LEADER 03923nam 22006612 450 001 9910791261403321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a0-7486-7100-5 010 $a1-282-62033-9 010 $a9786612620331 010 $a0-7486-3773-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748637737 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011178 035 $a(EBL)537023 035 $a(OCoLC)638860166 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000422995 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291571 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422995 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10432673 035 $a(PQKB)11044741 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748637737 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092828 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537023 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537023 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10391729 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL262033 035 $a(DE-B1597)616293 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748637737 035 $a(OCoLC)1302162957 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011178 100 $a20130327d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMemento /$fClaire Molloy$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 133 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aAmerican indies 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-7486-3772-9 311 $a0-7486-3771-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSeries preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Memento -- 1. Memento and independent cinema: a seductive business -- 2. Searching for a slam dunk: marketing Memento -- 3. Puzzle films, ambiguity and technologically-enabled narrative -- 4. Memento as noir -- 5. So what really happened? Memento, fans and online interpretive strategies -- Notes. 330 $aAmbiguous, complex and innovative, Christopher Nolan's Memento has intrigued audiences and critics since the day of its release. Memento is the archetypal 'puzzle film', a noir thriller about a man with short-term memory loss seemingly seeking revenge for the death of his wife but finding it increasingly difficult to navigate through the facts. Truth, memory and identity are all questioned in a film that refuses to give easy answers or to adhere to some of the fundamental rules of classical filmmaking as the film makes use of some audacious stylistic and narrative choices, including a unique (for American cinema) editing pattern that produces a dizzying and highly disorienting effect for the spectator. The book introduces Memento as an important independent film and uses it to explore relationships between "indie", arthouse and commercial mainstream cinema while also examining independent film marketing practices, especially those associated with Newmarket, the film's producer and distributor. Finally, the book also locates Memento within debates around key film studies concepts such as genre, narrative and reception. Key features: * Presents an overview of Newmarket that maps the company's development from an independent financier to producer and distributor * Explores aspects of narrative complexity in contemporary films and examines Memento as an example of a 'puzzle film' * Considers Memento in relation to genre categories of noir and neo-noir * Examines the marketing of Memento and locates it within independent film marketing practices and strategies 410 0$aAmerican indies. 606 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General$2bisacsh 615 7$aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General. 676 $a791.4372 686 $aAP 59800$qBSZ$2rvk 700 $aMolloy$b Claire$01169204 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791261403321 996 $aMemento$93827110 997 $aUNINA