![]() ![]() Both scholars and armchair academicians contrasted the “real self” with the second “cyber-self.” Expressions like “memory chips” and “virtual reality” infiltrated everyday vocabularies. Conveniently, cyberspace came of age shortly before the film’s release. In reality, it too, revolves around conflicts between true and false perceptions. On the surface, Total Recall appears to be an action-adventure fantasy film. Upon being freed, and able to see original objects as well as cast shadows, the former prisoners refuse to believe that the shadows do not represent reality. Plato described prisoners who are confined to a cave, facing a wall, capable of seeing only shadows cast by passers-by. ![]() We can say that Dick was simply footnoting Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” ( ), which also pits perceived reality against material reality. Dick published “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” in 1966 ( ), as intrigue with LSD increased, and as questions about the parallels between hallucinogen-induced perceptions and material “reality” peaked. That should not be surprising, given the timelessness of the Philip K. A remake starring Colin Farrell is in the works. Total Recall(1990) turned twenty-one this year. ![]()
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