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Memento (2000)
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It's finally happened. We're giving the world not the podcast it deserves but the one it needs right now. And what the world needs is a movie podcast where three early-middle-aged straight, white guys talk about Christopher Nolan films.
First up is Memento, Nolan's critically-acclaimed mainstream debut from 2000 that - despite its raw, indie feel - carries itself with the artistic swagger of a surefire summer hit. Within it you can already see a few Nolan trademarks: a non-traditional narrative structure and a preoccupation with time (and how we always seem to be running out of it). Is the film as good as we remember? Let's jump in and find out...
We're not just doing this for the sake of it, however. The Odyssey hits cinemas on 17th July, the kind of summer blockbuster that's become increasingly rare and upon which so many of our most cherished movie memories have been made. So we're watching Nolan's films in the run up to release, followed by the Greek epic itself. Please watch along with us and email your thoughts, questions and opinions to redshirtcinemaclub@gmail.com
The schedule for RSCC's Nolan summer looks like this:
- Memento - 8th June
- The Mandalorian and Grogu (Patreon-exclusive) 10th June
- Insomnia - 15th June
- Batman Begins - 22nd June
- The Dark Knight (Patreon-exclusive) - 24th June
- The Prestige - 29th June
- Inception - 6th July
- TBC Captain's Choice/The Dark Knight Rises (Patreon-exclusive) 8th July
- Interstellar - 13th July
- The Odyssey - 20th July
- Dunkirk (Patreon-exclusive) - 22nd July
- Tenet - 27th July
- Oppenheimer - 3rd August
- Captain's Choice - 5th August (Patreon-exclusive)
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