The first draft of the script of "Universal Veyron" was jointly completed by "Alien" screenwriters Dan Oban and Ronald Shussett. The creation was inspired by the short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by science fiction writer Philip Dick.
The film’s producer, Dino de Laurentiis, decided to let Richard Dreyfus play the leading role, while David Cronenberg, who was interested in directing the film, hoped to be starred by William Hurt. After the "Dune" box office failure, Laurentis also lost interest in the film. Arnold Schwarzenegger immediately seized this rare opportunity and convinced Carolco Pictures to buy the film adaptation. In addition, Schwarzenegger also enjoys maximum decision-making power.
After becoming the head behind the scenes of "Total Memories", Schwarzenegger first set about recruiting Paul Van Hoeven to be the director of the film. Van Hoeven hired the screenwriter Gary Goldman and Shusett worked together on the script. Van Hoeven also hired a number of former partners who have worked with Robocop, including actor Ronnie Cox, photographer Jost Vacano, art director William Sandel and special effects designer Luo Burden.
Most of the film was shot in Mexico City. The futuristic subway station and locomotives are indeed part of Mexico's public transportation system, except that the carriages are painted gray and TV monitors are added. The film was originally rated as X-level, after deleting some violent scenes and using multi-angle framing, it was finally rated as R-level. "Total Memories" is the last Hollywood blockbuster to adopt miniature special effects on a large scale. There are five special effects companies working on the film. The only CGI special effect in the film is a 42-second X-ray scanning of passenger bones and their private guns. Picture.
