Recognition and Praise of Editing and Film as a Whole.

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2014)

Before watching this film I was aware that it was shown in reverse chronological order. I was not keen on this also knowing that it was coming from the director of the Dark Knight and Inception, which while they are good films I do not hold them in as high regard as others that i have watched seeing as most of his more recent works aim towards purely entertainment instead of the art of cinema. However I was left in awe of this movie and realized how perfect the choice of showing the film in reverse actually was. Leonard's condition leaves him chronically unaware of how he gets places and what he's doing. By presenting the film starting with Teddy's death at Leonard's hand Nolan is able to leave the audience with the same feeling because they are unaware of what Leonard is doing at the beginning of each scene as well as how he has gotten there. I'm not sure where in the planning process that this decision was made, but it without a doubt changed the chemistry of this movie and took it from what would have been your run of the mill neo- noir crime film to an icon for future films to aspire.