A. Memento
Why is closure so important for
the main character? How is the main
character’s approach to memory similar to the writing process? What are the linear chain of events? What narrative technique is the story told
in? Overall, what does the movie as a
whole imply about memory and truth?
*You have answered these question above. Now, write a ten line poem about this movie and send it to me in an e mail.
B. Fight Club
The first rule of fight club
is: there is no fight club. This film is
textbook psychodrama but more than that a tale told from the inside of our
narrator.
In addition to its
psychological wanderings, the film takes up a number of artful story-telling
techniques. Our narrator fabricates as
well as changes the starting points of the narration as a whole. If you choose to write about the narrative
strategy of this film, take note of the inconsistencies in the actual tale and
some of the clues, either verbal or visual, that the viewer must catch to
understand the full nature of the multiple meanings examined.
What is the narrative sequence?
What is hallucination and what is real? Explain why- what proof.
Remember, the art of story telling is
essentially telling a lie to tell the truth.
What are the lies we are told? What is the truth?
How is this style of narration a mirror of
how the human mind comprehends the truth and creates it as well.
*Send your responses to these questions in an e mail as well- due one day after we are finished with the film.
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