Amnesia

Today's entry should be what we're watching.

Amnesia (this link will take you to library's catalog) is the story of Detective Matt Stone (John Hannah) and his seemingly irrational search for the truth behind the deaths of several women whom he believes were all married to and murdered by the same man. You see, Matt Stone's own wife has gone missing it has been driving him around the twist. He can't remember what happened to her and his reality becomes conflated with what he may remember or may be imagining or even may be dreaming.

In this state, he has fixated on John Dean, wonderfully played by an actor named Anthony Calf. Despite every evidence and his own amorphous reality he believes that Dean has re-invented himself time and again and is this time married to the lovely Jenna (Jemma Redgrave). Dean admits to having amnesia, there is much that he just does not recall and Stone is convinced he's faking it.

But who is faking what? Anonymous letters arrive suggesting that Stone may have killed his wife and the truth in this psychological thriller becomes as amorphous as Stone's daily world.

I loved this British TV movie. The actors, lead by Hannah, Redgrave and Calf, were well cast and believable in their roles. I was kept off kilter and guessing and enthralled by Hannah's ability to inhabit the character of Matt Stone. I so enjoyed director Nick Laughland's work that I'll be looking for more by him. If you like to be a little off balance and like to be kept guessing, you'll enjoy this DVD.

~mel