The Lost Mariner

Directed by Tess Martin · 2014

An animated interpretation of Oliver Sacks's case study of Jimmie G., a man whose memory stopped decades earlier, visualised through cut-out photographs.

Cut-up photographs give haunting visual form to a famous case of lost memory.

The Lost Mariner is an animated interpretation of Dr. Oliver Sacks’ case study found in his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. It uses photographs to visualize the rare memory condition of patient Jimmie G.

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