The Truman Show

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Insurance salesman Truman can't get on the ferry. Phobia? (0:08)

Truman recalls losing his father Kirk as a boy in a boating accident. (0:12)

Truman's mother Angela tells Truman, "It doesn't seem insane at all." (0:16)

At the beach Lauren's father (?) tells Truman, referring to Lauren, "Schizophrenia, six episodes, hypnotism, everything, shock therapy." (0:27)

Truman's car radio seems to be talking about him. (0:30)

The television seems to talk about Truman. (0:38)

His wife Meryl tells Truman, "You're having a nervous breakdown." (0:54)

Truman tells his friend Marlon he "Feels like the whole world revolves around me."
"Everybody seems to be in on it." (0:55)

Mike Michaelson tells director Christof, "Truman's been terrified of the water ever since."
Christof explains Kirk's "twenty-two year absence": "Amnesia" (1:04)

Compare Truman's experience to that of Andrew/Teddy in Shutter Island.

delusion | ideas of reference | nervous breakdown | paranoia | phobia | Schizophrenia | shock therapy