#190: Memento , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir

Genre: Drame/Drama

Annee/Year: 2000

Format: DVD

Memento. This is another great movie from director extraordinaire Christopher Nolan (Inception, Insomnia, Batman begins, The dark knight,...). This movie is very well rated by most critics as Inception will be in coming years. The movie casts Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby a private investigator working for insurance companies. He sufferes from a very special condition called anterograde amnesia induced by a blow on the head. This conditions prevent him from remembering anything occuring to him from one day to the next. Strange. But to really throw you off Nolan shot the movie in two crossing threads: one counting a story forward in black and white and the other recounting a complementary story in color but moving backwards in time. The two threads alternate through the movie until the end where they meet in time. Definitely original and complex. You have to pay attention.

The story itself tells the tale of an investigator obviously struggling with his memory condition trying to find and get revenge against the man who raped and killed his wife. Problem is that the killer is spending his days WITH our main character who does not know better. Really original and interesting storytelling structure. This movie was good on an older DVD i bought but in the last month this movie was put out on a blu-ray cleaned up version. Good movie for those who like their movies a less than predictable; which certainly includes me.

Memento. Un film extraordinaire du réalisateur Christopher Nolan (Inception, Insomnia, Batman begins, The dark knight,...). Ce film est définitvement pour vous si vaus aimez les films plus complexes et sutout impredictible. Guy Pearce joue le rôle de Leonard Shelby un enqueteur d`assurance dont la femme est tuée et violée avant qu`il recoive un coup sur la tête. Le résultat est une condition três rare qui cause la personne de ne pas se souvenir des événements des journées précédentes. Un genre de jour de la marmotte plus intéressant... À chaque jour notre héro continue sont enquête pour retrouver l`assassin de sa femme. Tordu? pas assez pour Nolan. L`assassin accompagne notre héro à chaque jours pour le lancer dans de fausses pistes... Pas assez vous direz? Bien Nolan pense de même. Le film est raconté en deux fils parallèles qui s`entrecoupent à tous les 10 minutes. Un des fil est couleur et remonte le temps; l`autre noir et blanc et se déroule normalement. Et voila le travail. Maintenant il vous faudra travailler pour remettre tout ca dans l`ordre. LEs deux fils se rejoignent au milieu de l`histoire à la fin du film... Un film a voir qui deviendra surement un classique. Nolan un directeur qui n`a pas finit de nous en faire voire de toute les couleurs. Bravo.

Great quotes:

Natalie: What's the last thing that you do remember?
Leonard Shelby: My wife...
Natalie: That's sweet.
Leonard Shelby: ...dying.
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Leonard Shelby: I meet Sammy through work. Insurance. I was an investigator. I'd investigate the claims to see which ones were phony. I had to see through people's bullshit. It was useful experience, 'cause now it's my life.
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Leonard Shelby: I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next.
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Natalie: Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.
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Leonard Shelby: Probably burned truck loads of your stuff before. Can't remember to forget you.
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Link: http://www.otnemem.com/

Rating perso: 8.0/10