When you are only allowed to see or buy one single movie...

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2002)

...then, in my opinion, it should be Memento. The way Christpher Nolan tells this story is absolutely unique. I have never, ever, seen anything like it.

The main story is told backwards i.e. you will see a part that covers the period from 2 pm to 4 pm (not that this is actually the case, time is of no importance in this story, it is just an example used by me in an attempt to clarify the way the movie is put together), after which you will see a part covering 1 pm to 2 pm (or actually 2.10 pm because most of the parts overlap). For this main story color film has been used. These colour sections are separated by parts filmed in black and white film. These black and white parts tell another part of the story in ordinary sequential order.
Because the main story is told backwards the viewer obviously does not know what caused the events to happen. This puts the audience in the same position as the main character who suffers from short-time memory loss. I find the way Christopher Nolan has achieved this effect is very, very clever. I have to admit that during the first parts I felt a slight irritation because this sequence he chose forces the viewer to keep on thinking about what he sees to put it into the right perspective. But when it occurred to me why he did it I was completely grasped by the story.
I hope that we will see many more movies from this very, very promising director.