THIS SEASON’S THEME: Cinematic Classics 

Welcome to episode 026 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Scottish Director Steve Johnson  to discuss Christopher Nolan's mind boggling Memento.  

SYNOPSIS
Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

LINKS IN CONVERSATION
http://www.snjohnson.com
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8811620/
https://twitter.com/snjfilmmaker
https://www.instagram.com/snjfilmmaker/

SHORT FILMS

CAKE - Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vCr8TyaaPQ

ELEFANTE - Spanish Short Film
https://vimeo.com/86701482

The Neighbors' Window - Oscar Winning Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1vCrsZ80M4

STEVE'S BIO
BORN IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, BUT NOW RESIDING IN SCOTLAND, STEVE IS A SELF TAUGHT FILM DIRECTOR AND CINEMATOGRAPHER.

His love for film first began after seeing Star Wars at the Futurist Theatre in Liverpool. In 2003, Steve created Futuristfilm Ltd. To produce his own films. Later, in 2013, Steve established Futurist Digital Ltd. - a rental company based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering RED Digital Camera hire and training.

Over the years, Steve developed his skills on the Red Digital Cinema Camera and later became a freelance instructor and course producer for their REDucation courses. He has taught in many cities across the globe including Amsterdam; Berlin; Brisbane; Dubai; London; Los Angeles; Madrid; Moscow; Oslo and Singapore

Steve's second feature film 'Convergence' won Best Feature Film at the 2019 British Independent Film Festival and also gained nominations for Best Actor; Best Supporting Actress; Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography.

Convergence also won Best Feature Film at the 2019 Cardiff International Feature Film