This is a true science fiction classic. Released in cinemas in 1990, Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall captivated millions of viewers around the world with its incredibly powerful images. But do you remember its incredible teaser that, without revealing a single image of the film, drove you to the theaters to find out more?
Just a minute long, teaser for it Total recallwhich can be seen in the player above, plunges the viewer into the depths of space. After the logo of the production company TriStar Pictures disappears into the depths of the galaxy to become a star, a voice from beyond the grave says a few words…
“Your mind. It’s the center of your life. It’s everything you hear. Everything you see. Everything you feel. It’s everything you are. How did you know someone stole your mind?” These are the words spoken as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s face slowly appears on the screen, rotates and disappears… and the audience is whisked away into space, crossing two planets and a pyramid on its intergalactic path to the film’s title track. and the name of its main actor in between.
Perfect teaser?
By sparingly revealing the contours of the plot without saying much, playing the mystery card brilliantly and, in a rather rare highlight, not showing a single image of the film, this teaser Total recall It’s a small miracle. It’s hard not to want to know more…
Praised by AlloCiné viewers with an average rating of 3.9 out of 5, Total recall (which underwent a remake that Paul Verhoeven didn’t appreciate) takes us to 2048 Earth. Haunted by a nightmare that takes him to Mars every night, Doug Quaid (Schwarzenegger) goes to the laboratory, Rekall, who offers to make his dream come true using a powerful hallucinogen. But the experience is wrong…
Total recallIt grossed more than $261 million worldwide, drawing more than 2.3 million viewers to French theaters.
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