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Clint Eastwood & Christopher Nolan

Watching the classics of hollywood is always a treat....This weekend was great as i got to watch two beautiful movies GRAN TORINO by Clint Eastwood & MEMENTO by Christopher Nolan. Both the directors have something in common and something very different. The commonality is the way they pace their movies both directors pace their movie really slowly and do it in a way that it builds on you as you continue to watch the movie. The difference probably lies in the choice of subjects....Clint Eastwood would deal with stories about human relationships whereas Christopher Nolan believes in stories that are intriguing, stories that will confuse and make you watch it again, climax that will leave you with many interpretations....But both are probably living legends and according to me one of the best directors world has ever seen..... Coming to my interpretation of the movies....GranTorino was a simple story of an old man who was lonely, afraid of himself and was just about carrying on till h...