>>Trust me on this one.
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>>I recently bought a Blu-Ray player and have been watching a lot of discs, some new and some old. One of the older ones is "Memento," which came out a few years ago. At the time I had illusions of making a living as a screenwriter, like so many movie lovers. I hung out on a forum inhabited by actual screenwriters with produced credits. When "Memento" came out it was like a bomb going off. The pro's pros were falling all over themselves in their enthusiasm. There is a phrase in the trade called high concept. It means writing something strikingly original, something every other writer wishes they had come up with. In this case it is a story told backwards. Brilliant.
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>Backwards and forwards at the same time, from the beginning and from the end, converging to a crucial point. Other than that, the movie had extremely low production values, which I don't give a single (or double) damn about, but about 90% of commenters on IMDB care for. Which means you don't really need all the Hollywood machinery to make a great movie - the most important resources are in the moviemakers' heads, not in the bankers' pockets.

We don't often disagree. We sure do this time. IMO that was a terrific movie.