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Memento

Memento

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Key Information
Directors: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Guy Pearce
Actors: Stephen Tobolowsky
Genre: Dramas
Subgenre: Suspense · Murder · Revenge · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: DVD: Limited Edition 2-Disc Set
UPC: 043396065987
Release Date: 2001
Running Time: 1hr 56min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD: Limited Edition 2-Disc Set, 1hr 56min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (May 21, 2002)
UPC: 043396076464
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 1hr 56min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (September 04, 2001)
UPC: 043396066168
Credits
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Professional Reviews
: (03/16/2001, p.2, Kenneth Turan): "...Exceptional....A haunting, nervy thriller....MEMENTO is a provocatively structured and thrillingly executed film noir..."
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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