Memento

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Memento

Memento is a movie directed by Chris Nolan. It was released in 2000. The leading actor is Guy Pearce. Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano are also in this movie. Memento is a perplexed thriller.
Leonard, the main character, is excellently played by Guy Pierce. He is constantly confused, yet still acts in a nonchalant way. Teddy (Pantoliano) and Natalie (Carrie Anne Moss) play puzzling characters, throughout the whole movie the viewer questions, whether they may or may not be Leonard’s friends.
The characters are not conform the general image of Americans, but that has a lot to do with the fact the audience does not know whether they should trust Leonard’s story or Leonard’s friends. Teddy does not look like an ordinary cop, and Natalie is not a standard bargirl, but the way they are portrayed is too mysterious, to really know who and what they are. The whole story does not fit any description of American culture, but that is what makes Memento a unique movie.
The movie opens with the scene going in reverse, the Polaroid photo of the man he just killed fades away. This is a metaphor for what is going on in Leonard’s mind. The dead man’s blood crawls back towards its owner, he comes back to life, and the bullet jumps back into its chamber. This scene represents the way the whole movie is going to work. This scene is also the end of the story, but we are completely lost as to why he has killed this man.
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