The Ambiguous Nature of Perception

List creator: AKrizman Created on: November 10, 2002 - 9:53 AM PST Description: Two people can stand side by side and witness the same event, and yet they each walk away with completely different memories of what happened. Somehow the empirical physical data gets translated differently by the individual's neurochemistry.

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	Eve's Bayou (1997)
Kasi Lemmon's demonstrates how illusory the senses are by showing certain events from different first hand accounts revealing just how subjective these accounts can be.
	Waking the Dead (2000)
When Billy Crudup's character thinks he keeps sighting his long-dead fiance. He struggles to determine whether he's been deceived by his eyes or his fiance.
	Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Tim Robbin's character is haunted by very literal demons. When a rational explanation for his visions is revealed, the supernatural explanation becomes preferable.
	Living Out Loud (1998)
In several effective scenes in this movie, we see things through Holly Hunter's id, that part of her consciousness that keeps a running commentary on the events happening around her - trying to will a cohesive narrative on a stubborn reality.
	In the Mood for Love (Criterion Collection) (2000)
This movie only has one scene that exemplifies this concept, but it's a pivotal one; the who-hit-on-who-first scene.
	The Pledge (2001)
Honestly, I didn't like this movie much. I can't go into details without revealing spoilers, but the ending subverts a potentially powerful point about how perception is distorted by obsession.