Posted by Noa on January 7, 2003, at 18:27:06
In reply to Movies that feature Therapy/mental illness, posted by bluedog on January 5, 2003, at 10:34:51
I guess one of my favorites is Memento. I loved this movie. I felt that it created an effect in the viewer much like what was happening to the protagonist, and made me think a lot about the nature of memory, dreams, focus, etc.
If you've seen it already, and haven't seen the web site, here is the address:
For those who haven't seen it, my personal recommendation is to see the film first and then go to the web site. But here is a taste of what it is about:
(from Yahoo/Greg's previews): "Leonard Shelby (Pearce) is a man plagued by a rare type of short-term memory loss that prevents him from remembering things for more than a few minutes, so he keeps notes for himself in the form of snapshot photographs and tattos. As the film, which is told in reverse, starts, we find that he is in the middle of a quest to find and kill the man who raped and murdered his wife (Fox). Among the people who (maybe) help Shelby are Teddy (Pantoliano) and a bartender, Natalie (Moss)..."
[http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808405113&intl=us]The web site is closer, I believe, to the story upon which the movie is based, called "Memento Mori", and indeed, the web site is created by the author of the story,Jonathan Nolan, who is the brother of the movie director, Christopher Nolan. The story can be found at Esquire online:
http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2001/001323_mfr_memento_1.html
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