Paranoia (A Truman Show Fanedit)

This is possibly the most ambitious edit out of the 30 or so that I've seen so far, and it really does succeed massively across the board. The music is so good at changing the mood of the movie, and mixed with the visual editing it makes the shots go from "funny, quirky reality tv show" to "nightmarish dystopia." I felt like I was watching a really cool Twilight Zone episode. It was that good.

NOW, just to be clear, this did not detract from my enjoyment(!) but someone else mentioned a few moments where the camera didn't narratively fit the theme. I've noted a few here, just for reference: (9:43) overhead view of a boat, (17:33) conversation with Mom, (31:46) panning, zooming camera that should have been black + white, (46:12) the camera couldn't exist from that angle, etc.
I want to make sure you don't take this the wrong way, because this is entirely subjective from my point of view. Just reviewing as an outside viewer who was slightly confused once in a while :)

That aside, this is such a great idea executed well! One of the coolest edits I've seen here, and will certainly inspire me to up my own game! Well done!

Beautiful idea, takes Weir's original and transforms it into something near-Lynchian with its uncanny look at control through conformity. The artificiality of people talking to him is reminiscent of Blue Velvet and the context-free time jumps work in a similar manner as Mulholland Drive or Lost Highway. If you only watched this edit without knowing anything of Weir's original, it might seem odd. It works very well as a companion piece from Truman's POV. I chuckled thinking about the possibility that 1000 years from now, this fan edit has survived but The Truman Show hasn't and historians try to piece together the original from this. Replacing Glass with Herrmann works surprisingly well too.

A minor gripe is that I also love Saul Bass but I don't think the Vertigo opening title sequence fits the rest of the film.

Perfect, its the best way to watch The Truman Show.

I haven't watched the original in a while but my recollection of it was too great to make this edit work well for me. If I really separate myself from the original I can feel the intent of Paulisdead2221 here. This really comes around when the Hitchcock score comes into play.
I thoroughly enjoyed the score and found it was mixed in really well. I didn't notice any cutting and I had zero gripes with video or audio quality. I was a little confused about the use of black and white "hidden cameras" in the edit and agree with batfan532's points about it being used counterintuitively if the idea is to have the audience question whether or not he's in a TV show.

If I was coming at this with fresh eyes I would be a lot more blown away by this, as said before the Hitchcock elements really pull me back in when I start to lose the focus on the edit.
All in all a very enjoyable watch.

What a fantastic idea! The Truman Show was a pretty good movie, but never a great one. The concept was good but the felt the lighthearted humor of the outside world was a strange contrast to this guy who's really a prisoner but doesn't know it.

But this edit completely changes EVERYTHING. It's now like a Twilight Zone movie! And I LOVE IT. We're just as in the dark as Truman as weird stuff happens. We're understanding his paranoia and fear as he unravels the strange truth. Not just watching him go along as we did in the original version.

GREAT WORK here!! I can't wait to show this movie to my friends who haven't seen it, then tell them how the original, less interesting movie was :)