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At the end of the movie when Richard grasps the new 1979 Lincoln penny, the realization of the time paradox jerks him back to 1980. However, when he's rowing in the boat with Elise she comments on the melody he's humming and he pauses, realizing it didn't exist in 1912, and then covers by saying he'll introduce it to her some time. Why didn't this realization of the time paradox send him back to 1980? After all, it was his self hypnosis that brought him to 1912, meaning the power of his mind was holding him there in 1912. The time paradox realization of the penny was sufficient to break his mind's hold on 1912 so the music paradox should have done the same thing. Similarly, when he tells the clerk the room he's supposed to get and the correct time of his data entry (Bingo!) as he remembered from seeing it in the old register in 1980, that also demonstrates the realization of a time paradox. When he tells Arthur, "See you around Arthur" and Arthur asks if they've met before Richard lies "No". Again, time paradox realization. When he first meets Elise at the lake, he tells her he's come so far to be with her. Time paradox realization again. When Richard tells Elise on their afternoon walk that the watch was given to him as explanation of where he got it, he was definitely thinking of the time paradox. Without watching the film again and looking for more evidence like this (I always get too into the movie to ever do that) I'm sure there would be other incidents like these. I suppose all Richard's mental hiccups could be dismissed for not sending him back to the future (another great movie) as they were only thoughts, but the physical reality of the penny was sufficient, even though the physical penny created a thought in his mind, breaking his hold on 1912. This was demonstrated by Richard's initial failed attempt when he realized the physical presence of the cassette tape recorder prevented his mind from taking him to 1912. I guess objects are more powerful than ideas in cases of hypnotic time travel.

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Ovunque nel tempo (1980)

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