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Memento
(2000)
Some memories are best forgotten
Director: Christopher Nolan, rated R for mature
themes
  Starring: Guy
Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior,
Russ Fega, Jorja Fox, Stephen Tobolowsky
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"We all need mirrors to
remind ourselves who we are. I'm no different." – Leonard
Shelby
Why watch this?
Creative film storytelling 101. Its unorthodoxy is its strength.
Plot Summary:
Leonard Shelby is a former insurance investigator who suffers
from a rare form of short-term memory loss. Following an assault
that resulted in his wife's murder, he can remember events from
his past but cannot form new memories. Leonard uses a system of
Polaroids, notes, and tattoos to track information as he
relentlessly seeks to avenge his wife's death.
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Dad's Preview:
Once in a while a film comes along that's truly original. Think of
Fargo
(1996),
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind (2004),
and
Time Bandits
(1981). Memento, as told
by its filmmakers, is told out of
order; characters are thrown at us; scenes are restarted over
and over. As I describe the film, it might sound maddening to
sit through, yet it is not. This psychological thriller follows a private investigator trying to
solve a crime. This task is made very difficult because he has short-term memory
loss. To
accommodate his affliction, he leaves himself notes, takes
Polaroid photos, and even tattoos his own body. By the end, we question our protagonist's sanity, and maybe
even our own. |
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Summit
Entertainment, Team Todd;
Newmarket
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