A fresh approach in the field of automobile safety, Memento uses picture and sound contrapuntally. Photographed in an automobile “graveyard”, the film presents a picture study of cars irreparably smashed in accidents, while the sound track reconstructs the voices of the participants of three particular accidents.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006923
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles - Safety measures
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic accidents
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)