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| Memento (Special Edition) [2000] | ![Memento (Special Edition) [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EXX4A6QRL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Guy Pearce, Carrie-anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Studio: Pathe Distribution
Category: DVD
List Price: £24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1814
Format: Box Set, Pal, Special Edition, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 109 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060002833254
ASIN: B0002W1AJ6
Release Date: December 27, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Amazon.co.uk Review
An absolute stunner of a movie, IMemento/I combines a bold, mind-bending script with compelling action and virtuoso performances. Guy Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, hunting down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The problem is that "the incident" that robbed Leonard of his wife also stole his ability to make new memories. Unable to retain a location, a face, or a new clue on his own, Leonard continues his search with the help of notes, Polaroids, and even homemade tattoos for vital information. Because of his condition, Leonard essentially lives his life in short, present-tense segments, with no clear idea of what's just happened to him. That's where IMemento/I gets really interesting; the story begins at the end, and the movie jumps backward in 10-minute segments. The suspense of the movie lies not in discovering what happens, but in finding out why it happened. Amazingly, the movie achieves edge-of-your-seat excitement even as it moves backward in time! , and it keeps the mind hopping as cause and effect are pieced together.p Pearce captures Leonard perfectly, conveying both the tragic romance of his quest and his wry humour in dealing with his condition. He is bolstered by several excellent supporting players including Carrie-Anne Moss, and the movie is all but stolen by Moss' fellow IMatrix/I co-star Joe Pantoliano, who delivers an amazing performance as Teddy, the guy who may or may not be on his side. IMemento/I 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. It's rare to find a movie this exciting with so much intelligence behind it. --IAli Davis, Amazon.com/I PBOn the DVD:/b this amazing movie looks crisp and clean in a good anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) picture accompanied by Dolby 5.1 sound. The menu is almost as baffling as the movie itself, but once you master the navigation you'll find interviews, biographies, a tattoo picture gallery and the shooting script among other extras. Most mind-boggling of all, however, is the "Memento Mori" option in the special features menu, which allows you to play a specially re-edited version of the movie in chronological order, beginning with the end credits running backwards! --IMark Walker/I
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Nolan's Genius 2nd film just gets better! November 19, 2008
Universally appalauded when originally released back in 2000, Christopher Nolan break out second feature is quite possibly one of the most original and most audacious thrillers of all time. It defintely can take it's place alongside such modern classics like Usual Suspects Se7en. br /br /Having already impressed with his debut Following, Nolan takes it up a considrable few nothches with this deliciously devious piece of celluloid. After intoducing us to his style with his debut, Nolan's decision to tell his story based on a short story by his brother Johnathan adapted to a screenplay by himself backwards is a stroke of genius. br /br /The idea of showing each last scene as the jump off for the next interrupted by BW segements filling in the blanks of the story as it progresses just pulls you in and keeps you intrigued to the revelatory ending. His ability to disorientate the viewer and to put you in Leonards view point as well as still managing to make sure by the end an intelligent enough viewer has followed the story and got it rather than scratching their head with disbelief. The twist is gradual but it works that more effectively than a pull the rug from under you affect. You definitely get the sense the protagonist is not entirely as trustworthy as he is from the start of the film as the film progresses. The ending works as it doesn't come from out of nowhere, the seeds of the conclusion are definitley there from the beginning onwards. If you get a chance check out the Easter Egg The beginning of the end which allows you to watch the film forwards as it really happens. br /br /Leonard Selby (Guy Pierce) has a condition which doesn't allow him to keep short term memories. We are told by Leonard he was afflicted with this condition after being knocked unconcious after confronting in his house the man who murdered and raped his Wife. br /br /Leonard has learned to keep his memories by taking polaroid photo's or having tattoo's all over his body with vital information contained. This is to assist Leonard in his attempt to find his Wife's murderer and kill them. Nolan decison to use the polaroids tattoo's is one of things which marks this out as so original. I can't recall such a plot device before, it also contributes to the unfolding of the story that is much more interesting and engaging than traditional thriller devices. br /br /He is assisted or maybe not by Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) Natalie ( Carrie-Ann Moss), due to his condition Leonard is open to being manipulated and Leonard can never be sure whether he is being used. Teddy's motivation always seems suspect although that might be Pantaliano's usual casting, it works to the films strengths, not to say too much as I don't want to give the game away, lets say his involvement is ambiguious. Moss's Natalie is a bit of a mystery and Nolan's narrative device keeps revealing more twists and turns about her as the story unfolds. br /br /The use of Leonard's past as a Insurance Investigator and his story of Sammy Jankis (the excellent Stephen Toblowsky) hints at another theory to Leonards situation, Teddy defintiely gives an impression the story of Jankis Leonard recounts to help himself with his condition may have more to it. Infact the film is open to different interpretations like The Usual Suspects. Just because someone says it, doesn't necessarily mean it's true and the nature of the film leaves it open to the viewer to make their mind up. br /br /Quite simply masterful film making, Nolan is simply a craftsman assited by Wally Pfister's cinematography and Patti Podesta's production design. This was to be the first film of the hugely sucessful Nolan,Pfister partnership, recalling to me the success of Oliver Stone Robert Richardsons run of films, both men complimenting each other brilliantly. br /br /Pearce who had already made his mark as Ed Exley in L.A Confidential is simply superb as Leonard, evoking the condition of his character, he hints Leonard may not be all seems and his handling of the role is what holds the piece together so well. br /br /Moss Pantaliano hit their marks perfectly, Moss showing a different side to her groundbreaking performance as Trinity in the first Matrix film, it's a shame she seems to have somewhat dissapeared, the role proves she's capable of more than just dressing up in leather flipping around firing guns while falling in love with Keanu Reeves's. br /br /Pantaliano an actor who always seems to give value for money as well as being one of the best things about the Matrix, he has appeared most significantly in later seasons of the Soprano's is perfectly cast as Teddy. You never know where you are with or where his loyalties lie, he also provides most of the humour the film posseses as well. br /br /David Julyan's who added to the atmosphere of Following brings even more of an ominous feel to the proceedings with his effective score, alongside Phfister as a regular Nolan contributor with the exception of the Batman films, a shame really I would have liked to see Julyan score Begins and Dark Knight. br /br /It Still has it's same impact 8 years later if not more, it seems to have aged brilliantly and has rarely been bettered. Insomnia is a fine film with 2 great lead performances and Batman Begins was more than we could have expected from the Batman franchise but I would say it is only The Prestige which has come near to matching the brilliance of this exceptional film.
"Don't believe his lies " December 15, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Memento" is a film which requires several viewings to appreciate it properly. It has a reverse narrative a la "Mulholland Drive" and "Irreversible" (it probably inspired both of them) and it is gripping from start to finish. The film is about Lenny (Guy Pearce) ,who has been suffering from severe short term memory loss since the rape and murder of his wife. He can recall the details of his life up until this incident, but nothing since it; his memories of people and places fade away in seconds, like the proverbial goldfish in a bowl. As he tries to hunt down his wife's killer , he uses Polaroids, Tattoos and Post-Its to remember key facts and people, but his condition leaves him open to deception and manipulation. The plot is complex and intelligent, the acting excellent and the reverse narrative conveys the confusion and uncertainty of Lenny's condition perfectly. A memorable film.
Seem to be errors with Amazon's product description December 6, 2005
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
Great film, I agree with other reviewers.pReason for this message is to point out that you may not receive exactly what Amazon describe.pI clicked on this 'Special Edition' version and noted that it was a 3-disc edition. I ordered it and received a single disc whose cover made no mention whatsoever of it being a 'special edition', BUT all nine extra features were featured (this includes 'Memento Mori') and the product code number matched the one listed by Amazon.pThis is VERY confusing. However, it does look as if the single disc contains everything. Fortunately, I used an outstanding affiliate seller ('Illuminate') and between us we quickly resolved what appeared to be a problem.pSo - if you order this version and expect 3 discs, that may not be what you actually receive.
Cleaver, great twists, and a totally uniqiue film September 9, 2005
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Momento is one of those films that comes along once in a blue moon.pIts a film that has a uniqiue stroytelling style, its told backwards. This gives the film a uniue edge. As rather than knoing the end giving the film away, it provides shocks and surprizes about the charcters whom you think that you have worked out.pWith some truly brillant acting from the whole cast, Momento is a true gem of a film and not to be missed
 A bit too clever August 15, 2005
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
Memento is a great fresh of breath air its original, smart, funny and sick (The scene with the beer jug at the bar)brIts 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.brThe ending is great if you just stick on, well worth the money
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