Christopher Nolan

The Dark Knight is considered to be Christopher Nolan’s “magnum opus” of sorts. Boasting a thrilling plotline, intense action, and one of the most sinister antagonists of recent times, it has become a classic in film history. On the surface, we may see it as a popcorn flick, a blockbuster designed to entertain the masses, but at its core it is much more. Nolan’s work contains ethical questions that each and every one of us grapples with in our daily lives. The characterization of these people…

Memento is a movie about a man named Leonard Shelby who suffers from short-term memory impairment and the inability to retain new memories. He is caught in a continuous loop, in which he embarks on a mission to hunt down his wife’s murderer, but forgets his claimed vengeance due to his amnesia, so his investigation continues; leading to more pointless deaths. Leonard uses techniques from the mnemonics process to aid his handicap. For instance, Leonard demonstrates the peg-type method by…

The psychological thriller, Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000), encompass many factors that contribute in resolving the core themes and narrative conflicts within the film. When specifically looking at the final scene, we can analyze the use of camera framing, plot, symbolism, the use of diegetic and nondiegetic sounds and cinematography to depict the themes and narrative conflicts. Memento foreshadows several core themes which represents the entirety of the film and are heavily based in the…

If we are told a series of events in a different way than they actually happened repeatedly day after day, we will actually begin to vividly remember it that way. A great example of this occurs in the film “Memento” directed by Christopher Nolan. Leonard, the main character, has short term memory loss and can only remember the events that led up to his wife getting raped. He wholeheartedly believes his wife died at the hands of her rapist and throughout the whole movie, he tells a story…

Anterograde “Memento” is a movie directed by Christopher Nolan (2000) which follows a man, Leonard, who apparently has anterograde amnesia. After receiving a severe blow to the head, Leonard ended up with a traumatic brain injury that apparently damaged his hippocampus. He is unable to form and retain new memories. Memories prior to the incident remain intact. In order to deal with his condition, Leonard tattoos important facts on his body that he doesn’t want to forget, takes pictures of new…

Albert Huang Mr. Robbins Period 5 3/14/15 Strength of the idea In the conversation defining the all-time greatest director in the movie industry, several names, may never be absent. Among those that legend isn’t a powerful enough word to describe their merits, one name has appeared like the transit of Venus. It’s never as magnificent as the darkness of an eclipse, but has attracted countless followers with its distinctive glamour. It’s always close by the orbit of our lives, but yet so far away…

Done by Joshua nagenthiram Memento is a psychological thriller directed by Christopher Nolan where we see the film through the perspective of the main character Leonard Shelby. Leonard has short term memory and only remembers certain glimpses of his past. The way this film is shot is through Leonard’s point of view where you see how his short term memory effects him with grasping things together and most of the time we’re just confused as he is. The film is shot backwards and is like a puzzle…

world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. They experience something that no one could understand. Two of these people tried to show how is it like to be a mental disorder invalid. Mark Vonnegut and Christopher Nolan. These two men had mental issues, but they managed to survive. One of them is a happy person with his family and the other one is dead. To show what they went through, they wrote a book. In their books they tried to make it…

Gabby Guadarrama Professor Yoo English 301 MW 2:30-3:45pm 16 April 2017 Memento Christopher Nolan’s mystery thriller "Memento" is a rare achievement in modern filmmaking. The film intrigues its audience with and ingenious twist. The audience sees the film through the lens of Leonard (Guy Pearce) and his rare mental state. The film is created in a way where the audience feels the confusion of Leonard and we see what it is like to be in the shoes of someone who suffers from the rare conditions…

The movie The Prestige follows an intricate and remarkable story about the rivalry between the two 20th century magicians, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden. Directed by Christopher Nolan, this movie’s story grows from simple acquaintances to taking drastic measures just to one-up each other, and be the better magician. The movie contains many plot twists, the largest of which was that Borden and his ingénieur Fallon were actually twins in disguise. This and some of the other plot twists were…