MEMENTO MORI is a nice noir short story, written by Jonathan
Nolan, brother to Memento director Christopher Nolan. The
idea for the story was Jonathan's which he discussed in
detail with Christopher prior to the story being
written.
The story was published in March 2001 in Esquire
magazine, after the release of the movie. Despite the credit,
and the similarities of the stories, I think the original
screenplay credit is legit.
Regards,
--Stewart
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:56:13 Carrie Pruett <
pruettc@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking this is on topic, because I know this
list has discussed
> the
> short story that the movie Memento was based on. And
that's the
> question -
> how did the flick manage to get a "best original
screenplay" Oscar
> nomination? I swear the credits said "based on the
story by . . ." Was
> the
> story not published before the film came out, or did
somebody at the
> Academy
> goof?
>
> Carrie
>
>
>
>
>
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