Noted for the innovative structure of both his noirish, cerebral debut film Following 1998 and its followup, the equally unconventional and heady Memento 2000, Londonborn filmmaker Christopher Nolan has shown a unique talent for creating involving films containing concepts based on abstract breaks with conventional behavior and idealism.Dubbed metanoir by critics at a loss for words to describe its psychologically demanding, highconcept yet lowkey journey into the mind of a man seeking revenge but lacking the ability to create new memories, Memento became the basis of lively discussion and debate among critics and audiences hungering for something thoughtful among a flurry of countless computergenerated pseudothrills and alltoofamiliar grossout comedies.

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