Total Recall (1990) Film Analysis
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- Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Sci-Fi Action classic Total Recall by discussing its characters, the exposition, and dreams to try and figure out whether or not our hero is dreaming. Total Recall is one of my favorite sci-fi action movies. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside, Sharon Stone, and Ronny Cox.
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The short story that inspired the movie explicitly asserts that it’s all real. But Paul Verhoeven chose to produce a postmodern effort that allows the viewer to have it BOTH ways. In that regard, it’s a bit of an innovative breakthrough!
He made a wise decision! Thanks for watching, sorry for the late reply
Hey everyone, thank you so much for watching. I had a ton of fun making this video. Do you think it was a dream or it was all real?
I've watched this movie 25 years ago. I'm gonna re-watch it tonight and let you know :)
There is enough textual evidence and red herrings to believe both options, but it all being a dream is the simple answer, believing it was all real is more interesting for me. When Arnold freaks out at Recall and yells "you blew my cover," it's because he went back to being Houser, not because he was playing out his fantasy, because as they said they haven't implanted it yet.
I love some of the new graphics you're adding! Glad to see the new video!
Thanks for watching as always Jack!
Knowing how Paul Verhoeven works, I'm sure there's a meaning to Quade's suit being #8 and Melina's being #2 in the opening Mars sequence.
Wow, nice catch!! Thanks for watching
In tarot cards 2 is the High Priestess and 8 is Justice/Strength.
Hell yeah, bro. Top tier analysis. Keep ‘em coming
Thank You!! What film would you want me to tackle next???
You know, a case for it being real, and what truly sold me on it, even before the sweat scene is that Lori tries repeteadly to take Quaid's mind off Mars, before he even knows about Rekkall, which would make sense if the rest of the movie DID happen. Also, it never made sense that the doctor couldn't simply come back after shot, and if HE couldn't why just not send any other staff?
After all, it's just memory implants.
Anyways, good video
Also, why would he have to come back to reality through such ambiguous means? Why would Recall have implants that so thoroughly blur the distinction between reality and the fabricated experience? No wonder people had psychosis. It would make more sense to have the experience as a kind of lucid dream rather than a mind-bending experience that would lead the client to deny reality. That way, the client has had a wonderful experience that can help him appreciate his own life, much akin to watching a very life-like film rather than essentially a psychosis-inducing experience that breaks his connection with the real world.
Good one
Thank You!
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Excellent video, needs more views. Total Recall (1990) has always been one of my favourite films.
It's a great one for sure! Thanks for watching, don't forget to subscribe
Great discussion! I really need to give this film another shot, it's been a long time since I saw it last
It's definitely a fun movie to get invested in. Thanks for watching! Don't forget to subscribe
For an Arnie gun-ho action film, I think it’s probably his most metaphorical in that it uses the typical tropes of action films of the time (strong and bulked Everyman hero, killing the bad guys, getting the girl and saving the planet) but twists it in a way by suggesting it’s a part of the Rekall memory package and not actually real, sort of taking a dig at the genre.
Personally I think it was the memory package gone wrong with Quaid suffering from the schizoid embolism and having the plug pulled and being lobotomised at the end, but again it can go either way.
It’s timeless in the fact people still debate whether it was “reality” or not over 30 years later.
Absolutely! Great analysis. This movie just has it all for me, I could literally watch it at any time and get completely sucked in. Wish I could've seen this when it came out. Thanks for watching. Any films you'd like for me to take a look into?
And sorry this took so long to get a reply out to you
@@KyleGauntReviews Hi Kyle, that’s fine!! Been a bit of busy year for all!!
In terms of similar films, I presume you’ve seen The Matrix and Inception, but if you haven’t you should analyse those movies about the concept of “dreams vs reality”. 😊
It's a masterpiece. I belive that if this would've been with Patrick Swayze it would be up there with Blade runner
Hmmm, I'm sure in a parallel dimension Swayze would be great but Arnold is irreplaceable here!
My favorite film of all time. I love how Quad isn't important and the script is simple and fun. How the minor characters are more interesting then the main character. He is swept into new locations constantly meeting new characters that are always appealing. Quads only important at the end of the film.
He has both passive and active characteristics, which I've always enjoyed. Like you said, the idea of going from location to location with a surplus of money and meeting new people constantly is the perfect way to keep the story engaging. Quaid is like a jacked up version of James Bond in a sense. Thank you for watching
Total Recall is such a classic. It draws the line between fantasy and reality and it keeps you guessing. Is it a dream or is it real?
Love this movie great analysis of this sci fi classic and a huge part of my childhood.
Only one person is very agressive (over-reacting) for quaid is Richter (personal revenge as competitor). All the others key characters are just pawns for the plot of the story without real personality like dream. Richter lives on mars and is supposed to be married to laurie who was in charge to live with quaid as husband and wive on the earth!! it makes no sense. Romance between Richter and laurie or NOT, it doesn't affect the plot the story. An explanation? I like to imagine that richter was ex boyfriend/ex husband of laurie, this is why quaid makes dream about him. just a personal theory. The fact that it is not explained in the movie makes Richter real but he is not!.All the others key characters are presented in the real life of quaid before recall office scene, except richter. if richter was presented in the real life of quaid like all the others, the audiance recognized the quaid's dream in the movie immediately!
Great video
Thanks as always Joey!
When I was 11 my mother bought this tape for me on VHS. I have watched it so many times I can nearly recite every single word in the whole entire movie.
"2 weeks"... has always been a heavy staple in my life. It seems like everything takes 2 weeks lots of aspects of my life especially having to do with religion. Thanks again take care
Classic line! This whole film is so effortlessly rewatchable and endlessly quotable. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed
Good Job! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks David
This is definitely in my top favorite movies
Amen to that! I've just released a review for Robocop today. Definitely check that out. Thanks for watching; subscribe for more!
It's real alright. In my opinion.
The title of this movie should have been called life today as we know it. Incredible review sir thank you
Like so many works of that era such as Demolition Man, it's becoming society today. Shows the impact they still have.
It’s so funny to me that this movie is a critique on corporatism, yet it’s full of product placement. But maybe that was to further drive the point home
Without a doubt! Verhoeven knew what he was doing. Thanks for watching
Also on the screen at recall u can see an image of the alien machine that melts the frozen oxygen
Yup! That's true. Thanks for watching :)
Excellent video, really like the new format, hope we get lots more, Now you need to do a video on something controversial or that trending at the moment to get more people to your channel you deserve more than 40-50 views, how about a video on how the flat earth has changed movies? or how Donald trump has influenced all modern films? lol, or comparing coronavirus to outbreak type movies lol, something to get the masses watching :-)
well if you've got suggestions for trending movies send them my way! Thanks as always Tony
Hey Tony, I've released some new video essays over the past week. Hope you check them out!
Fantastic video again! It’s probably my favorite film of Verhoeven’s. Oh and let me know if you’re still interested in reviewing my film!
Yes! Of course I'm still interested
Kyle Gaunt Reviews Perfect!
As he drifts off to sleep he is entering the white light (rekall machine) and as he wakes (at the end) he is entering the white light
Yeah, I do believe it's a dream..but I want it to be real so bad!! Thanks for watching and commenting on the video. Subscribe for more content :)
It was based on book 📖 called we can remember it for you wholesale. On the book it was real and the the memories recall going to plant on him also really happened. In the movie they need to make changes. Let the viewers decide what really happened? Was he dreaming or was it real?
I enjoy the ambiguity more. What do you think? Dream or reality?
@@KyleGauntReviews just based on my review. I think it was real. He really went to mars. The best evidence was the doctor claiming they never planted the memory.
It's similar to the film adaptation of the Brett Ellis book **American psycho**.......the director(mary harron) said it was meant to be real,but watching, you question it ,as it submerges into absurdity....**the last action hero** played with the same idea comedically........the cartoonist pastel coloured mars colony ,did look dream like,but it's a sort of homage to the action-drama-genre- type, violence and set design.
Interesting angle, I never thought of that. The older I get and the more I get into filmmaking, the more I realize how similar stories can be but good directorial flair and great performances can make them feel like their own. Thanks for watching and commenting on the video! Subscribe for more :)
I used to debate it back and forth without a real conclusion.
But for me its summed up with Melina's image at Recall. The only way they would have her image is if its a dream.
But he dreamed about her before he went to Recall. The only way thats possible is if its real, and he is getting glimpes of his erased memory.
I think they intentionally made it impossible to come to a rational conclusion, so thats my opinion. There is conflicting evidence that makes both options impossible.
Plus the premise of the ego trip is nonsensical. If the implanted memories are "as real as any memory in your head," having 2 weeks of your life where you think you were a sports hero might cause some Schizophrenia.
Coming home from vacation to your loving wife, after killing her a few days ago... might cause some lasting trauma.
Its an amazing movie that Ive seen dozens of times over the last 30 years, but it doesnt warrant this kind of deep thought.
I’m here because we just landed on Mars again
Hahaha, did you find the reactor?
Consider that a divorce
This movie has some of my favorite lines! Thanks for watching!!