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In Search of Memory
  • Release Date: Jan 8, 2010
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  • Summary: In Search of Memory is a compelling blend of autobiography and history that recounts the life of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century and illuminates scientific developments in our understanding of the brain's role in recording and preserving memory. In addition to archival footage and dramatic re-creations of Kandel's childhood experiences in Nazi-occupied Vienna and his formative years as an emigrant in New York, the film features discussions with Kandel, friends and family, as well as his public lectures in Vienna and New York, which explore both his professional and personal life, especially his emotional ties to Judaism. (Icarus Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    83
    When Kandel revisits his childhood neighborhoods in Vienna and Brooklyn and ruminates in his sprightly way on the past, the full measure of his humanity comes through.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    80
    It is an engrossing portrait all the same, a generous introduction to someone worth knowing, who knows an awful lot.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Stephen Garrett
    60
    This reverential, sentimental and occasionally bittersweet film only erratically illuminates his (Eric Kandel) ideas. Rather, Petra Seeger prefers to honor Kandel's boyhood remembrances as a Jew in Nazi-era Vienna.

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