in so many words

Several years ago my then co-worker Jonathan told me about a movie he thought I might like. He described it as a murder mystery, but he said that the movie was unusual in that the time lines of the events in the movie were edited so that one of the two time lines was presented in reverse chronological order, mixed with the other normal time line. This sounded pretty interesting to me, so I rented the movie that night and Jonathan was right - I did like it. Memento is quite an interesting movie, a psychological thriller, although it’s not for everyone… the story lines shift back and forth between the normal time line (in black and white) and the reverse chronological time line scenes (which are in color) and you need to pay close attention to follow both story lines. But I found it very interesting and quite a departure from the usual movie story lines. The film stars Guy Pearce with co-starring roles filled by two alums from The Matrix - Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano. Director Christopher Nolan (who later directed Batman Begins) did a very creative job with this film… this one goes on my “highly recommended” list.