Irreversible wasn't nearly as interesting as Memento, and the
rape scene, which went on for about ten minutes was
gratuitous.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Fabienne soldini <
fabsoldini@yahoo.fr> wrote:
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>
>
>
> I saw Memento few years ago and I like it. It's a
very amazing movie. There
> is a French movie, made later, which uses that king
of narrative form. It's
> "Irr鶥rsible" by Gaspard No鬠with Vincent Cassel and
Monica Belluci. The
> film begins by the end, an very violent and savage
murder in a night-club.
> And the spectator learns what happens before and
before, the explanation of
> that murder. It is not excatly a crime movie but
it's very noir and cruel:
> there is a rape scene very hard. But the central
thema, in my opinion, is
> the destruction of a couple, in a very short time,
perhaps ten hours. But
> that movie uses a criminal storie and very violent
scenes to express that.
>
> Fabienne
>
>
> Jack Bludis <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> a 飲it :
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>
> I accidentally stumbled acrosss the movie "Memento"
last
> night. I had never seen it and never been able to
find it
> at local video stores.
>
> It's an interesting presentation with an inside out
plot
> that has to be deciphered by the viewer but will
never be
> deciphered by the lead who has an extreme case
of
> short-term memory loss. If you put it
together
> chronologically (as well as you could) it would be a
kind
> of sad-sack noir.
>
> Some of it doesn't hang together, but so what.
Still
> interesting. The beginning of the movie is the end
of the
> story, the end of the movie is the beginning of the
story,
> and in context Carrie-Anne Moss (of the Matrix
Trilogy) is
> as bitch of a femme fatale as their ever
was.
>
> The lead, Guy Pierce, was one of the detectives in
the
> movie "L.A. Confidential" and I understand he will
be
> playing the lead in the movie of Cormac McCarthy's
"The
> Road." (I looked it up.)
>
> For those who recommended it, thanks.
>
> A nice pic for a Rare Bird to stumble over when
he's
> spinning the dial. I have no idea what network it
was on.
>
> Jack Bludis
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