Memento: Parallel Cut

10's across the board.

This is a fine edit that stands as an excellent (maybe even mandatory) complement to the original film. While the original's unique narrative structure was so memorable, I didn't think the narrative itself was that memorable; this is because it was so hard to follow to begin with. You're left just as confused as the protagonist by the end, and I honestly was never sure who was manipulating who or what the truth was.

This edit is a nice epilogue to the original, perfect for someone who wants to go through the narrative from the outside looking in, following Lenny along rather than seeing these characters from Lenny's impaired, amnesic perspective.

INH5 has taken the two parallel narratives, the past and the present, and matched them together perfectly. Despite the chronological order, the death of a particular character still works wonderfully when placed at the end rather than the beginning; In fact, it might even work better since it's juxtaposed alongside another death; it gives the story's central twist even more narrative heft.

Ultimately, this edit clarifies and illuminates without hand-holding or diminishing the mystery. Arguably the film could've been presented this way originally and lost none of its well-deserved fame. Excellent edit, must-watch for Memento fans.

I watched a preview version of this edit ahead of its final release and was very impressed with it. Memento is the first film I saw by Christopher Nolan, and it remains a good demonstration of his taste and knack for formally playing with the flow of time as part of his storytelling technique.

This edit does a fantastic job of presenting what the film might have looked like if Nolan had opted for a different structure, and crucially works seamlessly in its own right. The structural changes, which have been executed invisibly by INH5 as far as I can tell, change the viewing experience in an interesting way. The original structure effectively puts the viewer in Leonard's shoes, by constantly wrong-footing us and presenting new situations with no context and forcing us to work out not only what's happening, but also what repercussions or implications each new discovery might have. It's very clever, but it can be exhausting to keep up with and there is an element of having to trade clarity of narrative throughline for cleverness.

INH5's new structure instead puts the viewer into the shoes of people that Leonard interacts with, but crucially also works as a literal illustration of the cyclical pattern that Leonard has been trapped in since his accident. Not having to constantly re-assess what you know at each scene transition also makes it easier to engage with the characters, and in the case of one character completely changes how the viewer observes that character, to my mind for the better.

A great example of a fanmix done well, in my opinion.

This was an awesome experiment, and I think it totally works. Technical points across the board. But, for me, its now a very different story.

And I guess that showing the blatant weirdness of the actual narrative that gets lost when you just try to keep up in the original. Certain moments that were ominous in the original, now feel almost slapstick - i.e. the chase scene with Dod. I kinda want a cheeseball score to compliment how we simply "watch a guy who is nuts keep being nuts."

I love all the minor choices that went into building the overall story, keeping the vital info needed until the end to still keep the suspense and show the parallels in interactions well.

Great work, what fanediting is all about. While I still love the original, I love this one too. Its awesome how well this works.

I saw a Rough Cut of this and was very impressed. The intercutting of the B&W and colour scenes was very well done, and the narrative told in this edit does make more sense than the original. I picked up a couple things watching this edit that I missed on my watches of Memento. This edit may even be superior to the original, at least as a conventional film. While I liked the disjointed editing of the original, those who didn't will definitely prefer this edit. At the very least, it's an imaginative and unique take on the source material.

One comment: the Sammy Jenkins, electricfied objects scene is cut in half. I would've brought the two scenes together.

Overall, I highly recommend this edit for Nolan fans,