Rethinking Jean Baudrillard's simulacres et simulation in Christopher Nolan's memento and the prestige

• Main Author: Ahmad Naufal Amirza
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59092
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan taps into the simulacra in several of his renowned works. Tracing their origins to the philosophical masters of the Greeks, the varying opinions on the simulacrum have since evolved to suit the context of postmodern condition. Nolan’s films display a dist...