Join McEvoy Arts at the Roxie Theater on July 12 for a special 35mm screening of Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' (2000), a modern film noir about an amnesiac widower seeking vengeance upon the man who murdered his wife.
Adapted by Nolan from his brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori," the film unfolds along two reverse-engineered narrative tracks: one shot in black-and-white and proceeding in chronological order, the other shot in color and moving backwards in time. In each, the widower, Leonard Shelby, obsessively searches for clues about the wanted man, a certain "John G.," defying his amnesia by writing new pieces of information on polaroid photos and even tattooing his own body. The more the movie's jigsaw pieces snap into place, the less sure we become of Leonard Shelby's reliability as narrator, until the two halves of the story dovetail in a stunning final twist that forces us to rethink everything that has come before.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Revisit the Nolan classic before his new epic 'Oppenheimer' is released on July 21! This screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibit 'What are words worth?' at McEvoy Arts.
$5-15.
Presented by McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
show less
Adapted by Nolan from his brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori," the film unfolds along two reverse-engineered narrative tracks: one shot in black-and-white and proceeding in chronological order, the other shot in color and moving backwards in time. In each, the widower, Leonard Shelby, obsessively searches for clues about the wanted man, a certain "John G.," defying his amnesia by writing new pieces of information on polaroid photos and even tattooing his own body. The more the movie's jigsaw pieces snap into place, the less sure we become of Leonard Shelby's reliability as narrator, until the two halves of the story dovetail in a stunning final twist that forces us to rethink everything that has come before.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Revisit the Nolan classic before his new epic 'Oppenheimer' is released on July 21! This screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibit 'What are words worth?' at McEvoy Arts.
$5-15.
Presented by McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
Join McEvoy Arts at the Roxie Theater on July 12 for a special 35mm screening of Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' (2000), a modern film noir about an amnesiac widower seeking vengeance upon the man who murdered his wife.
Adapted by Nolan from his brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori," the film unfolds along two reverse-engineered narrative tracks: one shot in black-and-white and proceeding in chronological order, the other shot in color and moving backwards in time. In each, the widower, Leonard Shelby, obsessively searches for clues about the wanted man, a certain "John G.," defying his amnesia by writing new pieces of information on polaroid photos and even tattooing his own body. The more the movie's jigsaw pieces snap into place, the less sure we become of Leonard Shelby's reliability as narrator, until the two halves of the story dovetail in a stunning final twist that forces us to rethink everything that has come before.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Revisit the Nolan classic before his new epic 'Oppenheimer' is released on July 21! This screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibit 'What are words worth?' at McEvoy Arts.
$5-15.
Presented by McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
read more
Adapted by Nolan from his brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori," the film unfolds along two reverse-engineered narrative tracks: one shot in black-and-white and proceeding in chronological order, the other shot in color and moving backwards in time. In each, the widower, Leonard Shelby, obsessively searches for clues about the wanted man, a certain "John G.," defying his amnesia by writing new pieces of information on polaroid photos and even tattooing his own body. The more the movie's jigsaw pieces snap into place, the less sure we become of Leonard Shelby's reliability as narrator, until the two halves of the story dovetail in a stunning final twist that forces us to rethink everything that has come before.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Revisit the Nolan classic before his new epic 'Oppenheimer' is released on July 21! This screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibit 'What are words worth?' at McEvoy Arts.
$5-15.
Presented by McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
show less
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