Destiny is like a Hummer that lost its brakes and rams through the alleys of history

Fanny 2022-04-22 07:01:02

Reposted from three short comments with high likes that I agree with:

1. After reading, I believe more in agnosticism, and increase my interest in ontology. 2. Nothing is certain. 3. The camera lens can perfectly express short-term amnesia, divine editing, and divine substitution.

Twenty-six fragments, the last thirteen fragments are flashed back and shot in the form of color films, and the first thirteen main stories are added to the thirteen color episodes respectively, and turned into black and white films to highlight the style of the documentary. Each of the last thirteen fragments is further divided into two halves, and the order is reversed, so that the black and white film sometimes precedes the two halves, sometimes in the middle, and sometimes behind.

The magical editing makes the content of the story show a variety of bizarre paths. In the early stage of memory, only need to burn two photos and add one more footnote, and fate will be like a Hummer that has lost its brakes, rampaging through the alleys of history. , Reiner's self-questioning and self-answering discussion about the sense of existence when he was sober for a moment, it takes several more readings to understand.

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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.