False Memories (Shutter island)

I have never seen this movie, but just from reading your article makes me want to see it. This is definitely somewhat a nice parallel to each other. It is interesting between the contrasts and comparisons you made. I was so interested in the Ingram case because of all the false memories that got brought up. I might just have to watch this movie for fun.

I like the analogy you made between the movie and Ingram. This is a movie that i had to watch a second time before I got the plot and all the details. Things like this are what made me want to take psychology. I'd recommend the movie, but it may take more than one viewing to get it.

I would really want to see the movie later during the break. The parellel you've been made actually makes me think more about the Paul's case. He trust his daughters, so he believe it's himself who done those to his daughter. Like the book talked about, the Paul's situation is because of "suggestive memory techniques"(273) However, is it possible that we can implant memories in people's mind, made them believe they had done this with the faith of trusting anything. It's like when you are talking with a friend, they were all talking about the trip you've had few years ago, but you don't even have a single clue. After several times your friends brings up the idea, are you really gonna believe that you've been to the trip?

I love that you brought this movie up as an example of false memories. In class we have mainly focused on the development of implanting fake memories......like the other Leonardo film Inception.....but Shutter Island is all about breaking a human mind to see what is real. good analysis.

When we learned about the concept of false memories i never even thought to relate it to Shutter Island. Great choice, I think it is a great example of how someone can literally become convinced that they did something when they really didn't. Great analysis and points brought up in this post. This movie was a bit confusing the first time I saw it, but once you put the pieces together it is pretty easy to understand.

This is a really cool post. I had heard of the movie before, but never got a chance to. Now I feel like I need to watch it because I will have more of an idea of what is going on. Also your post somehow reminded me of another Leo movie, Inception. I feel like that connects to false memories pretty well because throughout the entire movie they are trying to implant that false memory into the guy's head. But anyways I liked your analogies and main arguments made, well done!

I had not thought about Shutter Island while covering the section on false memories, but the connection is certainly valid. What really strikes me about the movie is the fact that it gives the audience the experience of having the false memory along with DeCaprio. By the end, the audience is still confused which is what it must feel like if experiencing false memories.

Wow, interesting. I really loved Shutter Island, and had not previously connected it with the Paul Ingram case.
However, although the movie is fictional, I would argue that intensive emotional stresses had forced DiCaprio's character to insanity- and it was the goal of the psychiatrists on the island to help him reach sanity again.
At the end, he is sane- but cannot live with what he had done, so he opts for a lobotomy, knowing that it's his only way to move on.
So, interestingly, they aren't really any false memories planted in DiCaprio, as some other comments have suggested.

This is actually a great comparison. However, there is one factor that distinguishes both the Ingram case and the "Shutter Island case" from one another and this is simply the manner the false memories were brought upon either men. In Leonardo's case, he creates a false memory to mask the horrible events that had really transpired whereas in Paul Ingram's case, he didn't create memories himself. If not for the "help" of his friends and families, he would not have remembered wrong. Leo intentionally remembered wrong and Paul's memories were forcefully implanted.

This is definitely one of the best psychological thrillers I've ever seen. Either Shutter Island or Fight Club. At any rate, I kept thinking about Paul Ingram's case as well. It's really pretty humbling to think that our memories may not be entirely ours. It definitely gives witness testimonies in a courtroom a whole new perspective.