在这部备忘录纪录片片中,《备忘录》在新加坡公映后，被认为是一部所有新加坡人都应该看的电影，因为“新加坡人已经逐渐失去了真正本土性的集体记忆，而被环球村的生活记忆所取代”。该片不仅是城市风情画，导演要透过访谈和跟拍，带领观众穿透现代化的华美包装，走进新加坡普通民众的生活，让我们看到这个国家有多么多元的民族组合，又有多么丰富的生活底蕴。陈彬彬的《备忘录》，备的是即将“被忘”的新加坡的过去——老人家逐渐消逝的记忆、残旧而即将被报销的旧影片胶卷、政治力量笼罩下的自我检查。它以知性的影像让不同的历史场景进行对望，让历史记忆得以穿梭于轻松与严肃之间，本片对亚洲整体的历史叙事来说，有着新的启示与激发。
Invisible City is a documentary about documenteurs. The director interviews photographers, journalists, archaeologists, people propelled by curiosity to find a City for themselves. The documentary conveys how deeply personal their search is and how fragile histories are, hanging on only through their memories and artifacts. Interwoven with the interviews is never seen before footage and photos of Singapore culled from their personal archives. In Invisible City, you witness the atrophy of memory, you see a City that could have been.
