Christopher Nolan is a well respected director who was born in London on July 30th 1970. He is married to Emma Thomas and they have 3 children. He first started making films as a young child using his toys and his fathers camera. In 1989 his first film using real actors called 'Tarantella' was shown on PBS image union. Christopher Nolan studied English literature at University but continued to make films. In 1996 his short film 'Larceny' was shown at the Cambridge Film festival. From this he went on to direct 'The following' (1998), 'Memento (2000), 'Insomnia' (2002), 'Batman begins'(2005), 'The Prestige' (2006), 'The Dark Kinght' (2008) and ' Inception' (2010).
Memento
The main charcater of this film, Leonard Shelby, has a problem with his short term memory and he can not make new memories.This is due to an injury he got during his wifes murder. The film follows two story lines, one going forward in time and one going back over events. Leonard has learned to cope with his memory loss by writing himself notes, taking pictures and tatooing really important things on his body.
His main aim is to find his wifes killer who he thinks is a man called John G.
opening sequence
The opening sequence builds on the Thriller genre by its use of music and images. The music implies mystery and danger in it's tone and pace, while the images of murder add to the idea of danger. The images also show how the story will develop. the main character can not make memories, and those he has fade unless he re-inforces them. the title sequence shows this as the polaroid picture fades and then starts to take us back in time as the picture re-enters the camera. The sequence also plays backwards the murder of a man, which makes the viewer intrigued, but also slightly wary and shows them clearly the genre of the film.
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