Memento (2000)

Regisseur:

Christopher Nolan

Drehbuchautoren:

Jonathan Nolan (short story "Memento Mori")
Christopher Nolan (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

11. Oktober 2000 (France)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Some memories are best forgotten

Plot:

A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

Plot Keywords:

Reverse Chronology | Short Term Memory Loss | Shirtless Male | Brain Damage | Barechested

Auszeichnungen:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 42 wins & 32 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

The real thing!

Besetzung

Guy Pearce	...	Leonard
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Natalie
Joe Pantoliano	...	Teddy Gammell
Mark Boone Junior	...	Burt
Russ Fega	...	Waiter
Jorja Fox	...	Leonard's Wife
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Sammy
Harriet Sansom Harris	...	Mrs. Jankis
Thomas Lennon	...	Doctor
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Dodd
Kimberly Campbell	...	Blonde
Marianne Muellerleile	...	Tattooist
Larry Holden	...	Jimmy

Alternativ:

Memento (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some drug content.

Länge:

113 Min | Turkey:107 Min (TV version)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

USA:R (certificate #37211) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:16 | Iceland:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 (re-rating) | Ireland:18 (original rating) | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG (censored version) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16

Drehorte:

Burbank, California, USA

Firma:

Newmarket Capital Group

Dies und das:

The movie was filmed in Southern California, in and around the Sunland/Tujunga area. Other driving scenes were filmed in Burbank on Victory Blvd.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Dodd pulls his red vehicle into view after Leonard turns off the road to see what he was harassing him about, the camera crew is reflected on the side as the truck moves from the right side of the frame to the left.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Leonard Shelby: [voiceover] So where are you? You're in some motel room. You just - you just wake up and you're in - in a motel room. There's the key. It feels like maybe it's just the first time you've been there, but perhaps you've been there for a week, three months. It's - it's kind of hard to say. I don't - I don't know. It's just an anonymous room.

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in "High Chaparall: (#2.5)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Motherlode

The real thing!

If you hate reality-based film-making this is awful. If you hate Film Noir, this is ugly. But for me, Nolan has convinced me he is one of the most important directors out there. I was even thinking, "It must be easy to edit a movie so that it's all backwards." But it's not, it's not any easier - and he leaves you straining and watching from scene to scene, searching for the truth. Even the final revelation will affect each viewer and leaves them searching for their own "ultimate truth" according to their own experience.

Most people comment about manipulation in connection with this movie, but after watching the last scene, I'm convinced that manipulation is not the main theme at all. I don't want to spoil it for you, but the basis of unfolding backwards in time is that you are enlisted to scrutinize the film trying to discover some set of motivations behind each character's actions later in time that makes sense. If you think you would enjoy this sort of puzzle, I think you will enjoy this excellently crafted film.