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Film · Neo-noir · Thriller (film) · Thriller

No, no, really! Memory's not perfect. It's not even that good. Ask the police. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable. The cops don't catch a killer by sitting around remembering stuff. They collect facts, they make notes and they draw conclusions. Facts, not memory. That's how you investigate. I know. It's what I used to do. Look, memory can change the shape of a room. It can change the color of a car and memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation. They're not a record. They're irrelevant if you have the facts.

Leonard
Memento · 2000
★ 1.9
Film · Political (film) · Thriller (film) · Political · Thriller

Going back to when we were children, I think most of us in this courtroom thought justice came into being automatically. That virtue was its own reward. That good would triumph over evil. But as we get older, we know this just isn't true. Individual human beings have to create justice, and this is not easy because the truth often poses a threat to power and one often has to fight power at great risk to themselves.

Jim Garrison
JFK · 1991
★ 1.9
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