'Vertigo' versus 'Memento': Page 8

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281:

Vertigo 1:47:45 vs.

Memento 1:11:44

This is something very personal and important to me (and in this situation it’s wrong).

282:

Vertigo 1:47:49 vs.

Memento 1:11:54

There must be another option.

283:

Vertigo 1:47:59 vs.

Memento 1:11:58

Searching for a person who looks a specific way.

284:

Vertigo 1:48:03 vs.

Memento 1:12:58

'Look nice' versus 'nice you should lock'.

285:

Vertigo 1:48:17 vs.

Memento 1:13:22

I don’t want any clothes/calls.

286:

Vertigo 1:48:26 vs.

Memento 1:13:38

Someone's come already -- but I don't want what they've got for me.

287:

Vertigo 1:49:24 vs.

Memento 1:13:41

What does the man want?

288:

Vertigo 1:49:29 vs.

Memento 1:13:42

Speaking to the blinds, the other person answers: nothing good.

289:

Vertigo 1:49:36 vs.

Memento 1:13:56

The woman is so done with this situation.

290:

Vertigo 1:49:44 vs.

Memento 1:14:03

The man gives a mild reply and the woman pushes back on him: I know better than you on that.

I do also like that we have one person in front of the blinds and one person seated, but the genders are reversed.

291:

Vertigo 1:49:59 vs.

Memento 1:14:15

I know, I know -- versus I don’t know if you know.

Notice also the blocking draws in closer as the two interact more directly.

292:

Vertigo 1:50:12 vs.

Memento 1:14:24

Love in Vertigo is death in Memento again.

293:

Vertigo 1:50:21 vs.

Memento 1:14:26

But the main character is not down for that type of intimacy.

294:

Vertigo 1:50:28 vs.

Memento 1:14:31

What would make you do it? the woman asks. (Liking/loving versus death again.)

295:

Vertigo 1:50:42 vs.

Memento 1:14:42

I’ll wear/say whatever you/I want.

296:

Vertigo 1:50:45 vs.

Memento 1:14:43

You’ll still like me.

297:

Vertigo 1:51:02 vs.

Memento 1:14:46

It can’t/doesn’t matter to you.

298:

Vertigo 1:51:15 vs.

Memento 1:14:56

If you change me/if I change you… will that do it?

Love these angles and light sources.

299:

Vertigo 1:51:17 vs.

Memento 1:15:22

Oh, that’s a loaded question.

Judy is realizing that Scottie can only love her if he turns her back into the dead Madeleine – and Natalie’s hidden all the pens at the start of this conversation so that Leonard can’t let his future self know what she’s doing to him.

300:

Vertigo 1:51:29 vs.

Memento 1:15:26

The man initiates physical intimacy that is affectionate in Vertigo and violent in Memento – both with the goal of controlling the woman.

Scottie binds Judy’s hands in his own, and Leonard slams his hand over Natalie’s mouth to stop her insults and slander.

301:

Vertigo 1:51:31 vs.

Memento 1:15:58

Finally the woman will say the thing that goes too far, that sells her soul for the sake of ber goals.

302:

Vertigo 1:51:36 vs.

Memento 1:16:04

And for that, he puts his right hand to her face.

Need I say it again? Love in Vertigo becomes violence in Memento.

303:

Vertigo 1:51:43 vs.

Memento 1:16:34

We’re going to sit in a different location.

The woman in each shot is looking at the man who is speaking, but doesn't reply to him. Bonus: red on each woman's mouth.

304:

Vertigo 1:52:07 vs.

Memento 1:17:37

An intermediary is sent to deal with the main character, and brings a message with them.

305:

Vertigo 1:52:13 vs.

Memento 1:17:48

No, I need to interact with that person in a different way.

306:

Vertigo 1:52:41 vs.

Memento 1:18:00

Newspapers in the woman’s residence.

307:

Vertigo 1:54:10 vs.

Memento 1:18:26

If you knew all of this, why isn’t the issue solved?

308:

Vertigo 1:54:15 vs.

Memento 1:18:34

It didn’t work, because it doesn’t feel right – and it’s my fault.

Judy says the style doesn’t seem to suit her, and Leonard (eventually) says the police don’t believe him due to his condition.

309:

Vertigo 1:54:41 vs.

Memento 1:18:52

The woman goes to the restroom alone, and for a significant length of time.

310:

Vertigo 1:55:40 vs.

Memento 1:19:28

We get our first real look at the dead wife – and a floral motif.

The flowers in the decor and furnishings of Vertigo reappear shockingly here in Memento, isolated to the wife’s floral nightgown. There’s also the transparent veil of green light/mist echoed in the veil of shower curtain.

311:

Vertigo 1:56:18 vs.

Memento 1:19:32

The lovers are face to face at last, with love versus death again.

In the original filenames for these screen captures, I have this moment as "the deep kiss hello" versus "the long look goodbye."

312:

Vertigo 1:56:40 vs.

Memento 1:19:53

There was another woman/a second man.

Scottie’s thrown back to the moment in the carriage house with Madeleine, and Leonard insists there was another attacker in the house that hit him.

From here on in we’re in the final climax of Vertigo, so practically every single word and shot will have some resonance in Memento.

313:

Vertigo 1:57:12 vs.

Memento 1:20:02

The woman’s out here asking the real questions, frankly.

Note that Scottie and Leonard are seated, and Judy and Natalie are standing as they ask.

314:

Vertigo 1:57:33 vs.

Memento 1:20:52

Anywhere you like/whatever you want.

315:

Vertigo 1:57:35 vs.

Memento 1:21:04

The woman drops a name that ends in 'ie'.

316:

Vertigo 1:57:36 vs.

Memento 1:21:27

You have a thing about Ernie’s/Sammy, don’t you?

317:

Vertigo 1:57:39 vs.

Memento 1:21:43

After all, it’s our place (that's under threat).

Squint if you gotta: Judy means it in the context of “this is the restaurant that means the most to us” and Natalie’s indicating that somebody’s already stalking her and Leonard at their place, meaning the house.

318:

Vertigo 1:57:45 vs.

Memento 1:21:51

Hello, my love.

The captions don’t indicate it, but the phone is ringing in Memento.

319:

Vertigo 1:57:51 vs.

Memento 1:22:02

I’m giving you an order.

Scottie says “come here” and the envelope directs “take my call.” (The phone at Scottie’s side might be purely coincidental to Memento’s phone… but by this point I kinda doubt it.)

320:

Vertigo 1:57:52 vs.

Memento 1:22:20

Oh no, you’ll muss me.

Judy’s merely worried about her makeup being smudged… but Leonard’s just been passed one of his polaroids that is smeared with blood.

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