Film Techniques In Memento

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An example of an experimental film, which is very different to Mulholland drive, is Christopher Nolan’s work piece, Memento. The film follows a man name Leonard, who is in search of the man who raped and murdered his wife, as well as damaged his memory. Leonard suffers from amnesia, which is a form of short-term memory loss that prevents him from making any new memories. The story is told by Leonard’s through his eyes, on how he remembers things by writing it all on notes. The viewers are introduced to Leonard in the first scene, when he kills Teddy; the man that he ultimately believed killed his wife. The narrative was puzzling, because the viewers had to believe Leonards’ fact to believe that Teddy killed his wife. Immediately, by only knowing …show more content…

The techqniue used in order to connect the scenes in Slacker, were done through a circulation of ideas and the conceptions of slacking. The lack of narrative structure made this film expeirmental , and by using the medium to play around.

Quentin Tarantino, a director who finds great pleasure in form and motion, music and violence and mixes and matches. Pulp fiction (1994), a four-part film with a montage of bizarre characters which emphasis the focus on the Negativism of an American. This film makes use of its character-based plot, including two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife and diner thieves all intertwined into four stories to represent on how the director viewed the world, corrupted with violence and redemption.
What makes it experimental is that the characters each represent a different story, but then slowly it all comes together. In other words, the film has a complete narrative, but it has been cut up into pieces and rearranged like a puzzle. An example of this is where Ringo and Honeybunny decided to rob the coffee shop, where Jules and Vincent were present. They then collect a briefcase, which belonged to Marsellus