Nolan a director or a star?

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2011)

Watching Memento needs a little former information on it's director. Christopher Nolan these days looking to be improving his skills, is kind of different from a typical director.
Considering Batman new series & Inception, he is not going to direct a movie which he is not it's writer too & this is what appears to be his superiority in Hollywood.
The only thing I can say about Nolan is that he wants to be his only films star. No matter who is the first role, Nolan's screenplay should be the part which absorbs everybody.
Memento is telling a story on Leonard Shelby who lost his short-term memory in an accident which lead to his wife murder. The only thing he wants is a revenge & he is trying to find the person named J.G who is the suspect of this murder.
Two story lines exist in the film. The first one is moving backwards. Two important events has been chosen, the story starts from the second one & moves back toward the first one. Another storyline is going forward until two story lines get together in the last scene.
"Guy Pearce" that was chosen instead of "Alec Baldwin" as Leonard looks to have a strong personality & is dead serious about what he thinks he should do. His short-term memory loss irritates him and the only way he has found to calm down is reminding himself a person who had the same problem named Sammy Jankis.
Leonard believes not remembering things doesn't make them meaningless. So he continues looking for his wife murderer. However the last scene indicates that he is not going to find who he wants forever. Carrie-Ann Moss known as Trinity in Matrix series tries to be the center of attention by her movements as Natalie but seems to be more pretending than acting.
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