Religious Themes in The Truman Show Essay

Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. I liked how this movie created a funny atmosphere without being overly comedic where the point is not able to come across. I also enjoyed the hint of a spiritual aspect to the movie. I thought it was very thought provoking the way that they intentionally made this movie reflect God and his creation. An example of this can be seen in the way that they named the TV show producer. His name was Christof. The name Christof has the name Christ in it. In the movie Christof acted a bit like Christ in the way that he controlled everything on the show. Another way that the movie reflected God and creation can be seen in the way that the TV show was set up. An example of this can be seen in the way that the set was set up like a real city. Christof created the world in which Truman lived in. The last way that this can be seen is the way that Christof was able to change the weather, when the sun rose, and the characters actions just by saying so. This reflects when God created the world. God said Let there be light and there was. This movie challenged the way that I thought about truth during the whole movie, but especially at the end where Christof is talking to Truman. Christof says There's no more truth out there than there is in the world I created for you. Same lies. The same deceit. But in my world, you have nothing to fear. I think this really impacted me because in the world that was created for Truman, everything was a lie. This implies that everything in the outside world is also a lie. A question that I had after thinking about this was. If everything in the real world is a lie, what is the truth? I think a major theme in...

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