Episode 566 - Memento
Added 2021-09-10 02:11:07 +0000 UTCOn this month's exclusive We Love Movies episode, the gang is chatting about Christopher Nolan's breakthrough neo-noir, Memento! How great is every bit of casting in this film? What's with that old man getting off on all the spitting? And please, for all that is holy, don't remake this or turn it into a television series! PLUS: What if Tobo returned to the Nolanverse and played Bane?
Memento stars Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mark Boone Junior, Harriet Sansom Harris, and the great Stephen Tobolowsky as Sammy Jankis; directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
If the last thing the main character remembers is his wife dying, then how does he remember that he has short-term memory loss?
Michael Valenti III
2025-05-02 18:07:20 +0000 UTC"Call to John G. now" just made me yell-laugh.
Thomas Kehr
2021-10-07 21:18:26 +0000 UTCI always liked ravenous.
Peter Reynoso
2021-09-22 07:46:19 +0000 UTCI feel like somethings wrong with me because I liked it plenty the one time I watched.
chris pike
2021-09-16 22:21:42 +0000 UTCI first saw LA Confidential this year and Guy was incredible in it. I looked at his career after and just thought...someone did not look after this man's career
Steven Avalos
2021-09-16 18:07:37 +0000 UTCI enjoyed Tenet soooo much more on the second viewing. Def worth revisiting.
Matt M
2021-09-16 04:39:18 +0000 UTCThe above commenter was right. On the DVD edition that looks like a medical file, there are some psych tests that are very subversive, one of them is a series of images about changing a tire and you are asked to put them in the right order. If you put them in reverse order you unlock a cut of the film that is in chronological order. It doesn't have chapters so you have to watch it straight through but it was a fun extra.
Randy Billings
2021-09-15 21:11:15 +0000 UTCSo goddamn good to be back in Tobo town!
TDB
2021-09-15 20:03:39 +0000 UTCEric, I’ll DM you my address, you can Follow into my house anytime.
Ryan j Navarro cote
2021-09-15 16:09:54 +0000 UTCI first saw this in high school and it blew my mind. As the guys point out, it's maybe Nolan's funniest movie (it leans in on Joey Pants being hilarious and the Coens doing funny neo-noirs), and Guy Pearce is incredible and the "reveal" is a lot less obvious than if Brad Pitt had been cast. Also I know it makes me a huge nerd, but the organization is not that hard, the movie is intentionally disorienting, but the black and white scenes are moving chronologically forward, the color scenes are moving backwards, and the twist is that they lead directly into one another. I think it's really elegant that the whole movie you're wondering if Natalie or someone else has manipulated Leonard into killing Teddy and then it's literally the guy you don't suspect, that he consciously decided to set himself on the path of murdering Teddy because he was mad at him for trying to ruin the story he has conditioned himself to believe.
Chris Dobson
2021-09-14 15:25:59 +0000 UTCmaybe RunningScared'86 will tempt the guys for future ep.
tmcms
2021-09-13 16:42:23 +0000 UTCOoo a Joey Pants episode.
B Rob
2021-09-13 14:12:27 +0000 UTCits been jus a disaster since getting a new iphoneSE, only WHMpatreon is messing with me. Ghosting my downloads. all settings are set to allow downloads, not deleteing after playback. etc.. DAVEY AND GOLIATH ANIDAMI - is an ep that will appear as I add a title to my playlist, not wantng Davey-ep to play at all.. ghostly confused r n..
tmcms
2021-09-12 18:13:06 +0000 UTCLuv you guys! Community advice: anyone having issues playing WHMpatreon feed on ApplePodcast? Busey tier, ios 14.7.1 here.
tmcms
2021-09-12 18:12:04 +0000 UTCBowie's "Something in the Air"... also used in the American Psycho end credits (also from 2000!)
Zach Samborski
2021-09-11 09:03:53 +0000 UTCJust finished running through the Jack Irish movies/episodes on Acorn, Guy Pearce is great in that too
Kristian Binder
2021-09-11 06:32:07 +0000 UTCSo, the DVD version that I had included a well-hidden special feature that was the “official” chronological edit of the film. I know these guys tore the very idea to pieces, but I highly recommend giving it a try just once. It’ll make you look at the characters and how things play out completely differently, without ruining the experience when you watch it again the “right” way.
John Halski
2021-09-11 06:00:59 +0000 UTCfinally decided to subscribe when I saw this movie today
Martin Yankov
2021-09-11 00:31:37 +0000 UTCI've been contemplating a "Remember Sammy Jankis" tattoo since high school. After hearing Jupin make fun of such a dumb idea, I think I can put it to rest.
jribs
2021-09-10 17:23:12 +0000 UTCYes.😆
Jessica
2021-09-10 02:18:06 +0000 UTCIs this episode running backwards?
Paul
2021-09-10 02:12:24 +0000 UTC
