“Unknown White Male” is a 2005 documentary film of a Brit in New York Doug Bruce who leaves his house one day, completely unaware of where he is going and what his real identity is. All the experiences he has had, all his things of the past are erased from his memory and his mind is blank like a white paper. He is overwhelmed for everything he sees is his first impression. His 35 years experience is gone. He doesn’t remember his parents, family and friends. Filmmaker Rupert Murray, a childhood friend of Bruce, films him over the next few months.
Bruce’s meetings with his friends and personal tapes can’t bring his memory back and all his friends feel that they have lost someone who is attached to their history. ‘Retrograde Amnesia’ has made him more reasonable, more sensitive and more focused as if a computer has become 'refreshed' after a format. His learning skills have honed and his talks about things have changed. Out of a sudden he talks about existentialist philosophy with his dad which makes the story interesting. He wants to remember things of the past in memory rather than just in photographs.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.
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