Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau

An accountant's memory suddenly becomes mixed up starting from the moment the building he is in has a power blackout. He is bewildered that he can't recall even simple particulars of his job and place...( read more  read more... )s he does remember don't exist. Believing he has some type of amnesia, he tries to backtrack what happened before the blackout. Aided by a rookie detective and confused by an old girl friend, he tries to make sense of inconsistent facts while people around him are being murdered.

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G, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Edward Dmytryk

Release Date: May 26, 1965

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DVD Release Date: November 4, 2008

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  • February 20, 2008
    "mirage" is the amnesia-inspired suspense thriller upon the political theory of conspiracy. later on the 1968 "jigsaw" would another follower. this time our forgetful hero(or anti-hero) would be the serious-looking gregory peck.

    peck is a wondering wanderer who suddenly is str...( read more)iken with the conscious that he has no clue about what he has done in these two years, and he only senses that someone is chasing behind him for something from him which he has no idea about. then to discover the truth of the matters, he seeks help from a detective(walter matthau) who runs a office called "aaa" just becuz of its convenience to be listed as the first capital name on advertisement. then he encounters his alledged former love interest who attempts to persuade him into dropping off the quest of his identity....little by little, peck recovers from the mental shock effect which would cause him compulsively to blank out his memories that he accidentally induces the death of some peace activist who turns into philistine bussinessman whom he reveres deeply.

    this flick has the simulated aura of the 2000s "momento" which is based on another more complicated mental disease "short-term repeated memories" which is comically applied also in drew barrymore's "50 first dates"...."mirage" is a quaint piece which might be the pioneer to inspire the consequent flicks on the theme of amnesia.....but be relieved, this flick is better than peck's 40s collaboration with hitchcock "spellbound"...it lacks the melodramaticity of "spellbound", and it's surrounded with the nihilistic atmosphere of existentialism in kafka's novellas, but it would probably be better if the lead was played by someone who emits more flexible frailty and dubious ambituity than the straight-faced gregory peck who is literarily the typecasting of hero on the side of justice.
  • October 7, 2008
    Nice Hitchcock like film. Keeps you guessing.
  • May 18, 2009
    Good Hitchcockian thriller.
  • February 28, 2009
    As far as a mid-60's, suspense thriller goes, Mirage is really one of the best bets one can make.

    It amazes me that this picture has fallen by the way side and is never mentioned these days. It was only recently put on dvd as part of the Gregory Peck Collection boxset. Dmytry...( read more)k really set the mood of New York City and sustained the suspense. There really is no dull moment and in a role where Peck could easily fall into laziness and dull character dynamics, he really gives a good performance as a man who has a bad case of amnesia. Extremely recommended.

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