Following - 7

This is Christopher Nolan's first film(Momento and Insomnia) It was shot over two years on the Saturday's that those involved had off from regular work. The DVD also has a special feature where you can watch the movie in chronological order. I think it is actually more interesting in the original, and not hard to follow, but may require viewing more than once. One of the great questions in the movie is whether you think that you know when others are lying. I think we have a tendency to think that we are good truth spotters, when in actuality we are manipulated merely by the complexity of how we think and make sense of things. For example, one is more likely to trust a family member than a stranger, why? Partly because we know them better and have developed a relationship, but also because we have the assumption that this is how family is suppose to work. Part rational, part whatever-the-word-that-is-opposite without meaning irrational, maybe unconscious or pre-theoretical thought. One of the only films that I have seen that actually make you think that you could be a criminal, that it is interesting and even a higher form of living, maybe even an art.