Who's in It: Doug Bruce
The Basics: One day in 2003, Bruce woke up on a subway train to Coney Island and couldn't remember his own name or anything else about his life. He turned himself in to police, who in turn had him checked into a psychiatric hospital until someone could come to claim him. To this day, he has yet to recover his memory.
What's the Deal? This documentary goes beyond the Memento-ishness of its subject matter and into the even more bizarre day-to-day life of a man who can't remember who he used to be. Retrieved by family and friends, Bruce looks at photos and videos of himself, shrugs his shoulders and moves on. But maybe you would, too, if you had spent the '80s copying Morrissey's haircut.
Weird Stuff: He forgot how to do his job. He forgot about cultural stuff he's experienced. He even forgot what certain foods were like. So he got to taste strawberries again for the first time.
Weirder Stuff: For someone who appears so desperate at the beginning to find out who he is and what his life is about, he's strangely clinical and distant when it comes to re-befriending old buddies whose personalities he doesn't immediately warm to.
Nagging Question: The movie addresses it from time to time, but there's never a serious inquiry into whether this guy could be faking the whole thing. He's probably not, but the possibility does kind of gnaw at you while you're watching it.