Memento (2001)

Director: Christopher Nolan  Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss  Guy Pearce  
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Publisher: Columbia Tri-Star
Format: DVD
UPC: 00043396065987
Buy.com Sku: 40157740
Item#: VC5RJC
Buy.com Sales Rank: 24846
Category Keywords: Crime  Murder  Mystery  Revenge  Suspense  Theatrical Release  Thriller 
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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, English, Spanish, Subtitled
 
The revenge thriller gets an unforgettable new twist with Memento, an intricate crime story about a man with a damaged memory chasing a murderer whose identity he cannot possibly ever know for sure. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Memento has blown the minds of audiences around the world - by deftly forging a reality in which neither the lead character nor the audience knows who is pulling the strings until everything that seemed true flips upside down.

Leonard (Guy Pearce) suffers from a rare brain disorder - the inability to form any new memories. He can remember in detail everything that happened before his injury, but anyone he has met or anything he has done since that fateful night, simply vanishes.

Who are his friends? Who are his enemies? What is the truth? In Leonard's world, the answers to these questions shift and change from second to second. And the more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the deeper he sinks into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises.
 
"A masterpiece!"  Mike D' Angelo, Time Out
"A new classic among thrillers!"  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"'Memento' is easily the best film so far this year!"  Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper and the Movies

 


Editor's Note

MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator who witnesses a brutal attack on his wife. Knocked unconscious, Leonard wakes up with a rare brain condition--he no longer possesses short-term memory. He can remember his name and all the details of his past, but he can no longer make new memories. Armed with a careful system of remembering details (he compulsively snaps Polaroids and scribbles notes, then tattoos the important facts directly onto his body), the distraught Leonard goes on a manhunt to avenge his wife's death. To illustrate the unique and frightening state of the protagonist's mind (he cannot remember what happened even seconds before), Nolan takes a brilliantly successful risk in telling the story backwards. The film begins with Leonard killing the man he's looking for. From there MEMENTO unravels a compellingly disconcerting trail back to the start. As the layers of the story are peeled back scene by scene, Leonard's involvement with two enigmatic "friends"--who both claim to be helping him--complicates the mystery.

Based on a short story by the director's brother, Jonathan Nolan, MEMENTO is an incredibly original film that is so wonderfully puzzling and eerily ambiguous that it will surely warrant repeated viewings.

 

Features
Scene Selections
Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital), 2-Channel (Dolby Surround)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Director & Cast Biographies
Interactive Motion Menus
Theatrical Trailer and TV Spot
"Following" Trailer
Tattoo Gallery
IFC Interview with Writer/Director Christopher Nolan
Digitally Mastered
16x9 Widescreen Presentation
 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Columbia Tri-Star
Release Date: 3/6/2007
Running Time: 116 minutes
Original Release Date: 2001
Catalog ID: 06598
UPC: 00043396065987
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
2.35:1

 
Cast & Crew
Carrie-Anne Moss
Guy Pearce
Joe Pantoliano
Jonathan Nolan - Based on the Short Story By
John Papsidera - Casting By
William Tyrer & Chris J. Ball - Co-Executive Producers
Elaine Dysinger - Co-Producer
Wally Pfister - Director of Photography
Dody Dorn - Editor
Aaron Ryder - Executive Producer
Suzanne Todd & Jennifer Todd - Produced By
Patti Podesta - Production Designer
Christopher Nolan - Screenplay & Directed By

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone
"...[A] mesmerizing mind-bender....A new classic among thrillers....This jolting jigsaw puzzle of a movie grabs you and won't let go..." 03/15/2001 p.85-6

Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...A stylish thriller with a touch of novelty....This mind-teasing puzzle is engrossing..." 03/01/2001 p.34-7

Entertainment Weekly
"...MEMENTO has the uniquely disorienting quality of a puzzle....It's the rare mystery in which every moment lives....Pearce's extraordinary performance lends even the smallest events the aura of a life-or-death search..." 03/23/2001 p.77

New York Times
"...Ingenious....MEMENTO is a brilliant feat of rug-pulling, sure to delight fans of movies like THE USUAL SUSPECTS and PI..." 03/16/2001 p.E14

USA Today
"...A terrifically compelling little mystery..." 03/16/2001 p.3E

Hollywood Reporter
"...Nolan has literally turned the genre inside-out and reassembled it as an intriguing jigsaw puzzle of a whodunit..." 09/12/2000 p.86-94

Los Angeles Times
"...Exceptional....A haunting, nervy thriller....MEMENTO is a provocatively structured and thrillingly executed film noir..." 03/16/2001 p.2

Chicago Sun-Times
"...MEMENTO is a diabolical and absorbing experience..." 04/13/2001 p.27

Uncut
"MEMENTO marks a quantum leap in the thriller genre..." 01/01/2005 p.162

 
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Customer Reviews
Cinematography 5
Plot 5
Acting 5
Overall Satisfaction 5
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5 of 5 One of the best suspense movies Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Keith M Wills from Laurel, MD  

A movie told in reverse? That's the hype. What sense does it make? If you follow it properly, it one of the most clever films made in its story telling. The plot is a typical revenge motive of a guy (Guy Pierce) trying to find the killer of his wife. The only problem is that he was injured fighting with the murderer and now cannot produce memories. He turns his body into a tattooed road map of clues to track down the killer. But once he finds him and gets him, will he remember and be satisfied? Excellent job of acting by Pierce, Joe Pantoliano (Matrix, Sopranos), and Carrie-Ann Moss (Matrix).
 
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