In Popular Culture
- Peter Gabriel's song "Family Snapshot" was inspired by Bremer's diary, and describes an assassination attempt (with elements from the shooting of John F. Kennedy) from the assassin's perspective.
- Bremer is briefly mentioned in Stephen Sondheim's musical Assassins as a placed member of the audience. The John Wilkes Booth character addresses the audience in the scene titled "November 22, 1963", he asks, "Is Artie Bremer here tonight? Where is Artie Bremer?" The audience-placed "Bremer" shouts out "It was a bum rap, my penis made me do it."
- Bremer is briefly mentioned in Stephen King's book 11/22/63, in which he is the successful assassin of George Wallace in the dystopian alternate future created by the main character's actions in the past, which saved President John F. Kennedy's life, resulting in the eventual election of Wallace as president.
- Bremer served as the inspiration for the character Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro, in Taxi Driver (1976). That film was subsequently called a motivating factor in John Hinckley, Jr.'s decision to shoot President Ronald Reagan.
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