Abstract

This chapter investigates the French crime film Cortex and the Dutch thriller The Memory of a Killer, in which the main characters are male. Using an approach based on questions of masculinity, ageing, and agency, and drawing on discussions around masculinity in thrillers, crime films, and film noir, this chapter highlights the techniques used by these films to enable the viewer to experience the subjectivity of a person living with Alzheimer’s disease. It also shows how Alzheimer’s disease is employed as a device with which to create suspense. Finally, this chapter illustrates the notion of personhood emerging from these films.

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