Christopher Nolan's Memento - Analysis of the narrative structure of a noirish revenge film

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Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1 (A), University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institute for England and American Studies), course: Decadenca and Modernism in Late 20th Century Cinema, language: English, abstract: Christopher Nolans low budget film Memento (2000), which is based on the concept of a short story named Memento Mori written by Nolans brother Jonathan, was certainly one of the most successful films in the United States in 2000. In most cinemas it was shown for more than 15 weeks in the summer season the most competitive season of the year. While the success of many modern Hollywood films is a result of money, hype and more money, Memento represents a triumph of writing, directing, and performance (Klein 2001). This film belongs to the so called neo-noir and revenge-film genre. In this paper these two genres will first of all be described in detail. Afterwards, the plot and the narrative structure of Memento which is extremely complex, clever and demands intelligence and constant attention from its spectators will be discussed.

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