Presentation not content makes this an excellent film

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 2001)

This is a film that makes you think and it takes a while to realise that you're basically seeing the film backwards - not really in flashbacks but almost like mirror-writing, if you know what I mean. It made me wonder how the film was made.
Was the film made in a chronological order and then, by way of very clever editing, dissembled and then re-assembled in an "anti-clockwise" order? It's possible, with the addition of some extra scenes to cement the whole picture together.
It was all very complicated, but it gripped me to the end. Once I started watching it I daren't leave it, because I felt that I wouldn't be able to pick up the plot again easily. I stayed up until 1am - when I had intended to see it over two-nights.
I thought Guy Pearce excellent. Was this the same actor as in "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"? I enjoyed watching his performance in "LA Confidential" too. Joe Pantoliano and Carrie-Anne Moss were new to me but they were impressive. A most enjoyable film, one to recommend.