reality TV boom happened in the thousands after this movie all that to say it's not satire of our current reality TV but it's starzing a level of media consumption that would soon follow like as far as I know Disney doesn't own a human yet but uh we have had some interesting holographic postumus performances in the last few years and sag and the wga were just striking in part because these corporations do want to own the likeness of every actor and use their CGI face with an AI voice

reading AI scripts while paying the actual owners of said faces voices and words nothing this movie doesn't even get into that side of it at all Kristoff is just an aour with a cruise ship full of cash and a God complex making a really Bland 1950s drama it's not a sitcom Cinema ver ultimately but again that's not even what the movie is sterzing for me this movie is pointing a finger in our consumer faces and telling us we're the problem and I mean does syvia even turn it off oh what would one less beor actually

change and she's right there's a literal brick and mortar bar devoted to the show that ship is sailed but like who are these people watching a show about a baby owned by some TV show again it's us we're all bathtub guy and not to get down in the dumps but they watched a guy basically get tortured for 30 years on live TV and what happens they cheer when he gets out and then they change the channel that's literally How It Ends which is the final correct prediction this movie makes because in the age of War

and genocide being captured on the phones of those committing atrocities and those having atrocities committed against them the rest of us are all sitting at our Truman themed bar hoping for the best cheering gasping calling in to let those in charge know how we feel but in the end and when we lose interest and no longer find it entertaining we'll just change the channel like we always do Bleak I know but like I said we all cheer when he escapes the prison because he's free from our perceiving eyes but how many of us want a

sequel I'm curious I said I love that we never see Truman after he steps through the door because I think it's a brilliant filmmaking choice not because I like it in fact I hate it I want to know what happens does he go right to Sylvia or does he go murder Marlin first but we'll never know because it's not for us to know or for anyone to know IRL Truman would never know know a moment's piece again and would likely take years to adjust to a world not designed to cater to his every need he

actually may get hit by a car immediately upon stepping foot in La honestly the most realistic continuation is that he sues Kristoff and ends up winning sea Haven in the settlement and moves back there the fact that he's never actually been outside is going to mess with him Southern California is going to turn him into a lobster real quick see you don't even need a sequel that's it he's either dead sunburnt or lonely or maybe he meets a manic pixie dream Kate and has weird visions of faceless people where were we oh right you you're

the bad guy how could Kristof be the bad guy anyway he has Christ in his name although he's really more of a God in this movie I mean literally and that makes Truman Jesus I guess dude walks on water huh Kristoff tried to sacrifice his son Truman but Truman decided he didn't want to die for the world's entertainment and he left he gave into sylvan's Temptations and Marlin that Judas he betrayed Truman for 30 pieces no cases of beer and Merill Merl is huh I mean there's also that Garden of Eden thing happening making Merill

Eve but see she didn't give the Apple to Truman so only she possesses the knowledge of Good and Evil although the light that falls is also kind of an apple and uncovering the truth about it gets Truman booted from sea Haven or wait no the star is the brightest star right the Morning Star Satan okay okay so wait what am I saying Truman didn't survive the boat crash he was resurrected and he died to free all these people from their reality TV addictions all right that's enough I think I I love this movie I really

love this movie and I seems like a lot of you did too it was the top request on the last Community poll I did so that's it if you missed last week There's a full 2 half hour commentary for Clear and Present Danger exclusively on nebula as well as everything great about bade three up a few weeks early oh also next week is this one uh don't tell Travis [Music] thanks only I could meet someone new I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished seeing that I'm incapable of making high contact with a

woman I don't know no no sure no that's okay this is hey oh hey take care then Jesus