tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318433114559203724.post4642717180393952229..comments2023-10-29T16:01:01.077-07:00Comments on Just Another Movie Blog: What Controls A Person? (Memento)Steve Kimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14187112520269562190noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318433114559203724.post-45718818948558807262012-12-06T11:16:43.580-08:002012-12-06T11:16:43.580-08:00I love the discipline it takes to go so methodical...I love the discipline it takes to go so methodically through all of this films, Steve. It is tough to talk about this particular film without necessarily getting into spoilers, and for those of us who love it, we would never want to ruin someone else's experience of seeing it for the first time. [So those who have never seen it, stop reading now!] ...<br /><br />To me, the most moving part of Memento is the final thematic sleight of hand. Throughout the film, the viewer is pummeled with scenerios of the most despicable forms of deception (between the hapless Leonard and all who would maniplulate his malady for their own purposes): but by the end, the film becomes a contemplation on SELF-deception. In this sense, Memento works as an allegory for life, where we spend so much time obsessing and fretting over the lies other people may be telling us, but so little contemplating (or even acknowledging) the lies we tell ourselves - particularly those things that form our identity. For example, I can tell you why I became a lawyer 15 years ago, but the quesiton of why I am still a lawyer might be a little more difficult to address with any level of emotional honesty. Stevenhttp://aflixionado.comnoreply@blogger.com