"I know you better than you know yourself." This is a quote from the movie "The Truman Show." The producer Christoff, says this to Jim Carey's character Truman, a man who has been living a fake life and had no idea about it. Truman Burbank is the star of the most popular television show in the world and he doesn't know about that or that his neighborhood he lives in is actually a big studio with hidden cameras all around and everyone is actors. Christoff plays a God-like role in this movie. He has absolute control over everything that happens in Truman's life.
Being that Christoff is the creator of what happens in Truman's life, he uses fear to control Truman. He created the fear of water with Truman, by making him think his father drowned from a big storm because Truman did not want to leave the water. At one part, Truman tries to escape many times to go to Fiji, but Christoff always make something go wrong. When he goes to a travel agent, the lady tells him all the flights are booked until next month because it is travel season. Then he decides to take a ship there, but has the fear to walk to it because he sees a mini boat on the side broken and it gives him a flash back of his father. This prevents him from being able to go on the ship. After that Truman tries to take a bus to his destination, but the bus engines unexpectedly breaks down. Christoff is controlling everything that is coincidentally happening to avoid Truman from leaving the town. When Truman tries to escape by crossing a river bridge, by closing his eyes and forcing his wife to steer, a "nuclear accident" appears on the other side of the bridge preventing Truman to continue on his escape.
Christoff also has control over the weather and environment. When Truman finally gets the courage to hop in a boat and escape, Christoff controls the weather by creating a storm. He makes the storm become really bad to the point where Truman might drown and die. He does not want Truman to escape and find out that he is living a lie. Christoff then turns the sea back to calm, making the sun shine and the darkness go away. Also, while Truman is looking up to the sky after trying to escape, Christoff then broadcasts his voice and reveals that he is the creator of "The Truman Show."
Christoff is similar to God in many different ways throughout the movie. By controlling everything that happens in Truman's life, this shows how he is a God to Truman, yet Truman does not have any idea. That is why Christoff had no problem with trying to kill Truman. He viewed it as, if he created him, he can also destroy him. Christoff made it highly impossible for Truman to find out the truth and live a normal life, by being the god like director that controlled the "The Truman Show" world.
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