Confusion Between Public and Private Life on The Truman Show

Confusion Between Public and Private Life on The Truman Show

The Truman Show is about a man who has been living in Sea Haven his

whole life, thinking that all is right, and that everything is in its

right place, that his family, friends and co-workers care and cherish

him for who is and respect him for what he has accomplished. But,

everything is not what it seems, Truman is being controlled by a

television company that has been watching him his whole life.

In the beginning of the movie, it starts off by interviewing the

actors and the creator of Sea Haven, Cristof, Maryl, Truman’s ‘wife’

tells the audience that this is her life, that her life within the

show, is her life, but this is not entirely true, when she is not in

the scene she has her own life, she isn’t Maryl anymore, she is

herself. Marlon, Truman’s ‘best friend’, says that ‘Nothing is fake,

but merely and source of control’, which tells us that they cannot do

what they want, although it may be real, Cristof, the creator,

controls their actions-they are just merely actors doing their jobs.

Truman thinks he has a private life, but, in the world he lives there

is no reality and there is no private life, this is what this essay

will be discussing.

The issue that will be addressed is the confusion between public and

private life, people do have trouble distinguishing public from

private. The Truman Show shows this very clearly, but making Truman

feels he lives a normal life, like everybody else, but he doesn’t. He

is watched at every step, even in the toilet, the things he does in

there; acting like he is on another planet, drawing on the mirror,

this creates the illusion that Truman believes he is alone at the

times he beings to act ‘himself’ but Peter Weir wants us to see that

every small things that the celebrities do can embarrass them in front

of the public, he thinks that he has the privacy that he deserves,