Memento is a 2000 American psychological thriller and neo-noir film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his younger brother Jonathan's short story, Memento Mori. Memento is presented as two different sequences of scenes: a series in black-and-white that are shown chronologically, and a series of color sequences shown in reverse order. The two sequences "meet" at the end of the film, producing one common story. It stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with anterograde amnesia, which impairs his ability to store new explicit memories. During the opening credits, which... portray the end of the story, it is shown that Leonard kills Teddy . The film suggests that this killing is vengeance for the rape and murder of his wife based on information provided by Natalie . Memento premiered on September 5, 2000, at the Venice International Film Festival to critical acclaim and received a similar response when it was released in European theaters starting in October 2000. Critics especially praised its unique, nonlinear narrative structure and themes of memory, perception, grief, self-deception, and revenge.
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| Release date: | September 5, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Christopher Nolan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd |
| Editor: | Dody Dorn |
| Music by: | David Julyan |
| Cinematography: | Wally Pfister |
| Screenplay by: | Christopher Nolan |
| Estimated budget: | $9,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Memento Mori |
| Genre: | Thriller |