What is to be done? Join us as we look at the best scenes involving characters in an ethical quandary
This week's clip joint is by Majid Salim – check out his blog here. If you have an idea for a future clip joint, drop an email to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
As a medium, film is at its best when it brings humanity and the human condition into pinpoint focus. Truly great films are ones that tell us nuanced, sophisticated things about human psychology and the moral choices we all make.
Memento
Leonard Shelby is a fascinating and morally dubious character. At the end of Memento he decides to betray himself, by deliberately forgetting that he has already exacted his revenge against the man who murdered his wife, in order for his amnesiac future self to be morally free to do as he wishes. He chooses to deliberately program himself.
This week's clip joint is by Majid Salim – check out his blog here. If you have an idea for a future clip joint, drop an email to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
As a medium, film is at its best when it brings humanity and the human condition into pinpoint focus. Truly great films are ones that tell us nuanced, sophisticated things about human psychology and the moral choices we all make.
Memento
Leonard Shelby is a fascinating and morally dubious character. At the end of Memento he decides to betray himself, by deliberately forgetting that he has already exacted his revenge against the man who murdered his wife, in order for his amnesiac future self to be morally free to do as he wishes. He chooses to deliberately program himself.
- 11/7/2012
- by Guardian readers
- The Guardian - Film News
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