Revealing polaroid

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 2002)

Unique now and then. Memento is an ever revealing polaroid. Be ready to stare at the screen for two immersing hours. This is one of the bests movies i have ever seen. Too intelligent. What could be just another noir with a surprising end became better: a unique film. First, because the end is the beginning and the beginning is the end. You are going to watch a movie invertedly, and it is not enough: the script complicates it much more, but through a way which exacts from you more than mere perception. The history works deeply with the strange amnesia that confuses the poor avenger (Guy Pearce). You and him just don't know who to trust. Initially, you know the result of investigations (shown in the beginning), that is a scene where Guy Pearce appears killing a man, but... is he the true killer who he's looking for? you will have the answer at the end, or better, at the beginning.
Memento already became an atemporal film, of course no one would try to edit a film like it is. And everything is carefully thought: the black & white scenes along the film allow we differ in memory the chronology; the mementos in Pearce's body are an inteligent method and characterize the protagonist; the polaroid is another great idea, just like the sensation we have watching the film, but in the film it appears losing focus, back to front.