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Bored with his humdrum life, seeming everyman Douglas Quaid conceives of an idea to spice things up: memory implantation! In the world of Paul Verhoeven’s “Total Recall,” as inspired by the Philip K. Dick short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” paying for vivid, fake memories has become a mainstream pastime. It’s so normalized that Quaid’s idea to get some memories of a trip to Mars implanted is partially inspired by the most mundane of advertisements, a quick hit that plays on a subway screen.
But while memory implantation is just one facet of Verhoeven’s film, 30 years since its release, the concept remains the most prescient aspect of the entire film. It might seem reductive to...
Bored with his humdrum life, seeming everyman Douglas Quaid conceives of an idea to spice things up: memory implantation! In the world of Paul Verhoeven’s “Total Recall,” as inspired by the Philip K. Dick short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” paying for vivid, fake memories has become a mainstream pastime. It’s so normalized that Quaid’s idea to get some memories of a trip to Mars implanted is partially inspired by the most mundane of advertisements, a quick hit that plays on a subway screen.
But while memory implantation is just one facet of Verhoeven’s film, 30 years since its release, the concept remains the most prescient aspect of the entire film. It might seem reductive to...
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