Memento

Memento, directed by Christopher Nolan, is one of the most inventive, mind-bending movies I have ever seen. It follows Leonard Shelby, played by Guy Pearce, a man who is unable to make new memories. The film follows his attempts to track down and kill the man who murdered his wife. How he manages to keep track of what he's found is a series of tatoos and polariods that he uses to reconize important people and places.
What makes this film so interesting is that the story is told out of order and told in the sections that he remembers (the non-chronological story telling kinda reminded me of Pulp Fiction). Because of this it effectivly puts you in the shoes of Leonard. People seem to reconize him but you're not sure, people may have good intentions or they might be exploiting his condition. It really puts you on your toes because even with the characters you've spent so much time with could actually have totally different intentions. Even the polaroids that he completly relies on might be inaccurate. When I approached the movie I was partially expecting it to be just a gimmick, but it really shows you in a sense how it feels to be Leonard. Nolan took what could have been incredibly confusing and stupid and made it more coherent than most regular movies today. It creates such a strong feeling of darkness and confusion, and I feel that it accomplishes in a lot of ways what Veritgo failed to do. Basically it was incredibly cool. And in addition to the innovative storytelling the film has great performances by Guy Pearce and Carrie-Ann Moss and the cinnemotography is supperb. Memento is one of those films that makes you reevaluate the way you approach movies, and it's one of my favorites. Go see it, I implore you.