The Amazon is the setting for the movie "Memory." The film follows Taylor Briggs, an American memory expert who travels to Brazil and becomes involved with a mysterious patient connected to the Amazon region.
The Amazon River is the largest river system in South America and is commonly described as the world's largest river by volume of water discharged. Its basin covers parts of several countries, although most of the river and rainforest lie in Brazil. The film uses this remote tropical setting to create an atmosphere of mystery, isolation, and danger.
A common mix-up is confusing the Amazon River with the Amazon rainforest. They are closely connected but not identical: the rainforest is the vast ecosystem surrounding the river and its tributaries, while the river itself flows eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon is also often compared with the Nile in debates about which river is longest.