MEMENTO and post modernism

  • postmodernism is a theory about now
  • postmodernist culture is referential, it refers to other things and sometimes itself.
  •  It is possible to understand postmodernism as complicated and fragmentary set of inter-relationships
  • The theory of postmodernism is that is it fragmented
  • pastiche is a work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist
  • new iteration- new version of previsions expressions
  • postmodernism is characterized by surface and their preoccupation with visual style,
  • meta-narrative- big story. This movie refers to lack of meta-narrative
  • Fragmentary identity construction
  • Fragmentary consumption = Fragmentary identities
  •  key characteristic of postmodernism is the development of fragmented, alienated individuals living (precariously) in fragmented societies.

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