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I was wondering how a story could be written in reverse chronological order and not confuse the audience. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated(original ideas would be extra appreciated).


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not possible Big Grin at least, it would confuse me no matter how well it was done.

i'm assuming you've seen Memento? that was amazing.


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Ive heard Momento told some of the storyline backwards, but Ive never seen the movie. So, how do they do it in Momento?


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In Memento the scene plays out, and then the next scene starts, and ends up ending where the scen before it began. I hope that makes sense.

What part of Indiana are you from Brain?
 
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I understand you Heliotrope... Thanks, you helped me out a lot.

Im from Lafayette. (about 45 min from Monticello, just in case you dont know where it is)


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Wow, awesome, that's pretty close. I go there quite a bit actually.
 
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get Memento out and watch it. its just like he said, but you need to see it to believe how strange it is. i'm not even sure i liked it but... its so weird it has to be seen.


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It is really relaly weird, lol. Who ever though of it was pretty smart.
 
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Irreversible is told backwards as well.

Michen Gondry's SUGAR/WATER video is told forwards and backwards at the same time.
 
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I went to Best Buy to look for Momento. It was $20, but I didnt buy it. Actually, Ive watched the beginning of the movie, but it was a pirated copy so about 10 minutes into the film the sound lost its synchronization with the video and become impossible to watch. I really want to watch it.


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Did you check out Blockbuster? I don't know about down there, but the ones we have here in Monticello have a 7 movies for $7 for 7 days deal. It's pretty awesome.

Check your private messages too.
 
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Theres a band, Yellowcard, (I think thats there name, who did a momento-style film clip and it worked really well. It would be easy, just film it forward and then reverse it during editing.

Yay go blockbuster, thats where I work!
 
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im tired of the whole "altered" story lines and films that depend on being out of chronological order to entertain, just as an easy way out of a ****ty and pointless story (not that they have to have a point, but still, it turns into a gimmick real fast). And isn't that one yellowcard video the one that just rips off "Groundhog Day"?
 
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