"The Truman Show" Was this the perfect life?

Rating: 10/10 (12 May 2020)

A film about a reality show with the same name, in which Truman, the main character, was seen for everyone on their televisions; Truman just didn't know his life was a show, he lived a "normal life", he was not acting and this was the magic of the show. One of the main is the director of the reality show, Christof, performed by the talented actor from New Jersey, Ed Harris. He was playing the role of God, he was directing the cameras of the program from a false moon in the sky and he decided all the aspects in his life, even his dead. It's not amazing, if we think about the power he had, the similarity between the name "Christof" and the name of "Christ".
This movie was starring by Jim Carrey, as Truman; his performance was amazing because, as expected, he took advantage of his comedy skills, but surprisingly he showed he is a brilliant actor who have great talent in drama. His character was the most watched man in the all world through the show broadcasted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The show began airing since his birth, through his childhood, even the unfortunate and terrible loss of his father, his hilarious adolescence and, when the movie was set, his mature man stage. At this stage he wanted to take his own decisions and to do what he had always dreamed. These desires triggered a series of events which led him to discover the truth behind everything he thought was normal and incidental.. the people, his family, his job, even de weather.
Truman's name could allude to words "true" and "man", it's just a sign that the protagonist was the only who was honest and real in his perfect own life, which was nothing less than the live television program more ambitious, with a recording set so large that, according to the film, it could be seen from Earth's natural satellite, the Moon.
A breathtaking fact is that Truman was the first child legally adopted by a company, an allegory for the idea than capitalism and consumerism can buy people and lives, even make people buy things they do not need: "the whole show is for sale". Another important fact is that in the plot Cristof really wanted to be an almighty a god, controlling all the aspects of Truman's life, but the only aspect he couldn't control at 100% were Truman's feelings and thoughts. In his college days, a girl who studied at the same school caught his attention, whenever they saw her they exchanged romantic glances, but this was not just another actress on the "Truman Show". She seemed concerned Truman knew the truth, she had real love for Truman. She was Lauren, a classmate teenager inside the show but outside the show she was Sylvia a not exceptional actress. She also told him her real name and she mentioned that everything that Truman saw was done for him.
Music wasn't a special element, it didn't have an important or recurrent presence, it was used as a fake support for the show, exaggerating the tension and sentimentality. The film only had background music, which is purposely used to set the reality show. All music in the film was instrumental and was composed by one of the most relevant academic composers of the second half of the 20th and 21st century, and one of the main exponents of minimalism, Philip Glass. Another artistic work element can be highlighted, the photography and focus, an important example is the last scene, there was a great resemblance to "Architecture au Clair de Lune", a painting by the Belgian painter and exponent of surrealism, Renè Magritte.
I agree with the main themes that the film criticize, these are the consumerist and liquid society. The movie can also become a critique of current entertainment, which exaggerates moments of tension and the way in which people are hooked to live other people's life, instead of take care of their own lives. As soon as the show is over, nobody knew what to do with his life. An example of that was given in the end of the film when two guards spectators of Truman Show, saw the TV guide after the end of the show, they just were looking to entertain themselves again instead of living their own lives