Sci-Fi Short Film "Thanks for the Memories" | DUST | Flashback Friday

Joel Fink is just another bored twenty-something looking for some excitement in an otherwise dull and uneventful life. A curious encounter outside a travel agent pulls him into an unusual world where he’s offered an even more unusual proposition.
"Thanks for the Memories" by Louis Norton-Selzer
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Joel Fink finds himself in a travel agent being offered the trip of a lifetime - anything he could ever want at whatever cost. It won’t cost him a penny but there is one catch: he won’t remember any of it when he gets back. Why would anyone do that? The agent’s reply: it all depends on what you value more, memories or experiences? Joel decides experiences. It’s only when the agent opens Joel’s large file that we see it’s not the first trip he’s been on...not by a long stretch.
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[@ramengahauhnar8474]

This has Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind vibes.

[@mozezo8]

it is like the series 'severance' where group of employees do not remember anything from their daily activities which led them to not even recognize each other outside the workplace .but in general if we focus only on experience and we ignore memories then we will be a prey to do the same repetitive things without awareness

[@soerengerlach4932]

Whoa boy, whoever did the writing and the screenplay deserves a big price, that was so terrific 😮😊

[@njdevilsforlifewoohoo5533]

This needs to be a series to explain what happens to him in more detail.

[@cinemartin3530]

This is not at all necessary, because the conclusions drawn after viewing are quite simple.

[@reneeturnure8601]

This is Serling worthy and would have fit perfectly amongst his Twilight Zone offerings...That is the highest honor I can give a short of this type :) You are definitely made for DUST!

[@mah7961]

Like total recall but in reverse. Also props for having a Polaroid camera from the 80’s. That’s something old retro nostalgia stuff there.

[@peacefromtheruins]

I remember Polaroid is also the central props used in Memento film. I think, It's pretty common in films about memory.

[@riceracerman]

A profound short story about a very personal question - do you value experience over memory or vice-versa? Tremendously done, everything about this was great, and I felt like the story came full circle in its 10 minutes without leaving unanswered questions as shorts often do. Nice work!

[@cinemartin3530]

My applause, it was great. Finally, I had a well-crafted story with a clear message. An important question was raised here about what is more important, memory or experience in the bottom line. And they even answered it. Lack of memory will force us to repeat the same actions, as this will deprive us of the opportunity to draw conclusions from the experience. By the way, I already guessed about this... but now I’m one hundred percent convinced. 👌

[@crestm1384]

Our experiences and the memories of such said experiences influence and shape who we are.

[@cinemartin3530]

@@crestm1384 Yup, exactly

[@oddball-z]

Experience without memory doesn't amount to much... still enjoyed the show and remembered it.

[@黃月牙-d9w]

那個管理員 是妖魔吧 都不會老 所以 如果一個人失去自己的記憶 他還是「自己」嗎 當愛人不記得你 他還是「愛人」嗎 肉體的記憶 是可預估的 而靈魂 是否有記憶呢？

[@BritGirlJay]

wow the ending was really sad... he's lost almost all his life's memories to the excavators

[@rl4195]

This is so good, so underrated.

[@aarond1622]

Zoolander vibes popping up. Totally don't remember all that elite martial training nor the numerous assassinations...but I do have 'killer muscle memory '.

[@qemmm11]

Wow the ending was really sad😢

[@DaleWheeler]

Well acted. Interesting, although confusing, concept. 👍👍

[@rabywuk1]

So weird I going through the back catalogue from most popular down and got to this film yesterday

[@sparky5584]

Great story. Well done.

[@JS-kj6qf]

I remembered!

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

I remembered only that I'd seen it when I recognised the intro, but nothing else. I like to remember, but it does make movies very rewatchable. I wonder how things would go if I was in the situation of the client. Eh, I'd definitely chicken out.

[@PippiLong1]

Nothing like living in the Moment of Memory. Just think before Experiencing it. You are aware of the moment you are in, so don't do anything that you wouldn't normally do. Well, since your memory will be bought and .......... who knows.

[@TheRealSkeletor]

I swear this one got posted just earlier this year. Isn't that a bit recent for a "Flashback Friday"?

[@TheRealSkeletor]

@@hewer3383Sorry I meant last year. As in within the last year.

[@spacebear916]

I also remember it vaguely. was it the same actors though??

[@TheRealSkeletor]

@@spacebear916 Yes, exact same short.

[@diracio]

Brilliant thanks! Missed it originally- aargh- so great t get replay

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

I like to remember, probably cos it's so difficult for me, an amnesiac. I wonder how things would go if I was in the situation of the client. I know when I lose time, and rarely recover anything, occasionally little bits. May as well go for it cos I'd likely forget it all anyway. ...But I'd definitely chicken out. Paying for "free" services by willingly handing over such personal data for The Company's cartw blanche use? Not on my life! And we're nearly there already, so that's super. Cheers to the filmmakers! And to Dust!

[@lightningrose3654]

"How are we nearly there already"

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

@@lightningrose3654 Not time travel & thoughts. That's silly. I meant giving away our info, photos, interests, etc. for "free" services. The internet, an increasing number of household appliances & utilities (thermostats), everything on our phones via providers & apps, TV, listening devices like Alexa, etc., and taken to the furthest degree, our memories. FBook, Insta, TTok, etc. already have the rights to your photos of family, experiences, basically the physical/digital mementos of our memories.

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

A better ending would have been him as an old rich man coming in to buy memories. Like Taylor Swift with her new recordings.

[@peacefromtheruins]

Ahah, nice joke. But when will one find time for becoming rich if he spends his whole life travelling?

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

A very good point. Perhaps he spends only half his life "Experiencing" then either an event or person from the trips changes him"? Remember, even though his memory is wiped, the people he met may still have theirs. They might seek him out, befriend him, give him a job or opportunity.@@peacefromtheruins

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

@@peacefromtheruins Good point. Umm.. maybe a character arc. Someone from his travels follows him back and changes him?

[@peacefromtheruins]

​@@mrwoodandmrtin Yeah, I see. But I would rather come back to destroy this company in that case to prevent further stealing of people's lives, but not buying from it.

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

@@peacefromtheruins That would be an interesting story. What about if the two customers write a note to themselves and force the salesman into the memory extraction chair and his scheme becomes a memory for sale, thus exposing the scam?

[@sirrichard87]

Fantastic ending. A total rewind.

[@kerrydmax67]

I'm sure I've seen this video before...but it just keeps slipping my mind :)....Very clever, and very sad. Thank you.

[@paigerideout6996]

Confusing but cool

[@glennkrieger]

This video shows up in my history so many times...I just don't...rememmmmmmm...

[@kymlindsey7410]

If Alzheimer's was a corporate entity...

[@tommyvz84]

nice, liked it

[@joshhayl7459]

🟦... (Just after 7:44), that salesmans smile is Malevolently Creepy.

[@LukeAshton05]

Very cool 😎

[@nycgweed]

Interesting short

[@Jjjyygvvcc]

Super guys nice story screen play direction editing music sound fx vfx all are perfect keep going guys

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

An even better ending would be for him to follow the courier, then finding a house with a rich kid in a wheelchair, and They break out, and go on a real adventure - for the price he was paying. Probably a much longer film.

[@believeinpeace]

Thanks!

[@scotthultin7769]

260 👍's up DUST thank you for sharing 😅

[@believeinpeace]

That was really good.

[@enes752_Science_of_Kingdom]

Amazing movie.

[@vikinghawk3358]

Wish I knew why he was old at the end ! Sometimes I need an interpreter . Gonna ask my younger kids on why 😊

[@MagpieSue]

He kept going back there until he was elderly because he had no recollection of being there before.

[@donlarocque5157]

But the salesman didn't age.​@@MagpieSue

[@lightningrose3654]

​@donlarocque5157 thats why my theory is that he went there as an old man and not a young one and that the film was him experiencing the trip for the first time. After all the salesman said you could do and be anything you want while on the trip.

[@donlarocque5157]

@@lightningrose3654 OK. I was more Twilight Zone than you. The new stuff, not Serling.

[@lightningrose3654]

@@donlarocque5157 Didn't know they had rebooted Twilight Zone. It any good?

[@okancanarslan3730]

amazing film

[@peacefromtheruins]

I wonder why would anyone want memories of an ageing guy.

[@廣田達巳]

時は金なりは知っているが…本当買ってしまったのか？…

[@cosmiccitizen3726]

Those that do not remember history arecdoomed to repeat it. In thos case in a continuous loop

[@qbert4325]

Nice!

[@mashudasaleh9]

So how come the travel against doesn’t age?

[@CookDogosNZ]

This is an old one

[@Shogun459]

Circular Logic.

[@bigsarge2085]

✌️✌️

[@vicsar]

🤯

[@notsoanonymous2458]

An interesting premise that went nowhere.

[@shaddouida3447]

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[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

☠🧠☠

[@Dankydankdanked]

What's with the guy not aging???

[@peacefromtheruins]

I think, this is about time travelling. They always put the customer back to the same point in time, just before he encountered the ad.

[@richardpearce4988]

@@peacefromtheruins Hadn't thought of that, but it does explain why the salesman is so prickly about being asked the same questions - it's not like he has to answer them once a year, he is essentially answering them on a loop.

[@jasonvaughan5128]

I don’t get it. Just me? Anyone else?

[@FMFvideos]

Wow he was bald the whole time!

[@Reaperofwind]

Same salesman start to finish. Sold his life for?

[@ericerian1811]

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[@ericerian1811]

Host, I'm afraid. of course. Just a home party, alone.