The only open question is whether the word of mouth swearing its the most gruesome and stomach-churning R-rated horror film in recent memory helps or hinders word of mouth.

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Most of my most memorable experiences in Antarctica are imprinted in my mind, not on a memory chip or roll of film.

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But the film is, above all, a memory piece.

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They all have one thing in common: instead of using light to expose film, they capture images electronically on disks or memory chips.

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After that, you either have to empty the camera into a computer -- awkward on holiday -- or buy memory cards that function like extra rolls of film.

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Both the novel and film have become one in my mind which accounts for my error in memory.

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David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, called the find "one of the most significant developments in memory".

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Directed by Keith Gordon, the film stars Billy Crudup as Fielding Pierce, an aspiring politician haunted by the memory of his girlfriend Sarah who was killed while assisting Chilean refugees.

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Similarly, if you only saw one film and it happened to be the fabulous "Waltz with Bashir" you might have a happier memory of Cannes than if it happened to be Michel Gondry's half-woman, half-chair story.

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