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One of my favorites.
by Death (movies profile)
Nov 16, 2007
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I re-watched this movie the other night and think a review is in order.
Guy Pearce plays a character with short term memory loss. There's another name for his condition, but I don't recall it. He remembers his past, but an incident results with him recieving brain damage and now he can no longer make new memories.
Pearce's character is covered in tattoos to remind himself of things. The tattoos mainly consist of clues that will hopfully lead him to his wifes killer/rapist and the person that left him with brain damage.
Pearce also carries around a bunch of photographs. His car, his hotel, people he meets. All of these things, in a matter of minutes sometimes will only be recalled by these pictures, and not his memory.
The movie is very well done, the directing is very good. Christopher Nolan (Director) got a few awards for this I believe. The film is told, in REVERSE. The movie will show a scene and then show a scene that takes place in the past, before the story being told (These scenes are in black and white.) After a black and white/past scene ends, then the story will resmue. The next scene will end with the way the last scene ended, connecting the scenes together. It sounds complicated, i hope I explained that right (Did I ?) but when you see the film, it's easy to grasp the way the movie is shown.
Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano play key characters in the movie. The film loves to mislead you, and as it moves foward, going deeper into the past, you realize things. Knowing the character has short term memory loss, he could be freinds with someone who just beat him up, but in a matter of time he'll forget who beat him up, unless he writes it down to remind himself.
The black and white scenes shown are one scene, simply used to space out the reverse story telling idea. The black and white scenes are also the events that happen exactly before the story being told in the movie, the main story.
I can't say much more without spoiling the film really.
The movie has some humor to it. Guy pearce will re-meet Pantoliano's character a few times in the film. He always asks people if they know him and if they know about his condition.
Funny that he knows about his condition, being as he recieved the condition after the incident. As the movie hints at and tries to explain, through repetition he learns. Some things he can't learn though. He wakes up everyday, thinking his wife has just died. It's pretty Harsh, knowing this is a real condition, really makes you get into the film and watch how people use him and how smart the character is.
The movie would only be decent if it was told in order. But the fact it is told backwards (and it is done rightfully so) will always keep you on your toes, keep you interested.
The movie starts with a shocking moment, but why did that shocking moment happen? The first thing that happens in the movie is in fact the last, and you find out the first thing that happened last....Pretty weird, huh?
9/10 - Just may be a contender for my top 10 list, if not close to it. Definetly must own DVD. |
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