To me the comparisons have to include that Twilight Zone episode that has the guy in a bar who is vaguely aware that he is reliving experiences and he keeps hearing that noise which turns out to be typing which turns out to be the frustrated writer who is writing the story, balling up and starting over, etc. When the theme came up in Groundhog Day with the bonus of Bill Murray I said hurray. This lead guy in Memento was not my favorite actor even though he did his part well enough. But as a presentation of the theme which plays with the concept of idenity, redundancy, reality, and selective memory, Memento rocks. Great story, average presentation, great suspense, and to say again, great idea. The five people who caught the first elevator out with me hated it.
Yeah, but they'll remember it.
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- jimlouis 4-16-2001 2:41 am
Yeah, but they'll remember it.
- Tom Moody 4-16-2001 9:12 am [add a comment]