Memento

Memento

  • Director: Christopher Nolan
  • Writer: Christopher Nolan,Jonathan Nolan
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: May 25, 2001
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Memento, recuerdos de un crimen
  • "Memento" is a suspense film adapted from Jonathan Nolan 's short story "Memento Mori". The film is directed by Christopher Nolan and starred by Guy Pearce , Carrie-Anne Moss , Joey Pants , Jr. Mark Boone and others.
    The film tells the story of Leonardo Shelby, who suffers from "short-term memory loss", must find the murderer of his wife based on his fragmented memory.
    The film was released in France on October 11, 2000.   In December 2017, he was selected into the list of protected films by the Library of Congress   .

    Details

    • Release date May 25, 2001
    • Filming locations Travel Inn - 7254 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies Newmarket Capital Group, Team Todd, I Remember Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $9,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $25,544,867

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $235,488

    Gross worldwide

    $40,047,078

    Movie reviews

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    • By Zachary 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      This film may not have a unique plot

      This short comment first, this film may not have a unique plot, the following is just another plot I think:

      1. The protagonist injects insulin into his wife, causing her to die. Sammy is a fraudulent insurance customer contacted by the protagonist. Sammy does not have a wife.

      2. Teddy was an undercover drug cop who helped the protagonist find another prisoner who raped his wife, John G, and killed him; he also used the protagonist to kill the drug lord Jimmy (Jimmy Natalie,...

    • By Austin 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      Plot details from a personal perspective - the inner world and the outer world



                    The narration omits the plot of lenny telling sammy's story, because these plots are always reflected in every corner of the film, as teddy said, almost everyone knows sammy's story.

              The colorful plot is a flashback, narrating what happened in the past. The black-and-white plot is a narration, narrating the origin of the past. The two lines crossed when killing jimmy Grants.


      Beginning:

              The beginning of the whole story is...

    • By Gage 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      A few words short

      This film is from 2000. If I saw this film at that time, I would not be able to watch it for a few minutes. All I can say is that this film is too powerful, the flashbacks in the color parts, the events and the scenes are shown in flashbacks, the black and white are in order. The audience understands the truth of the matter step by step with the film. The ingenious layout is really amazing. I admire again, no, it is Nolan's talent. The scenes in the flashbacks are gradually completed like...

    • By Greyson 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      Quotations

      You shouldn't make fun of flawed people.

      To be effective, there must be order.

      You may know what to do, but you can't remember what you did.

      It must be hard to live on a note alone.

      Memory is only a deduction, not a record. You don't have to rely on memory to grasp the facts.

      He watches TV, but he forgets it. Remember the back, but forget the front.
      He likes to watch commercials because they are short.

      Insurance does not protect...

    • By Elbert 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      2014.9.12 read it again

      The first time I watched it in February 2008, I was shocked by Nolan's level. I watched it again in September 2014, sorted out a few points I thought, and recorded it for the record.
           1. Lenny's wife did die of Lenny's overdose of insulin, because Lenny had no short-term memory, he hated his fault, but couldn't face it, so he tattooed "Remember Sammy" on his wrist and thought it was his fault The behavior was passed on to Sammy so he could release his guilt, when in fact Sammy was...

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    • By Cortez 2023-09-29 02:10:10

      Pure flashbacks, screenwriting and editing are too strong. Looking...

    • By Dante 2023-08-21 23:08:38

      There is no urine point in the whole process, but there is almost no bloody horror, which is really awesome. The more you think about the final message, the more warning you will get. People will deceive themselves and selectively remember what they want to remember. More essentially, people will choose to create an unsolvable problem or mystery for themselves because they are escaping from an established reality that they are unwilling to face, and they will be deeply involved in it to create...

    • By Chris 2023-05-27 10:38:34

      The structure is not the best part of this film. In fact, the structure is not very complicated. The confluence of the two lines is the end of the film. What is interesting is that people who have lost self-awareness resist and how people who hate themselves find their way to survive. The...

    • By Milan 2023-05-26 00:08:52

      Finally, I know which part of "JOJO Adventure Yelang Part 6" pays tribute to Nolan. Araki Fei Luyan, I am disappointed with you...

    • By Xzavier 2023-04-16 20:02:54

      Break the narrative into smaller paragraphs, show them in reverse chronological order, and insert parts of a conversation and some memory fantasies into each paragraph. This way of organizing the plot of the old mystery makes the plain plot suspenseful. It also proves that people must pass through complete memory in order to be a "continuum", otherwise they can only be fragmented and misused by others and themselves. The points (instantaneous photos) provided by "Polaroid" cannot connect...

    Movie plot

    Leonardo Shelby (Guy Pierce) has only one goal in life, and that is to avenge the murderer of his wife.
    It turns out that a few days ago, the newly married Shelby couple was attacked by a gangster who brutally killed Leonardo’s wife. Although Leonardo himself struggled back from the death line, he He suffered from a strange kind of "short-term memory loss" because of severe brain damage. From then on, he could only remember what...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    · 1. There is a scene in the film where the hero Leonardo passes by a comic shop. We can clearly see a Batman logo on the window of the store. Later, Christopher Nolan directed "Batman: Hour of War", "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" and "Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises".
    · 2. Before Kerry-Ann Moss was determined to play Natalie, movie stars Ashley Judd, Famke Jensen and Angelina Jolie were all considered objects.
    ·3. When filming the scene...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sammy Jankis: [after being shocked] What the fuck?

      Doctor: It's a test, Sammy.

      Sammy Jankis: [flipping him the bird] Test this, you fucking quack!

    • Leonard Shelby: It's just an anonymous room. There's nothing in the drawers. But you look anyway. Nothing except the Gideon bible, which I, of course, read religiously.

    • Natalie: Tell me about her again.

      Leonard Shelby: Why?

      Natalie: Because you like to remember her.

      Leonard Shelby: She was beautiful. To me, she was perfect.

      Natalie: No, don't just recite the words. Close your eyes... and remember her.

      Leonard Shelby: You can just feel the details. The bits and pieces you never bothered to put into words. And you can feel these extreme moments... even if you don't want to. You put these together, and you get the feel of a person. Enough to know how much you miss them... and how much you hate the person who took them away.