A complex story beautifully told.

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2001)

I'm glad I've lived long enough to see films like this be made. It restores faith in the idea of film as literature.
The story unfolds in a discontinuous fashion; it is not a traditional narrative. This is extremely appropriate since the main character suffers memory loss --- one thing doesn't stay connected to another. To offset this the main character leaves himself reminders to somehow help him to connect.

On one level it is a murder mystery. On another level it is an intense first person experience of life distorted by the malady of the main character. On yet another level it is a heroic quest for TRUTH. In his quest the main character intersects with people who have a use for him. As the film ends one may grapple with this thought: There are no absolutes!