I was wonderfully surprised by this masterpiece, a totally outstanding film which, on one scene in particular, reminded me THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, remember, the Franklyn J Schaffner's movie starring Laurence Olivier as the Nazi hunter and Gregory Peck as the Nazi Mengele. Laurence Olivier character was at home with his German shepherd and Mengele - Peck - entered the house to kill the hunter. Then the dog attacked Mengele. So, here, you have a sort of cousin sequence, where the "Nazi' dog attacks the Jew...I guess this was a sort of tribute to the Schaffner's film. Besides, I wonder who would not like such a film, despite some unbelievable things; such as this one when Plummer's character uses his credit card. How the hell can he remember this code number if he has memory problems? Or, how could he get out of the senior hospital in the first place? The director Egoyan or the screen writer could have imagined a scene where Plummer could have spied the nurse dialing the code number for the exit door. But except those minor details, don't worry, it's absolutely a must see film. The best among the best for such a scheme. And choosing Jurgen Prochnow or Bruno Ganz in such former Nazi characters is not accidental; remember their respective performances in DAS BOOT and THE FALL. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS POILERS
And we realize only at the end that the evil guy is the main character, and the good one, only a pale supporting dude. All long the movie, we have felt empathy for the wrong man, whilst in usual schemes, we follow the good lead actor from beginning to the end. I love this kind of reverse and unusual scheme. I don't know if you get what I exactly mean.
Review of Remember
