lalyil wrote:
A good word from the mighty Shaz! Thank you

It is. Everytime I see it I interpret things differently. It's a neverending puzzle. I don't think any film was ever able to narrate a story in such a way since. It's a true one of a kind.

Z. Cobb wrote:

lalyil wrote:
A good word from the mighty Shaz! Thank you

It is. Everytime I see it I interpret things differently. It's a neverending puzzle. I don't think any film was ever able to narrate a story in such a way since. It's a true one of a kind.

hahaha mighty

It a real well thought out point. I never thought about the materialism within the film, its opened up a new section of meaning. The film can be psychoanalysed in so many different ways, its amazing how rich the concept is. :tooexcited:

lalyil wrote:
There's a bit in a paragraph I omitted that I took from a book which basically says "the distributors were worried the audience wouldn't be able to take in the reverse narrative and the short scenes, but in a world built on using the internet and video games, the audience is culturally-equipped to handle a non-linear and complexed narrative" - that pretty much says it all. Layer on layer, this film can be seen an analogy of our current world. and us NFers know that Nolan is also not the biggest fan of what you can count as digital technology.

Z. Cobb wrote:

lalyil wrote:
There's a bit in a paragraph I omitted that I took from a book which basically says "the distributors were worried the audience wouldn't be able to take in the reverse narrative and the short scenes, but in a world built on using the internet and video games, the audience is culturally-equipped to handle a non-linear and complexed narrative" - that pretty much says it all. Layer on layer, this film can be seen an analogy of our current world. and us NFers know that Nolan is also not the biggest fan of what you can count as digital technology.

Well i think with the rise internet and video-games we are now being spoon fed everything, its want want want quickly, superficial quick fix highs, its nice how Nolan is keeping everything as if its analogue.

lalyil wrote:"Trauma is fascinating to us, because it is always a temptation for something else, always a mask of another trauma" - Jacques Lacan (McGowan & Kunkle, 2004, p. 134). In Memento, "We are attracted to the trauma of the murder. The mystery, the search for the killer. Like the classic film-noirs. However, the collision between the fictional world presented in the film using Leonard's narrative, to the breaking at the end - the breakdown of the thought that we "know it all", takes off parts of the mask that hides the real trauma of "Memento" - the trauma of choice. The choice of Leonard to escape 'reality'. This conflict also drives the audience away from the desire to discover the murderer, understanding not only that this desire is impossible, this desire is entirely fake - the murderer was not even a murderer. So it's entirely irrelevant. The viewer experiences a kind of dissolution of a fictional world. The film is an endless circle that tells a story through a series of contradictions and ambiguities, even when it seems that the narrative is clear, the feeling quickly fades.

Mason wrote:

lalyil wrote:"Trauma is fascinating to us, because it is always a temptation for something else, always a mask of another trauma" - Jacques Lacan (McGowan & Kunkle, 2004, p. 134). In Memento, "We are attracted to the trauma of the murder. The mystery, the search for the killer. Like the classic film-noirs. However, the collision between the fictional world presented in the film using Leonard's narrative, to the breaking at the end - the breakdown of the thought that we "know it all", takes off parts of the mask that hides the real trauma of "Memento" - the trauma of choice. The choice of Leonard to escape 'reality'. This conflict also drives the audience away from the desire to discover the murderer, understanding not only that this desire is impossible, this desire is entirely fake - the murderer was not even a murderer. So it's entirely irrelevant. The viewer experiences a kind of dissolution of a fictional world. The film is an endless circle that tells a story through a series of contradictions and ambiguities, even when it seems that the narrative is clear, the feeling quickly fades.

I love that. Can't believe I've just discovered you posted this, it's great. Looking forward to the rest...

Threshold wrote:Brilliant!
And the fact you had to translate it meant you know two languages! If I didn't already respect you enough for the essay, I certainly do now!