Momento: Christopher Nolan began making films at the age of 7. he has written big films such as "the dark night" and "inception". Nolan directed his first feature film, Following, in 1998. The film depicts a writer who is obsessed with following random people. Scenes are shown out of chronological order. Nolan made the film for just $6,000.

Summary of events:
The film "Momento" is based on a guy called Lenny who has a short term memory condition where by his memory wipes clean back to his incident every 10 minutes. The film starts in the present of Lenny writing notes everywhere in order to remember what he is doing, for example he has a picture of his car to remember thats his car. throughout the film Lenny is looking for the man who killed his wife and caused his memory loss.

Opening sequence:
The thriller starts off with, the main charcter, Leneord, in a dark room, sleeping. There is a voice over which represents thoughts in his head, of which contains confusion of where he is and what is going on. This is very representative of a typical thriller as it creates questions for the veiwer immediateley, such as "why doesnt he know where he is?". The cinematography in this opening sequence has quick cut, this makes you feel as though you are there and experiencing his confusion with him. The opening sequence of any thriller is important and i think this sequence is a perfect opening to this powerful film.

Key sequence: Another key scene in this film is the repetative sequence showing Sammy Jenkis giving his wife an overdose of insulin. Throughout the film the scene is repeated and the tatoo on Leanord's hand, reading, "remeber sammy jenkis" is also shown throughout the film, This creates mystery. At the end of the film the mystery is revealed that Lenny had infact subconsciously changed the memory in his head; it is in fact Leonard and not Sammy who gives his own wife an overdose of insulin. This scene is important as it helps to show the main plat of the thriller. It also emphasises the mystery of what is real and what is not.

Opinion: Christopher Nolan has been creating films for 21 years. I would deffinately recommend this powerful, intense thriller. The strange order in which this film is presented draws you into working out the mystery along with the characters. I would easerly watch it again.

By Hayley Takacs.