Ever watch MEMENTO backwards? - Democratic Underground

Paragon

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:32 PM
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Ever watch MEMENTO backwards?

There's an option (you have to hunt for it) on the special edition DVD that lets you watch the movie, chapter by chapter, backwards. This way, you get to see the timeline "in order".

It starts by playing the end credits backwards, the names going UP the screen instead of down. Cool.

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Uzybone

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:34 PM
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1. That would be really cool

I loved that movie. That could make me go get the DVD.

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Paragon

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Tue Jul-22-03 06:06 PM
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9. Make sure you get the Limited Edition

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000640SA/qid=1058915131/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-4502620-0189414?v=glance&s=dvd

Looks like this:

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Uzybone

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Tue Jul-22-03 11:08 PM
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16. Thanks for the heads up

Im gonna get it. You guys are too helpful

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Cha

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:34 PM
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2. No, but I would like to someday!! Thanks for telling that!

:kick:

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Gman

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:37 PM
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3. Maybe it would make more sense

Really strange, but good movie.

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Paragon

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:44 PM
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4. WARNING

The navigation on the Special Edition DVD is designed like a mental aptitute test on a microfiche machine. Really.

Super cool and eccentric, but might frustrate the shit out of Joe Moviegoer. I had to go to dvdeastereggs.com to figure out how to make it work:

http://www.dvdeastereggs.com/showEgg.php?eggid=734&grabEggs=m

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ChillEB

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:46 PM
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5. One of my all time faves...

Watching it that way can't be quite as good, though. Must start out pretty slow, since isn't the 'beginning' just 20 minutes of black and white, of Guy talking to "Teddy" about Sammy Jenkis?

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Paragon

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:51 PM
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6. No.

Edited on Tue Jul-22-03 06:00 PM by Paragon

Duh. See below.

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Paragon

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Tue Jul-22-03 05:59 PM
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7. Whoops!

Edited on Tue Jul-22-03 06:04 PM by Paragon

Yes, that IS how it's presented -- I just popped it in. It's not ALL talking to "Teddy" on the phone...there's all of that "you really need to have a system" voiceover, with him checking out his tats and maps, and Sammy's tests and injections of his wife, and Leonard's meeting with Sammy's wife.

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ant

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Tue Jul-22-03 06:02 PM
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8. you made me remember this article

http://archive.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/06/28/memento_analysis/index3.html

So, if you want to look at the story as it would actually transpire chronologically, rather than in the disjointed way Nolan presents it -- oh, will this ever be fun to do on DVD! -- you would watch the black-and-white scenes in the same order (1 to 21), followed by the black-and-white/color transition scene (22/A). You would then have to watch the remaining color scenes in reverse order, from B up to V, finishing with the opening credit sequence, in which we see Teddy meet his maker at Leonard's hands:

(snip)

Reading the film this way, here's what happens in real-world chronology. While things may seem confusing when you first watch the film, Nolan has been very careful to make sure that, when reassembled, everything in the main part of the film -- everyone's behavior and motivations -- makes perfect sense.

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Spirochete

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Tue Jul-22-03 06:47 PM
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10. Really?

I was gonna do that, except I thought I was going to have to program the machine to do it. This makes it easier. I just got the DVD not too long ago.

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Paragon

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Tue Jul-22-03 06:50 PM
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11. see post #9

You've got to have that edition in order for it to work.

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Spirochete

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Tue Jul-22-03 08:19 PM
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14. Yes

I do have that edition. Still having fun clicking on all the words and pictures to see what comes up.

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Paragon

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Tue Jul-22-03 07:51 PM
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12. One more thing

The first scene (where the Polaroid "undevelops", slips back into the camera, and the bullet flies back into Leonard's gun from Teddy's head) plays FORWARD AT THE END in this backward version, so that Teddy is shot, the picture is taken, and we watch it develop -- as the opening credits roll backwards.

Fuckin' A. :D

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Kat45

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Tue Jul-22-03 07:57 PM
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13. I'd love to see that!

I even went to the theater twice to see it, plus seeing it later on video. I love that movie.

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dofus

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Tue Jul-22-03 08:45 PM
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15. One of my favorite movies of all time.

I saw it three times in the theater. Have a DVD of it. Have any of you read the original short story it was based on? It's one of the special features of the regular DVD.

I guess I should get the special edition one.

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