Total Recall is an American Science Fiction film released on June 1st, 1990, starring Arnold Schwarsenegger, directed by Paul Verhoeven. It was based on the novelette We Can Remember it For You Wholesale. by Philip K Dick. At the time of its production Total Recall had the largest authorized budget for a film produced by a Hollywood studio.
Douglas Quaid is a construction worker who has been having dreams about being on Mars with a sexy brunette. After seeing an ad from the Rekall company, he decides to get implanted memories of a vacation in Mars. But something goes wrong during the procedure, and the doctors discover his mind has already been wiped. Returning home with no memories of ever going to Rekall, his wife tries to kill him. Later, she tells him that everything he remembers, including their marriage, is false— only implanted memories. Thanks to a case he left to himself before being wiped, Quaid starts piecing together the truth about himself. Pursued by Richter, who’s working for Mars administrator Cohaagen, Quaid travels to Mars to discover the truth.
In the above painting, I have chosen to paint my most memorable scene from the film. This is where Quaid has to pull this giant red tracking device through his nose with a special tool he has left for himself. After pulling it from his nose, he somehow puts it into a rat which is tracked by the Cohaagen goons. When they turn up they begin blasting away thinking that Quaid must be in the room, after deducting that it is inside the rat they blow it away and splatter blood all over his laptop type thing which is still brodcasting Quaid’s face. How Quaid managed to get this huge red glowing ball into a rat is beyond me, but who cares:)
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