Memento

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Research Memento and explain how it effected your work























Summary of movie:

Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time. Written by Scion013 


Some reviews on the film: 

'This movie without a doubt is a classic dramatic movie which engages its audience through Leonards' complex and intriguing character. Christopher Nolan is a masterpiece!' - Critic Helen Imogen Polycarpou




















CHRISTOPHER NOLAN 





                                                       
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How did the movie 'Memento' affect my work? What inspired me?

  1. I really enjoyed how the movie kept going back (rewind). By Nolan doing this he managed to engage the audience into his movie as they had to concentrate on it.  
  2. His characters are outstanding! Especially with the character Natalie as he made it seems that she was nice and trustworthy (we believe this because of Leonards' notes). In the end he twists it and portrays her as a bad character who is taken advantage of Leonard.  Leonards' character though is even more complex that I though he was as he has already taken revenge but chooses not to remember. 
Nolan has inspire me to try and create more complex character rather than simple ones. Also he has inspired me to try and create a twist in my story which would leave the audience wondering what is the truth. 













Comments

  1. SimonWelsford28 September 2015 at 22:11

    nice thoughts and research... well done. What else as Nolan done? anything there to inspire you? anything he does that has similar traits running though it? check out his first feature "Following". interesting.

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