Word: memento
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This turns out to be a complex and interesting matter. And Insomnia turns out to be a worthy successor to director Christopher Nolan's Memento, which was last year's most discussible hit. The new movie does not tell its story backward--you're allowed only one gimmick that sensational per career. It is, in fact, a rather conventionally, sometimes almost ploddingly developed narrative...
Insomnia (May 24): Warner’s only really promising offering of the summer is this thriller from red-hot director Christopher Nolan. Fresh off of Memento, Nolan decided to tackle another twisty murder story. Al Pacino stars as a police detective sent to a small Alaska town to investigate the murder of a young girl. However, he accidentally shoots his partner while chasing a suspect, and becomes entangled in a deceitful mess with a local detective (Hilary Swank) and the killer himself (Robin Williams). Reports confirm that the story is not told backwards, or even in random order...
...film” at the right time of the year. Memento hit the U.S. last March, far too early in the Oscar calendar for it to remain in the minds of fickle voters. Especially since, as Rule 3 suggests, remembering it would have made their heads hurt. With the 60 Minutes feature on Nash last Sunday—a mere two days before Oscar ballots were due—A Beautiful Mind is getting just the right amount of attention at the right time. The publicity it has received has only pushed the other nominees further and further from...
Someone ought to produce an awards show for movies that simply keep it too real to win Academy Awards. Memento, Tenenbaums and The Man Who Wasn’t There would top this year’s list. A “Best Ensemble Cast” statue would be awarded. The telecast would last a mere two hours. And we would all be unhappy anyway—left with nothing to complain about...
...hardly art-house flicks. Shakespeare In Love is little more than a sappy romance comedy in period costume, and American Beauty is a jarring but hardly-subtle expression of bourgeoisie suburban angst. Considering this history, it’s no surprise that a brilliant but complicated film like Memento isn’t even nominated for Best Picture...