![]() ![]() It doesn't pass up little details of the characters. Leonard is more intricately involved in this story than he even believes. To prove it to herself she arranges a test I dare not reveal. His diabetic spouse is not sure whether her husband is faking his condition or not. The situation involves an individual named Sammy, who has a memory disorder similar to Leonard's. Then there is the series of flashbacks of Leonard's experiences while working as an insurance agent. Other characters include Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss, from "The Matrix"), who also lost someone close and can help Leonard, and Teddy (Joe Pantoliano, also from "The Matrix"), whose identity often shifts mysteriously. The main character, Leonard, is confused in prospects of time and experience, and so are we. However, each individual scene plays running forward, often overlapping, providing us with clear, constructive transitions. We begin at the end and work our way towards the beginning. How can we be in the same mental status with the main character when he cannot remember anything? Writer/director Christopher Nolan has that answer: he tells the story backwards. Not only is the film thought-provoking and unusually absorbing, but it also places us in the main character's shoes. ![]() "Memento" wins this year's prize for inducing the most audience participation. ![]() What is the purpose of revenge if someone cannot recollect or prosper from it? Now chew on this: what happens to guilt if you cannot remember what you did? How can a person have emotions if he does not know where they came from? How can we learn from our experiences if we cannot remember them. There is just one problem: after the head injury, you are no longer capable of creating new memories everything before the accident is crystal clear, but now you cannot remember anything past several minutes. Furious, you pledge your life to track down and kill whoever is responsible. He kills your wife and leaves you with brain injuries. MEMENTO / (2001) ***1/2 (out of four) By Blake French: How is this for a scenario? A man breaks into your house in the middle of the night. ![]()
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