The movie and story of “Momento Mori”, created by the Nolan brothers, has a concept of a man having short-term memory loss after his wife was raped and killed by burglars. They both share the same theme but portray the concept in different ways. Some people may think the story portrays the concept better than the movie. The movie and the text have similarities and differences between them, but which one gives the story justice? The movie has more of an impact on the reader, it explains the story in ways that the text can’t.
While comparing the movie and the text I decided to analyze the setting and point of view. In a text or movie, a setting is basically where and when the action takes place. In the text, the main character was given a different name than what his name was in the film. Not only was his name different in the…show more content… A point of view is how the narrator depicts the story and this depends on whether the narrator is reliable or unreliable. The text and film have different ways of presenting the point of view. One of the major difference that makes this film unique from the story is the way how Christopher Nolan use the different color effect to tell the storyline in two different points of view. In the film, the third person sections are the scenes with color; which tell us how he’s gotten to the point of killing teddy at the beginning of the movie; meaning that the story is moving backward. Not to mention, the film ending is the beginning and the end. This is called a linear storyline. Christopher Nolan presented this by cooperating black and white scenes as told in the first person. Meaning that these black and white scenes are showing us the psychological ways of what is in his mind. This gives the viewer a better explanation of the why Leonard acted and say certain things. Also, these scenes are showing us his everyday routine and beyond this point, the story is going
