above is a link to Memento, directed by modern great Christopher Nolan. Memento is the story of a man without a functioning memory, he cannot recall his past, warps his scarce memorys into fantasies and fables. He is without a true identity and is used as such by the characters around him for their own secret agendas, feigning friendship in order to use him. It opens with our hero killing a man we assume is his friend from subsequent scenes, then the film is played in revese order to show why he killed this man, who our character truly is and how he perceives the people and world around him.
Portrayed in a striking Neo Noir style, changing film stocks throughout scenes in order to give the audience a glimpse at how reality blends and how events in the past contrats events in the future, but all are slowly lost to the main character, a once average joe, now without a memory passed his wifes murder seeks revenge using a labyrinthine and complicated thesis and moral code, accepting things as what they seem, acting without understanding.
The film allows itself to become whatever it is. That sounds strange but its possibilities that strike this film out, culminating ina moody, inventive and interesting thriller. Something I want to purvey in my short 2 minutes.
Why do you go back to this film and do a textual reading of the opening scene and discuss how it uses (and breaks)the codes and conventions of Thriller films. Your blog must include evidence of research into the Thriller genre.
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