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Apr 28, 2024 · Based on an acclaimed short story by the sci-fi author Phillip K. Dick, Total Recall is regarded as one of the greatest films that Arnold Schwarzenegger ever starred in.
- Liam Gaughan
Nov 10, 2016 · That last one is a real head scratcher. Based on the Philip K. Dick story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi blockbuster Total Recall tells the story of a blue-collar guy who buys fake memories of a trip to Mars, in which he’s a superspy.
- Why Everything in Total Recall Might Be Real
- Why Everything in Total Recall Might Be Fake
- Why It Doesn't Matter If Total Recall's Ending Was Real Or Imagined
Douglas Quaid's Repressed Memories Made Implanting False Ones Impossible
The Total Recall ending does a lot to suggest that everything Quaid experiences in the movie is real. It's explained that Quaid's memory implant was botched, and everything he experiences afterward is real. Rekall is unable to implant the memories into Quaid because he has real, repressed memories of being a secret agent on Mars working to destroy a rebellion there.Everything about Quaid's life on Earth was a construct, including his relationship with his wife Lori (Sharon Stone), who is actu...
Schizoid Personality Disorder Meant Quaid Was Trapped In A Fantasy
While the Total Recall ending gives a justification for Quaid's adventures on Mars being reality, there are also several moments in the movie which suggest the opposite. Partway through his adventure, Quaid encounters Dr. Edgemar, who performed the memory implant procedure on him, alongside his wife Lori. Edgemar explains an alternate interpretation of events:Quaid has suffered a schizoid embolism, and the fantasy vacation he has requested has merged with his real-life subconscious to create...
The Ambiguity Is What Makes The Movie So Memorable
The only part of the movie prior to the Total Recall ending that is definitely true is the first twenty minutes of the movie before Quaid undergoes the memory implant procedure. From there, the two possible options are everything being Quaid's paranoid fantasy, or the events really occurring, with no real options for a middle ground. However, the ambiguity in Total Recallis precisely the point, and the ending sill works whether the events were real or imagined. Total Recall highlights how mem...
- Paul Verhoeven
- Marshall Bell
Jan 20, 2017 · The 1990s Total Recall is one of the great action movies of Arnold Schwarzenegger's career. However, it's also one of the smarter movies that the actor was ever involved in. To this day, it's not ...
Oct 7, 2023 · The actress' face morphs into a puppet, her ear detaches, and the robot mask parts, treating us to a fully fake Schwarzenegger head.
- Cameron Gorman
- Features Writer
Jun 1, 1990 · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox. When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
