A movie theater plans to hypnotize us into rewatching favorite movies for the first time—but I would just use it for Witcher 3
Dutch cinema chain Pathé plans to test whether hypnosis can help people forget a favourite film and experience it as if for the first time. The experiment, called REWIND, will involve 30 cinema-goers and begins on 9 November at the Buitenhof venue in The Hague.
Participants will attend a session with hypnotherapist Victor Kraemer, but Pathé says it is uncertain whether hypnosis can erase memories of an entire film. The writer says they would rather use the idea to revisit *The Witcher 3* anew, recalling that they played it at 12 to 15 frames per second on an old computer and spent more than 300 hours with it.
In short
- Pathé will test hypnosis to help viewers forget a favourite film.
- The REWIND trial is limited to 30 people in The Hague.
- The writer would use it to replay *The Witcher 3* for the first time.
Explained simply
Hypnosis is a guided state of focused attention in which a person may be more responsive to suggestion. It does not reliably erase memories, and people’s responses vary, so claims that it can make someone forget a whole film remain uncertain.
Pathé is a Dutch cinema chain, and Victor Kraemer is the hypnotherapist involved in its planned trial. The idea reflects a broader interest in how memory shapes people’s enjoyment of familiar stories, whether in films or video games.