Movie Review: Memento

Two years ago (I think) a relative of mine lended me a bunch of movies that I wanted to see - this due to a new found interest for films - and in the mix of movies I borrowed, there was a film called Memento by Cristopher Nolan. It's curious because before that, whenever I looked at the movie cover I tought it was like a horror movie. But I would say it is more of a psychological thriller, some film websites label the movie as film-noir genre.

The story follows a guy that suffers from short-term memory loss called Leonard, and he's trying to find the men that killed his wife and left him with said condition. So, given his memory problem he relys on Polaroid photographs and tattoos to remember what he's doing or what he has to do.

The thing that I found very atractive in the film is that it has an interesting way of storytelling, it has two different sequences of scenes, one in cronological order and the other in reverse order and they are intercalated until the ending when they come together.

It depicts issues like trust, self-delution and manipulation and how people believes on whatever they want to believe, even if the thing they want to believe is a lie.

 

The best concert ever

Hi there, today I wanted to share with you the best concert I have ever been, although I have to say that I haven't been in a lot of concerts, this one was the one I enjoyed the most. It was back in 2017, I was on my first year in the University and my aunt invited me to go see Inti-Illimani, one of my favorite bands in that particular moment (and still today), and she knew that.

A bit about Inti-Illimani, they were a chilean band from the late 60's until the early 2000's when they disolved and separated into two versions of Inti-Illimani, ''Histórico'' and ''Nuevo'', (we went to see Inti-Illimani Nuevo). They were one of the most popular bands of the musical movement called Nueva Canción Chilena.

I remember that it was a very like small and intimate event in a mall, no more than 50 people, and I remember that we got there really early and we sat on the first row of seats so we could watch them perform at a close distance. I loved every moment of it and every song they played, they sounded exactly like in the recorded versions and that was amazing !!!

A country I'd like to visit

Even though there's a lot countries I'd like to visit, there is one in particular that I think it would be a very interesting place to be, and that is Greenland, technically it isn't a country per se, it is really a county of the Kingdom of Denmark but still, is quite different.

I don't really know much about Greenland's history or culture, only the fact that I heard they have some fun activities like sled racing and ice fishing. Anyway there's just something about that place that gives me a very peaceful vibe, it's very quiet, calm and, well, the cold never bothered me anyway, in fact I love winter season. I think it would be a nice place to have a holiday and just relax, listen to music, read a good book by the fire, etc. Besides given Greenland is a greatly isolated place I believe that work or study chances would be very little and more given the nature of my career.