Memento

Memento (2000)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Main cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano

Narrative structure of this movie is non-linear, which is in very complicated order like a puzzle. It has 4 or 5 timeline in one movie. Voice is in 1st person, and pov as well.

Themes in this movie are truth, revenge, memory, self-deception, time, perception, grief, puzzle, lying, and manipulation.

Important props used in this film (motif) are photo, tattos, telephone, car, hand writing, gun, notes and camera.

In this film, there are so many special camera movement and great editing have used. Such as, at the opening sequence, scene is going backwards like rewinding a video. During movie, flash-back montage was used. Also fast-forward and rewinding technique has used as well. But most important editing used in this movie will be 'going backwards' scene by scene, as movie runs.

Sound is usually with Lenny's narrative voice. So its usually non-digestic.

Genre of this movie is Thriller, Crime, and Drama




Score of this movie;

★★★★☆

: At the beginning of this movie, I was so confused.

Because I thought 'going backward' was just at opening scene, not the entire movie.

But after few scene have passed, I got used to it and thought it was entertaining.

I think this movie requires a lots of thinking.

Because it is in 1st person's point of view, we don't know if other character is bad or good.

Like Teddy, the police. I thought he was a fake police, which was same thinking with Lenny.

With the ending, it was also confusing. So which is truth and which is not?

Before I think a lot about the ending, I thought Teddy was right. but after, I don't know...

...Throught out this film, it is so confusing.

I think Director likes to not give solid ending.

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