Abstract

In science fiction (SF) films where various personalities such as humans, cloned humans, and androids exist, the memory of the characters often plays an important role. Their memories are represented as flashback scenes through cinematic techniques.
 In this study, the methods of representing memories are classified into visual imagery, montage, and dialogue, and corresponding SF films are examined. Then I look into how the representation technique of memory works on the audience.
 In Before We Vanish (2017) and Oblivion (2013), a method of mixing the truth and fiction of memories was used through visual similarity, and in Paycheck (2003) and Miss Yang (2021), the process of finding hidden memories appears by changing the time when the flashback scene is put in. In Total Recall (1990) and Moon (2009), there are scenes in which memories of the past are recalled through the words of others.
 Memories represented in various ways become a criterion for judging selfidentity, progressing an event, or becoming an element of reversal. Ultimately, memories convey the theme the film wants to talk about. Through this study, it is possible to know the expression technique of flashback scenes shown in movies, and to confirm the effect of the completeness of reproduction on the audience's immersion.

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