![]() Ironically, Niel now works in a bookshop, although he largely sticks to the non-fiction aisles. Yet he does not see aphantasia as a disability, but simply a different way of experiencing life. ![]() And, like others with aphantasia, he struggles to recognise faces. As a result, Niel admits, some aspects of his memory are "terrible", but he is very good at remembering facts. Our memories are often tied up in images, think back to a wedding or first day at school. "I couldn't see any sheep jumping over fences, there was nothing to count." "My stepfather, when I couldn't sleep, told me to count sheep, and he explained what he meant, I tried to do it and I couldn't," he says. He knew he was different even in childhood. Niel Kenmuir, from Lancaster, has always had a blind mind's eye. But this year scientists have described a condition, aphantasia, in which some people are unable to visualise mental images. Most people can readily conjure images inside their head - known as their mind's eye. How clear is the image that springs to mind? It’s then revealed that the entire film has actually been taking place in Nick’s memory decades later (which might mean certain details aren’t exactly how it really happened), with an older Watts arriving to check on her old friend in the memory tank accompanied by her granddaughter (played by Newton’s real-life daughter Nico).Close your eyes and imagine walking along a sandy beach and then gazing over the horizon as the Sun rises. The film concludes with Nick permanently putting himself in his memories (partially as a sentence for his actions during the film, which included trapping Booth in a painful memory forever). He also reveals where the boy has been hiding since Mae saved him – at a white stilt-house in the middle of the water, where Mae had lived for a time before she came to Miami. Nick takes the evidence of the plot and reveals Walter’s son Sebastian (Mojean Aria) as the mastermind, hoping to avoid sharing his inheritance with his half-brother. She reveals that she did genuinely love him, and tried to get back in touch with him during the events of the film but missed her chance. She and corrupt police officer Booth (Cliff Curtis) end up tracking down Elsa and her son, and Booth kills Elsa while Mae turns on him to help her son escape.īooth later kills Mae, but not before she leaves Nick a message in Booth’s memory (which Nick then “walks” into). ![]() Rebecca Ferguson and Hugh Jackman in Reminiscence (Warner Bros)īy the end of the story, the truth is revealed – the son of a land baron (who appeared earlier in the film) hired Mae (via some third parties) to seduce Nick and steal the memories of his client Elsa (Angela Sarafyan), who’d been having an affair with his father (Brett Cullen’s Walter Sylvan). ![]() Regularly over the course of the film it’s revealed that a scene we’ve been watching has actually been Nick’s memory of the scene rather than what necessarily happened, with the action punctuated by his sudden awakening inside the machinery. OK – background established! The film’s events mainly follow Nick as he tries to track down his lost love Mae (Rebecca Ferguson), who vanished mysteriously without a word leaving him addicted to their memories together. Given this background, it’s no surprise that so many people have taken refuge in the reminiscence technology operated by lead characters Nick (Hugh Jackman) and his colleague Watts (Thandie Newton), which allows them to relive old memories. The rest of society is forced to live a damp and semi-nocturnal existence, dodging floodwaters and wading through flooded streets as they live their lives at night to escape the blazing sun. Reminiscence takes place in a world where climate change and rising sea levels have transformed society, with “border wars” over the remaining land still fresh in the memory and “land barons” holding on to what little dry land is left. You can unsubscribe at any time.įirst, some background. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy.
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