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  MEMENTO. A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
Memento is one of those films that challenge the viewer to return over and over again.
Memento gives us cause to reflect on human reliance on texts recorded long ago, texts whose “facts” are no longer verifiable.
As "Memento" portrays it, it is the quest for the meaning of life which makes us embrace one truth and discard the other.
www.hollywoodjesus.com /memento.htm   (3401 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Memento at Epinions.com
Memento is one of the most original, if not the most original movies I have ever seen.
Her role as Natalie in Memento is a bit different from her role as Trinity and she pulls it off well.
Memento is the most original movie I have seen in a very long time.
www.epinions.com /content_45124324996   (2521 words)

  
 Memento
The client is the "care-taker" of the Memento, but only the source object can store and retrieve information from the Memento (the Memento is "opaque" to the client and all other objects).
Memento - the lock box that is written and read by the Originator, and shepherded by the Caretaker.
Memento is often used in conjunction with Iterator.
home.earthlink.net /~huston2/dp/memento.html   (546 words)

  
 Memento review
So this year the festival must be thanked for placing Christopher Nolan's Memento in the projection room, a film made unique by his reverse montage and the cerebral exercise he provokes in the audience.
Memento is cut into sequences which, when completed, return to the preceding sequence and so on.
Memento is without any doubt one of the most captivating films to arrive this year.
www.plume-noire.com /movies/reviews/memento.html   (510 words)

  
 Memento (2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Christopher Nolan's "Memento" is truly a rare and exceptional achievement in modern filmmaking in that it manages to be new, fresh, hip, and exciting without ever tiring its audience out - unless you're walking into this film without the desire to participate and actively analyze the mysterious details.
"Memento" is an old-fashioned "film noir"-type mystery thriller with an intriguing, ingenious twist: outfitting the entire film with a style that mirrors the protagonist's own mental condition while giving the poor viewer(s) his own perspective as well.
Acting is solid across the board, as is the writing, directing, etc., but special kudos must be extended to the very talented editor Dody Dorn, who successfully managed to put all of these fragments together and help them flow in a smooth, healthy manner that is not easy to pull off.
us.imdb.com /Title?0209144   (519 words)

  
 SPLICEDwire | "Memento" review (2001)
But as "Memento" continues to turn the clock back, we bear witness to all that Leonard doesn't remember: the events that lead him to this blind act of vengeance -- not all of which are what they seem.
An unforgettable, ingeniously original deconstructionist film noir, "Memento" is meticulously and precisely assembled so that each scene jumps back a few minutes or a few hours to reveal a little more of its mystery.
Like "Fight Club," "The Sixth Sense" or "The Usual Suspects," the surprises in store once "Memento" reaches the "beginning" are so intensely mind-warping that the immediate desire to watch all the puzzle pieces fall into place all over again is almost an involuntary reflex.
www.splicedonline.com /01reviews/memento.html   (1234 words)

  
 AboutFilm.Com - Memento (2000)
These are some of the questions posed in Memento, where Leonard Shelby (L.A. Confidential's Guy Pearce) is cast in the role of a brain-damaged Sisyphus.
Memento begins with its denouement, and each following narrative segment concludes with the beginning of the previous segment.
When Memento comes out on DVD, we will be able to program our players to play the movie in its proper chronological order, and we'll be able to judge better how the story holds together.
www.aboutfilm.com /movies/m/memento.htm   (884 words)

  
 Memento Movie Review by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net
That is exactly how that the protagonist of "Memento", Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce of "L.A. Confidential"), feels, only in his case, he experiences it all the time.
"Memento", however, is perhaps the most fascinating and judicious use of a non-linear narrative, since it puts the audience into the shoes of the protagonist.
Not surprisingly, "Memento" also holds up well in repeat viewings, since it is an intellectual puzzle that rewards the astute viewer with a foreknowledge of where the story is going.
www.mediacircus.net /memento.html   (1223 words)

  
 What is Memento?
Where Memento differs from traditional journal weblogs is that it stores 'mind map'-style summaries of concepts and resources rather than daily entries.
Using Memento is deliberately simple, first you enter the knowledge you want to store, then you publish it to your personal webspace.
Memento is a web-based application that should run on any platform, though you'll need a J2EE compatible webserver.
www.memento.org /whatis.php   (189 words)

  
 DVD Verdict Review - Memento: Special Edition
After giving Memento a pretty decent "standard" DVD release last September, Columbia TriStar promised an eventual better edition, which they are now making good on with the DVD release of a Special Edition of Memento.
Memento opens with a tortured soul named Leonard Shelby (Pearce) putting a bullet through the head of a dumbfounded Teddy (Pantoliano) because words written on a Polaroid™ photograph informs Leonard that, "He is the one.
Memento is a vastly original thriller that lives up to the hype, bringing us an engaging, entertaining and thought-provoking story and is highly recommended.
www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/mementose.php   (1647 words)

  
 Memento (2001): Guy Pierce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Stephen Tobolowsky - PopMatters Film Review
Memento offers versions of this instant again and again, situating you alongside Leonard, who can't ever know, for sure, what any given instant means for him.
Memento's genius lies in just such solicitations to recognize and sympathize with Leonard, to think that maybe his dire designs have a rationale.
At once disturbing and titillating, Memento is quite unlike the usual filmic experience, leading you to the conclusion you've already seen -- the image of the bloody dead guy, whose name, you discover, is Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) -- but never fully explaining each step along the way.
www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/m/memento.shtml   (1286 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Everything you wanted to know about "Memento"
The slight possibility that, in a few more weeks, "Memento" could be taking in more in absolute dollars (rather than per-screen dollars) than "Pearl Harbor," despite the full force of the much-vaunted Disney promotional machine, is enough to make one cackle.
And there's no question that this is a film that encourages repeat business: That is, its puzzles are so intriguing and so impenetrable at first viewing that filmgoers are almost forced to go back for a second look if they want to figure out just what the hell was going on.
"Memento" is like "The Sixth Sense" and "The Usual Suspects" in that nearly every scene takes on a different meaning once you know where the film is going.
archive.salon.com /ent/movies/feature/2001/06/28/memento_analysis   (770 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Memento (2000) (Ws Dub Spec Sub Dol Dts): DVD: Guy Pearce,Carrie-Anne Moss,Joe Pantoliano,Mark Boone ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Like "Jeopardy," the TV game show, "Memento," written and directed by Christopher Nolan, begins by giving you an answer (not to be confused with "the" answer), then lets you try to fill in the question.
The word "memento" means "remember" in Latin, and the story is about Leonard, so traumatized by a blow to the head after his wife's rape and murder, that he has lost his short-term memory.
Memento was written and directed by Christopher Nolan and released in 2000.
www.amazon.com /Memento-Limited-Christopher-Nolan/dp/B0000640SA   (3369 words)

  
 Memento - Guys with Towels
I wrote Memento after the 29th time I needed a simple app to keep little text notes on my desktop, and, as usual, found the only programs available seemed to be either crap, not free, a 7Mb download, or some combination of the above.
Memento is about 345k and does pretty much everything with little desktop notes that I want it to do.
Memento remembers which notes were visible when you last shut it down, and displays them when you next run it.
www.guyswithtowels.com /dev/apps/memento.html   (2132 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Memento [2000]: DVD: Guy Pearce,Carrie-Anne Moss,Christopher Nolan,Joe Pantoliano,Mark Boone Junior,Russ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Memento has an intriguing structure and even meditations on the nature of perception and meaning of life if you go looking for them, but it also functions just as well as a completely absorbing thriller.
With regard to the latter, Memento comes to the same less than revealing conclusion as Spielberg's 'Munich;' revenge is corrosive.
Memento is the compelling story of a man attempting to find and kill the murderer of his wife.
www.amazon.co.uk /Memento-Guy-Pearce/dp/B00005NONQ   (1642 words)

  
 MovieCritic.ca - Review - Memento (2000) - ...noitidnoc siht evah I, ees uoY
Memento's first scene is a good indication of how its story is told: backwards.
At first, I was a bit distracted by his blonde hair, but that was quickly forgotten as Leonard introduces us to his world of Polaroid snapshots (on which he writes notes, so that he can remember stuff) and body tattoos (of facts about his wife's rape and murder).
Note: Although Memento's American theatrical run began in March 2001, it was technically released in 2000 (in several film festivals), which explains why it's part of my 2000 listing.
www.moviecritic.ca /reviews/2000/memento.shtml   (909 words)

  
 Memento movie review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
And that's all I can say about Memento without ruining the whole experience for anyone who wants to see it...and that would be a damned shame, since this is one of the most incredible films produced in a long, long time.
He also wrote the screenplay (based on a short story, 'Memento Mori' by Johnathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan's brother; the story is one of the 'Special Features' on the DVD, and worth reading), creating a tight, fascinating plot that hooks the audience in and keeps us guessing.
The fragmented technique is one that rarely works...but in Memento, it fosters the atmosphere of a puzzle -- a mystery that we see as an investigator might see.
www.attrition.org /movies/memento.html   (361 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | "Memento"
In the climax of the art-noir "Memento," Guy Pearce, as a man suffering short-term memory loss investigating the murder of his wife, kills Joe Pantoliano, playing his assistant, after coming to believe that Pantoliano is the real killer.
It might be wonderful for people who like to come in on the middle of movies, and it's a great way of discussing "tropes" and what have you, but as a way of telling a story it's a bust.
"Memento" has gotten extraordinary advance reviews, and part of that praise is due no doubt to its being a puzzle movie.
archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2001/03/16/memento/index.html   (847 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Memento (Special Edition) [2000]: DVD: Guy Pearce,Carrie-Anne Moss,Joe Pantoliano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"Memento" is a film which requires several viewings to appreciate it properly.
Memento is a great fresh of breath air its original, smart, funny and sick (The scene with the beer jug at the bar)
Its very well acted, but there are problems and the main one is; it is too long and slow which will turn people off and the second is (not the director or writers fault) that being told backwards does start to get repetitive thats why it should have been shorter.
www.amazon.co.uk /Memento-Special-Guy-Pearce/dp/B0002W1AJ6   (1447 words)

  
 Memento   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Memento's fragmented, complex narrative is skillfully executed, keeping audiences guessing.
Memento is a thriller for people who are sick of thrillers, a puzzle movie in which the puzzle is actually worth the time and effort to solve.
Memento is a deliciously taut film noir with more twists than a Twizzler.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/memento   (811 words)

  
 Memento Materia - Home
Memento Materia welcomes you to a number of official 15th anniversary birthday parties!
Visit Memento Materia's myspace page and have a listen to an exclusive preview of "Escalator People", a track from Backlash forthcoming album.
Memento Materia release their free magazine "Get Electrofied #5" at Arvika-festivalen.
www.mementomateria.se   (464 words)

  
 christophernolan.net - Understanding Memento
A first detailed plot analysis of Memento was published in June 2001 on salon.com.
As Klein wasn't able to answer all the questions that arised he has returned to answer some responses to his article.
The Official Memento Website was created by Christopher Nolan's brother Jonathan and gives some background information that accompanies the movie.
www.christophernolan.net /memento_un.php   (197 words)

  
 Memento Easter Egg : The Beginning of the End
Wait for the 'Memento Mori'; picture to move and the pic of Leonard with a pic in his mouth to take up most of the screen (best wait for the words 'Memento Mori'; to be barely visible at the edge of the screen).
I tried this as soon as the picture appeared and also just as it was leaving the screen with the same results.
This worked perfect for me. Wait until the words 'Memento Mori'; are just off the screen, like it says, and press enter.
www.eeggs.com /items/32296.html   (1208 words)

  
 Memento Photography - Art of family photography. Glamor baby portraits.
Memento Photography offers a creative way to capture your family.
No matter if you're celebrating a special event, your children's yearly photos, an entire day with your family or just a simple family outing, we will record your memories through artful, real-life photographs.
Memento Photography captures genuine, candid expressions in an environment where your family is comfortable and relaxed.
www.memento-photography.com   (71 words)

  
 Memento Awards
The Memento Awards showcase fresh, contemporary, commercially viable craft, art and design that reflect the unique character and spirit of Australia.
Since its inception in 1999 memento has generated more then $3.2 million in marketing and promotion for producers of Australian tourism merchandise.
You are invited to see Australia’s best mementos at the 2006 Memento Australia awards official breakfast presentation.
www.mementoawards.com   (272 words)

  
 Memento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Memento is a neo-noir/psychological thriller written and directed by Christopher Nolan, based on his brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori." It stars Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano.
Memento follows Leonard (Guy Pearce), whose head trauma has given him anterograde amnesia, or "anterograde memory dysfunction".
Her role in Memento is minimal, but integral to the story and critically well received.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Memento   (4360 words)

  
 Memento Design Pattern in C# and VB.NET
The memento may store as much or as little of the originator's internal state as necessary at its originator's discretion.
Caretaker sees a narrow interface to the Memento -- it can only pass the memento to the other objects.
Ideally, only the originator that produces the memento would be permitted to access the memento's internal state.
www.dofactory.com /patterns/PatternMemento.aspx   (235 words)

  
 Memento project homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Memento is a lightweight knowledge management system based on the principles of memetics, the theory of memes.
Use it to store what you've learnt, and publish what you know - just like a weblog.
And naturally, to facilitate distribution of the Memento meme this project is entirely open source.
www.memento.org   (85 words)

  
 Memento
Okay, the have the movie start at the end and move its way back to the beginning.
Memento is one of the most original ideas in recent memory, and the resulting film is complex and engrossing.
Shelby's (Guy Pearce, Rules of Engagement, Ravenous) condition began after the death of his wife.
www.haro-online.com /movies/memento.html   (579 words)

  
 Memento Pattern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Here, the source object is still there and all that happens is state change.
So, to restore an object you have to continue to change the object using some algorithms, but then you cannot ensure that the state you get is exactly the previous one - due to hysteresis (it's a known problem of semantics-preserving undo/redo mechanism).
Memento pattern is the pattern that solves this problem exactly by "dumping the entire state and rereading later".
c2.com /cgi/wiki?MementoPattern   (189 words)

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