Same here. After looking at the movie name, I can see the connection, but it's just not strong enough for me to identify the movie from the picture.
Not that this should matter in this context, and no idea how common or uncommon this particular "skill" is, but I can often identify a movie that I've seen years, even decades ago, by seeing just a few seconds of it. I guess this is a form of photographic memory. But, it's not only the raw snapshots, instead it's a mix of image quality, content and if I catch a glimpse of it, the story and characters too. Is there such a thing is "moving pictures memory"?
Edit: I did identify "Being John Malkovich (1999)"! Then again, his face appears in the picture.
> no idea how common or uncommon this particular "skill" is
No idea either. But add one more if you’re counting, it happens to me as you describe.
Or used to. Television was an important trigger because it shows movies unprompted; switching to alternatives where I have to consciously pick what to watch removed the opportunity for the effect to manifest.
It's so interesting how we all seem to recognize these images in different ways. I found a lot of these hard to identify, but Star Wars was an easy one. It stood out because it looked like star troopers and the bottom right looked like Leia.
The ones that I could identify:
* Star Wars
* Edward Scissorhands
* John Malkovich
* National Treasure
* Hot Tub Time Machine
* Willy Wonka
* Space Jam
* The Hurt Locker
* Midsommar (this one gives me flashbacks, btw)
* Mad Max
* Fear and Loathing
* Oceans 11
Everything else was too obscure. Curious which ones other people could identify.
Not that this should matter in this context, and no idea how common or uncommon this particular "skill" is, but I can often identify a movie that I've seen years, even decades ago, by seeing just a few seconds of it. I guess this is a form of photographic memory. But, it's not only the raw snapshots, instead it's a mix of image quality, content and if I catch a glimpse of it, the story and characters too. Is there such a thing is "moving pictures memory"?
Edit: I did identify "Being John Malkovich (1999)"! Then again, his face appears in the picture.