Memento (DVD)

Memento (2000) starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Jorja Fox. A man named Leonard (Pearce), with no short-term memory, tries to hunt down the man who killed his wife (Fox). But since he can't form new memories, he has to rely on photographs and notes to himself to guide him in his search. Unfortunately for him, his condition makes him subject to all kinds of tricks that "normal" people can play on him. And there's even some question about whether his memory of the night his wife was killed are accurate. The most innovative thing about this film is that it is told "backward." We see events in reverse order, so that we experience them as Leonard does, with no memory of the events that preceded them. It's an ingenious device, and it works. Grade: A