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#4 of 35 from The Best Movies of the Decade: 35-1 by leodm92

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#32 of 35 from These Are a Few of My Favorite Films by Count_Orlok_22

“Although I didn't like this movie much, I was totally drawn to it the whole time I was watching just trying to figure out wtf was going on. The guy can't remember anything that …”
#8 of 10 from Movies you DO NOT want to hear the spoilers for! by foboftheyear

“This movie features the single most inventive way of telling a story that I've ever seen. Memento starts out at the end of the story and works its way backwards. This is because …”
#6 of 10 from My 10 Favorite Movies of This Decade (So Far) by amlabella

“Christopher Nolan is among my favorite directors (like Kubrick and Tarantino). Memento may seem like just a gimmick at first, but upon watching, the unique way in which this …”
#9 of 20 from Sean's Favorite Movies by Sean_Rhodes

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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 killin...

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Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone, Jr., Stephen Tobolowsky, Harriet Sansom Harris, Callum Keith Rennie, Russ Fega, Jorja Fox, Thomas Lennon

Director: Christopher Nolan

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2001, January 19, 2001

MPAA Rating: R

Runtime: 1hr 56min

Studio: Columbia Pictures

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