One of the first books to put memory at the centre of analysis when
exploring the relationship between film culture and the past. Provides a
sustained, interdisciplinary perspective on memory and film from early
cinema to the present, drawing from film studies, American studies and
cultural studies. Adopts a resolutely cultural perspective and unlike
psychoanalytic or formalist approaches to memory, explores questions of
culture, power and identity. Contributes to the growing debate about the
status and function of the past in cultural life and discourse,
discussing issues of memory in film, and of film as memory. Considers
such well known films as Forrest Gump, Pleasantville, and Jackie
Brown.