TOTAL RECALL

TOTAL RECALL:    Film (1990). Carolco. Dir Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox. Screenplay Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman, based on a story by Shusett, O'Bannon, Jon Povill, inspired by "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" (1966) by Philip K. DICK. 113 mins, cut to 109 mins. Colour.

   At a purported $60,000,000 budget this was one of the most expensive films ever made (though TERMINATOR 2 [1991] would cost even more). Verhoeven, whose sf film debut was ROBOCOP (1987), is a deft, intelligent director good at tough action sequences, but with a strong liking for gratuitous violence which, for all its over-the-top comic-book harmlessness here, still has about it a faint whiff of sadism. Exported versions were mostly cut to the requirements of the relevant country's censorship code.Some of the strengths of Dick's original story remain in this tale of a man who, in attempting to purchase false memories of a trip to Mars, uncovers some real ones, and is pitchforked into a heady sequence of exotic adventures, leaving Earth and fighting with rebels against a power-crazed Martian establishment. False memories clash with true ones and, since both look the same on the screen, it is as difficult for the viewer as for the muscle-bound protagonist to tell illusion from reality. TR is entertaining, information-dense and packed with intriguing detail, but has most of the usual faults of big-budget sf sagas: too great a reliance on grotesque special effects (the bugging eyes of victims exposed to vacuum are merely absurd); with-one-bound-Jack-was-free plotting; and in this case a finale of protracted idiocy in which Mars's long-disappeared atmosphere is replaced through vents in a mountain in a matter of minutes. Ideas are "borrowed" eclectically from diverse sources: an air-machinefrom Edgar Rice BURROUGHS's A PRINCESS OF MARS (1917), disfigured MUTANTS from Roger CORMAN's The Haunted Palace (1963), a two-headed mutant from Walter M. MILLER's A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ (1960), archaic alienmachinery from FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956), and so on. It would take a fresh and ignorant viewer to suspend his or her disbelief throughout the film: sf aficionados tend to giggle through the whole of the second half.

   PN

   See also: SCIENTIFIC ERRORS.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

Total Recall — Título Desafío total (España) El vengador del futuro (América Latina) Ficha técnica Dirección Paul Verhoeven Producción Mario Kassar Andrew G. V … Wikipedia Español
Total Recall — Эта страница была удалена. Для справки ниже показаны соответствующие записи из журналов удалений и переименований. 05:37, 7 мая 2010 Torin (обсуждение | вклад) удалил «Total Recall» ‎ (П5: некорректное по смыслу перенаправление: {{db… … Википедия
total recall — ☆ total recall n. the ability of a person to recall the past accurately in seemingly complete detail … English World dictionary
Total Recall — Infobox Film name = Total Recall caption = Theatrical release poster director = Paul Verhoeven producer = Mario Kassar writer = Philip K. Dick (short story) Ronald Shusett Dan O’Bannon Jon Povill Gary Goldman starring = Arnold Schwarzenegger… … Wikipedia
Total Recall — Pour le remake de 2012, voir Total Recall (film, 2012). Total Recall Données clés Réalisation Paul Verhoeven Scénario Philip K. Dick (nouvelle) Ronald Shusett Dan O Bannon Jon Povill Gary Goldman Acteurs principaux Arnold Sc … Wikipédia en Français
Total Recall — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Die totale Erinnerung – Total Recall Originaltitel: Total Recall Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1990 Länge: 115 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch … Deutsch Wikipedia
Total Recall (CD) — Infobox Album Name = Total Recall Type = compilation Artist = Negative Approach Released = 1992 Recorded = August 1981 July 1984 Genre = Punk rock Length = 51.20 Label = Touch and Go Records Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5… … Wikipedia
Total Recall (film, 2012) — Total Recall Affiche promotionnelle aux États Unis Données clés Titre original Total Recall Réalisation … Wikipédia en Français
Total Recall (película de 2012) — Total Recall Ficha técnica Dirección Len Wiseman Producción Neal H. Moritz Toby Jaffe … Wikipedia Español
Total recall (disambiguation) — Total recall may mean:* A term for eidetic or photographic memory. * Total Recall , a 1990 science fiction film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone ** Total Recall , a videogame based on the above movie ** Total Recall 2070 , a… … Wikipedia
Total recall 2070 — Titre original Total Recall 2070 Genre Série de science fiction Créateur(s) Art Monterastelli Pays d’origine Canada … Wikipédia en Français

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

TOTAL RECALL

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia

TOTAL RECALL

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link