Life Imitates Art?

In Remainder, the injured man seems to be of the opinion that life imitates art and is, therefore, inauthentic. For example, he sees movies as "authentic," because the actors appear to be one with their actions. In other words, he does not believe an intricate thought process is needed to create action, as is needed whenever he himself does any actions now after his accident. I think that is why he becomes so enamored with these flashes of "memory." They occur to him without conscious effort. Also, I am toying with the idea that that is why his "re-enactors" strike him as authentic: because they do not have to think about their actions. They are given a part, an action, a line of dialogue, and they just do it.