Introduction

1001 movies you must see before you die. Must I? Let's see.

My name is Dagmar and I am from Czech Republic. I have a bachelor's degree in screenwriting. I study movies. I watch movies. I write about movies. I kind of mention movies a lot. I even cross stitch things I like in movies. My views on cinema could be described as peculiar. My views on the "1001 movies" list as complicated. It happens a lot that I get the feeling it wasn't that necessary to see some particular movies. Sometimes I'm really grateful I saw them. And there are also times when I don't watch any new movies for six months straight. And they keep adding new movies every damn year so I might have to never die to watch them all.

What's the score right now?
606/1245 - That's 639 left to see.
I started this experiment on July 3rd 2009 and the latest update was made on April 19th 2023.

You can find the full list here.

Monday, 17 August 2009

Memento (2000)

USA
directed by: Christopher Nolan
written by: Christopher Nolan + Jonathan Nolan (short story)
starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
seen: 17th August, 2009 - comment upgraded: 8th March, 2018

Memento is so formally adorable I am completely hesitant to give it five stars out of five. I was thinking what I liked the most about the film I came to the conclusion that it was its usage of Guy Pearce. I'm not sure I've ever seen him act properly, but here the magic of Nolan almost makes you think he is an A-list actor. And Carrie-Anne is being such a diabolical broad it makes me wonder why don't we get to see her more on the silver screen. (But I am writing that in retrospect and it's true she appeared in quite a few interesting projects in the early 2000s.)

"Oh, I'm chasing this guy. (Bang, bang.) No... he's chasing me." - And that sums it up. I am not watching the film. It is watching me.


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