Mumbai: Christopher Nolan fans are often confused about two of his films – Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tenet starring John David Washington. The plot of both the films seems to break the linear concept of time. In Inception, Christopher is seen doing daring things like entering dreams and changing the plot of someone’s dreams. His brother Jonathan Nolan and his wife Lisa Joy, who were instrumental in writing most of his films, are also seen playing with the plot of life beyond the boundaries of time. Both made a huge television series based on Michael Crichton’s novel Westworld, in which android robots were shown playing with human life in the world of 2050.
In this series too, he tried to look at time afresh. After Westworld, the most successful series of the TV channel HBO, Jonathan and Lisa together made a film called Reminiscence, which was recently released on Amazon Prime Video. An attempt has been made to make the screenplay of the film very complex and it has to be watched very carefully and yet every scene is reminiscent of an old film.
story of finding the past
The problem of climate change deepens in the future and in the city of Miami, the sea crosses its boundaries and enters the city and it becomes so hot during the day that everyone does their work at night. In such a situation, Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman) and his friend Emily Watts (Thandive Newton) run a strange business. People come to him to revisit some of their old memories. A new client, May (Rebecca Ferguson), comes to his place, and seeing his memories, Nick falls in love with her and gradually establishes a relationship with her. Suddenly disappears in a day. A distraught Nick tries to figure out where she might have gone by going through his memories again and again. Meanwhile, he gets the task of looking into the memories of a criminal, in which he is seen. Nick becomes more and more restless. From here begins the story of finding May’s past and Nick gets new information every time in this journey. Was May really in love with Nick or was she acting at someone’s behest… Has Nick’s memories been played with, is May able to meet him… All this in about 2 hours of the film. There is a story.
An attempt has been made to make the screenplay of the film complex. In this, many characters keep coming in search of May, who work to increase the confusion. In search of memories, every person lives his good or bad memories again and again, due to which the story keeps changing tracks again and again. Characters come and their memories come and the secrets of the story keep getting revealed and new secrets keep getting revealed, due to which the audience has to watch this film with full attention. To say it can also be called science fiction, but the story is actually in search of a girl who first falls in love with the hero and then goes missing because her past can spoil her future.
well played by hugh jackman
Hugh Jackman has played this character well and both happiness and sadness are visible on his face. Hugh has worked in many films before this but he is known only as the superhero Wolverine, so every new character for him brings manifold challenges. In this film, he is not a powerful hero but a man betrayed in love who is ready to unite Akash Patal to find his missing girlfriend. Hugh has understood the character properly and hence he has accepted this challenge to break his image. Rebecca has been wonderful in the role of May. We have seen Rebecca in Mission Impossible. He has also sacrificed his image for this role. The shade of mystery can be clearly seen in his expression. Thandiv Newton, as Hugh’s friend, leaves an impact within a few scenes. Thandiv Newton also played the role of heroine in Mission Impossible 2 and she is also working in Westworld with director Lisa. Cliff Curtis is brilliant as the villain. He doesn’t scream or shout anywhere and looks like a professional criminal. In a career spanning almost 30 years, Cliff Curtis as a villain always emerges as an example of a special performance.
it’s bound to miss inception
This film of Jonathan and Lisa reminds of the old works written and directed by them. It is imperative to remember Inception while watching the scenes of Yaadon Ke Re-Jeevan Ki Tamanna. Seeing the vision of the world in the future and the distance between the rich and the poor, the screenplay of Westworld is remembered. While watching Reminiscence, many other films are remembered. The ingress of sea water into the city reminds of the water world. Seeing the underwater fight sequences reminds me of many films. If we see this film as today’s setting i.e. the event that will take place in 2022, then the film will become very boring, but both Lisa’s imagination and the depiction of the future have managed to attract attention. Apart from this, Paul Cameron’s cinematography is also good in the film, although there are no new types of shots, but the mystery of the film is captured in the camera in a very comfortable way. Composer Ramin Javadi, who has worked with Lisa since Westworld, can take credit for the film’s success as his music is a really strong part of the film.
Take a look at Hugh Jackman stepping out of Wolverine, Rebecca and Thendive out of the shadows of Mission Impossible, Jonathan Nolan taking off the aura of old films and Lisa’s work being free from the influence of his own web series Westworld Reminiscence is a good film to watch, but it has to be watched with full attention, just like 100% focus has to be kept while watching Inception, exactly the same.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : January 28, 2022, 15:37 IST
