Top Ten Tuesdays

[nosferatu42]

Balls i read it as Amnesia and memory based.

Oh well back to the drawing board.

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[nosferatu42]

So how about werewolf films?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Films About Amnesia and Memory Loss - A Top ... not sure now, how many was it?


I Love You Again (1940)*
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Overboard (1987)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Spellbound (1945)
Anastasia (1956)
Dark City (1998)
Unknown (2011)

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

You missed "Dead ringers" and "Eyes without a face".

... and of course,

Rosie Dixon, Night Nurse

[MrBarlow]

This was a hard one

50 First Dates 2004
Amnesiac 2014
The Butterfly Effect 2004
The Bourne Identity 2002
D.A.R.Y.L 1985
The Forgotten 2004
The Hangover 2009
Memento 2000
The Number 23 2007
Regarding Henry 1991

[keirarts]

I think some might dispute the inclusion of Angel Heart. But I would argue the main character forgetting a key detail is one of the big plot twists of the film.

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

I think some might dispute the inclusion of Angel Heart. But I would argue the main character forgetting a key detail is one of the big plot twists of the film.

What about Lost Highway then?

Has that anything to do with amnesia? Physically changing appearance isn't amnesia.

It's a film that most people would list i'm sure if they felt it qualified.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

What about Lost Highway then?

Has that anything to do with amnesia? Physically changing appearance isn't amnesia.

It's a film that most people would list i'm sure if they felt it qualified.

He literally cannot remember killing his wife. The whole film has the theme of memory to it. Fred madison likes to remember things 'his own way' and its highly possible his selective memory edited the murder out.

The man from another place tells Fred 'they met before...don't you remember' and as an audience were reliant on Freds selective memory. Its highly possibly the entire second half is Freds fantasy.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

He literally cannot remember killing his wife. The whole film has the theme of memory to it. Fred madison likes to remember things 'his own way' and its highly possible his selective memory edited the murder out.

The man from another place tells Fred 'they met before...don't you remember' and as an audience were reliant on Freds selective memory. Its highly possibly the entire second half is Freds fantasy.

It doesn't appear in any online list of films on the subject of amnesia.

You might as well include Dirty Harry as he can't remember if he fired six shots or only five.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

What about Lost Highway then?

Has that anything to do with amnesia? Physically changing appearance isn't amnesia.

It's a film that most people would list i'm sure if they felt it qualified.

Originally Posted by keirarts

He literally cannot remember killing his wife. The whole film has the theme of memory to it. Fred madison likes to remember things 'his own way' and its highly possible his selective memory edited the murder out.

The man from another place tells Fred 'they met before...don't you remember' and as an audience were reliant on Freds selective memory. Its highly possibly the entire second half is Freds fantasy.

I'm of the opinion that Lost Highway is, like Mulholland Drive, a film about memory loss and the implications of (unintentionally) erasing a memory. It's one I'm tempted to put on my list, one that is already about six films too long!