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MEMENTO - REVIEW

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Christopher Nolan's breakout hit Memento was a big deal back in 2000 but risked not being relevant for much longer than that, with it being very much a concept movie. Luckily, very few have attempted/risked telling a story backwards so it's looking like Nolan's film is safe for now. The film sees Leonard (Guy Pearce), a guy with a unique condition making him unable to create new memories who is on the hunt for the man, known only as John G., who raped and killed his wife. The story is told backwards and is intercut with a slow-developing strand told chronologically (if at an unknown point in time) and shot in black and white. The film opens with Leonard shooting his friend Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) in the face and we get to see, little by little, how this came to be. Like with Inception or The Prestige , here we have a thriller with a different approach which develops sort of like a maze, almost losing you here and there but ultimately keeping you hooked. Leonard uses v