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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Christopher Nolan |
| Stars: |
Guy Pearce |
| Actors: |
Harriet Harris |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Murder · Revenge · Crime · Mystery · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
043396076464 |
| Release Date: |
2001 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 56min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Limited Edition 2-Disc Set, 1hr 56min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (May 21, 2002) UPC: 043396076464 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 56min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (September 04, 2001) UPC: 043396066175 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Christopher Nolan |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/13/2001, p.27, Roger Ebert): "...MEMENTO is a diabolical and absorbing experience..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator who witnesses a brutal attack on his wife. Knocked unconscious, Leonard wakes up with a rare brain condition--he no longer possesses short-term memory. He can remember his name and all the details of his past, but he can no longer make new memories. Armed with a careful system of remembering details (he compulsively snaps Polaroids and scribbles notes, then tattoos the important facts directly onto his body), the distraught Leonard goes on a manhunt to avenge his wife's death. To illustrate the unique and frightening state of the protagonist's mind (he cannot remember what happened even seconds before), Nolan takes a brilliantly successful risk in telling the story backwards. The film begins with Leonard killin... |
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