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Feb 9, 2024 Film name: Memento Release Date and Studio: 2000, Summit Entertainment Team Todd Director: Christopher Nolan Main Cast: Guy Pierce (Leonard Shelby), Carrie-Anne Moss (Natalie), Joe Pantoliano (Teddy Gammel), Jorja Fox (Leonard’s wife) Plot Summary:  Christopher Nolan's Memento is a neo-noir that focuses on Leonard Shelby and his quest to avenge his wife's death. Leonard is unable to create new memories and so lives fully by relying on handwritten notes, tattoos and polaroids to continue his quest. His story is slowly revealed through a backwards narrative that causes his lies to crumble and has us questioning the reality of each one of his memories. Prompt: In approximately 350-400 words, analyze the narrative and its relation to the ‘meaning’ of the film by comparing a scene or sequence of scenes to the larger whole - how does Nolan experiment with the relationship between the fabula and syuzhet? To what greater purpose? You may wish to focus on a single cha...

Blog Post #1: Psycho Feb 2, 2024 Film name: Psycho Release Date and Studio: 1960, Paramount Pictures Director: Alfred Hitchcock Main Cast: List the 4 or 5 most important actors in the film and their characters: Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates), Janet Leigh (Marion Crane), Vera Miles (Lila Crane), John Gavin (Sam Loomis), Martin Balsam (Detective Arbogast) Plot Summary: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho centers on Marion Crane, who attempts to escape her life by running away with $40,000 in cash that she stole from her boss. She winds up in a peculiar motel run by Norman Bates, who seems to live alone with his old mother in their mansion. Marion is stabbed to death in the shower by what seems to be Norman's mother and Norman is left to conceal the crime. Marion's disappearance incites an investigation by a private investigator, her sister and her lover. The puzzle pieces slowly start falling into place and the finale reveals that it was Norman, who suffering from a type of psychologic...