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This article covers the subject of repeat viewing in the practice of detective film analysis. Analyzing a film requires one to watch it multiple times in order to correct one’s first perceptions that are always partial and often inaccurate. In the case of the detective film, the elucidation of an enigma emphasizes the knowledge gap between the spectator and the analyst. We will show how analysis requires one to remain mindful of the lingering of first impressions. The article centers around the study of three films that repeat an entire part, a scene, or a shot in order to rectify what we saw in a previous instance. This kind of structure is compared to other aesthetic motifs based on a similar two-part visual experience: anamorphosis (distortion and restoration), trompe l’oeil (illusion and disillusion), and polyvision (perception and memory). Nevertheless, it appears that, each time, the repetition device used in these films comes with a call for the analyst to remember their first impressions.