Blog 6 "The Truman Show"

In observation to "The Truman Show," similarities can be seen to all the topics that have been discussed throughout class. One thing that struck me right away was the similarity from Trumans "world," to the matrix. Throughout the movie we can see how even though Truman in his own nature is reacting entirely natural, the world around him is controlled and staged to be a certain way. Truman sees this to be the real world and if we notice his personality and his character we can also see that because of this staged "world," he has become a very happy, gleeful and very respectful person. The similarities between these two movies is astounding. I never realized until today how these films are so similar in the sense that they both convey a story of being enslaved in a world that isn't real. We can also see how the girl Sylvia is sort of like a Morpheus/Trinity figure. She is like Morpheus in the sense that she tries to reveal the truth to him about the fake world that he's living. She is like Trinity in the sense that she falls in love with him and is trying to help him in his conquest to be free.
Another observation is how Christof is kind of like the "God" of The Truman Show. He's in control of everyone, the weather and how things are in the truman show. I dont know if i'm looking to deep into this but when you look at Christof's name it can actually be two words; Christ of. I can also make the observation that Christof is the "Christ of" Truman. In the film there was the scene where Christof tells Truman that he can be safe in his world and that all that lies outside of it are worse deception and lies. In a sense Christof is trying to save Truman from a world that is totally different from his own and where Truman's life is not protected. The thing that make Christof different from God is that he is not omniscient or all-powerful. His knowledge is limited and he can't foresee the future. He can stage a scene but he doesn't know the outcome or how Truman will react. Also, he can't do anything. The only powers he has are those available to him in his studio.