Review about the film "Memento" by Christopher Nolan

The movie "Memento" directed by Christopher Nolan, which is based on short story "Memento Mori", which written by his brother Jonathan. Christopher wrote the screenplay himself, and made a film in record time - just over twenty-five days of filming - and a record low budget - a total of nine million dollars. 

This director is famous for the fact that he can skillfully to make pressure in his films, and "Memento" - his second film it also manifests itself in glory. And Nolan deliberately complicates his task, dropping time in the film backwards.

The main feature of the movie - the story, told backwards. This has two effects. On the one hand, the author keeps the audience in suspense, because in each of the next episode of the characters and the situation surrounding the main character, in which he finds himself, are not those who and what seemed a moment before. On the other hand, only in the end of the film it becomes clear the depth of the catastrophe of life of Leonard.

Even after a few viewings I can not predict what next scene will come. The spectators, thus, are in the same situation with the main character - they are as Leonard , do not know what was five minutes ago, and why he was at this time, in this place, in such condition.

So, the film served as a ten-minute intervals - within which the hero is able to remember something - unrolling the story back to the beginning of the finals, and the main intrigue of the film becomes not the traditional "what it will end!?", but reversive "from what did it start?".

In this Nolan’s work, there are 2 timelines. The audience can immediately distinguish them by the visual effects. One of them is the colour and the other one is black and white. At first, when in the film, these two lines intersect, you can easily get lost in the chronological story of the film. But then you notice that the colour line, it is the reverse order of events, and black and white - direct.

In conclusion, it is not secret that film is perfect. The plot thought deeply and properly. One view may seem insufficiently to penetrate completely in the art of cinematography, so you should take the time to Nolan's work.

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