Representation in Memento
There are many arguments that women are passive there has been many films said to be biased to males on based on Laura Mulvey's theories. Then when women have been active in movies that are said to be to much like men well Memento tries to strive away from that and try to make women active while keeping them looking like women and acting like women.
"meconaissance'c'mis-reconigition), that is to say they are blinded by the very narcissistic forces that structure them in the first place."
In memento Natalie is a very strong woman and does not follow the traditional endings of a woman "two traditional endings made available to women she must either die or get married." In this film Natalie makes her own path and makes sure that neither of these endings apply to her. Instead she controls the endings of the men in this film specifically Lenny and Teddy. She does this by taking advantage of Lennie's condition from the first time she meets him and from this earns his trust through photographs and knowing that Lenny wants to kill his wife's murderer. So she is able to convince Lenny to kill an innocent police officer for revenge of her boyfriend. This is different to quite a lot of women in movies for example in the movie Oldboy (2003) when Lee-soo-ah is being raped right in front of Dea-su-oh. This show how vunerable women can be in films but memento is a step away from that with Natalie defining her own future. Whereas in Oldyboy Dea-su-oh's actions cause the rape of Lee-soo-ah.
"The account of 'the male gaze' as a structuring logic in western visual culture became controversial in the early 1980's, as it left no room room for the female spectator nor for the female gaze."
In Memento if anything it has a female gaze and this is because Guy Pearce in Memento takes his shirt of so many times and for so long that the women are abel to be satisfied by the muscles of Guy Pearce. Throughout the film we see three main characters that are women and there is maybe on shot in the whole of the film which has a male gaze and this is when Natalie is fighting with Lenny in her house. this is because when Natalie
In memento Natalie is a very strong woman and does not follow the traditional endings of a woman "two traditional endings made available to women she must either die or get married." In this film Natalie makes her own path and makes sure that neither of these endings apply to her. Instead she controls the endings of the men in this film specifically Lenny and Teddy. She does this by taking advantage of Lennie's condition from the first time she meets him and from this earns his trust through photographs and knowing that Lenny wants to kill his wife's murderer. So she is able to convince Lenny to kill an innocent police officer for revenge of her boyfriend. This is different to quite a lot of women in movies for example in the movie Oldboy (2003) when Lee-soo-ah is being raped right in front of Dea-su-oh. This show how vunerable women can be in films but memento is a step away from that with Natalie defining her own future. Whereas in Oldyboy Dea-su-oh's actions cause the rape of Lee-soo-ah.
"The account of 'the male gaze' as a structuring logic in western visual culture became controversial in the early 1980's, as it left no room room for the female spectator nor for the female gaze."
In Memento if anything it has a female gaze and this is because Guy Pearce in Memento takes his shirt of so many times and for so long that the women are abel to be satisfied by the muscles of Guy Pearce. Throughout the film we see three main characters that are women and there is maybe on shot in the whole of the film which has a male gaze and this is when Natalie is fighting with Lenny in her house. this is because when Natalie
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