The ending song elevates the film

Rozella 2022-04-19 09:01:04

Originally, it was just a thrilling and gripping suspense film "Memento", but when Bao Ye's "Something in the air" came out at the end of the film, especially the chorus part, I suddenly realized what a sad story it was. It turns out that memory is everything to us. Humans without memory are just walking in empty space, and they have no meaning to exist anymore...

The sad tune of the rock song, the emotional voice of Bao Ye, and the infinite nostalgia for the past, the lyrics sing out the deepest sadness of this movie - people who have lost their memory ability will never be able to function normally. survived.

And the audience (me) sitting in front of the screen stared at the scrolling subtitles and the black screen, lost.

We may only have memories. One day, everyone will be.

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Memento quotes

  • Natalie: Get rid of Dodd for me. Kill him. I'll pay you.

    Leonard Shelby: Are you crazy? I'm not gonna kill someone for money.

    Natalie: What then? Love? What would you kill for? You'd kill for your wife, wouldn't you?

    Leonard Shelby: That's different!

    Natalie: Not to me, I wasn't fucking married to her!

  • Leonard Shelby: Hi. Uh, Lincoln Street?

    Waiter: Oh, you just take the main road...

    Leonard Shelby: Hang on, let me write this down.

    Waiter: Oh, it's easy. You just...

    Leonard Shelby: Trust me, I need to write this down.