I have schizophrenia and some scenes in the movie reminded me of my life. Is there like a psychological term for when you think your life is like the Truman Show?
Also, what were did they get the idea for this movie?
The Truman Show was inspired by an episode of 'The Twilight Zone' called 'Special Service'.
shareThanks for telling me! I will hopefully look into it.
shareRobert Heinlein wrote a story "They" in 1941 about an apparent mental patient who claims that that everybody he sees is an actor trying to fool him. In the final scene, with the patient not present, everybody DOES turn out to be an actor.
I doubt that the movie people were familiar with this story, though the "TWILIGHT ZONE" people may have been.
It's like the Flat Earth theory.
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Every person that served can be called a veteran, but not every veteran can be called a Marine.
It was based on a movie short from the Twilight Zone, except the original screenplay was a lot darker.
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