Today's story was about a man with amnesia. Rather fitting, since Jon had nearly forgotten it was Tuesday and he had class. He'd cleaned up meticulously, but probably still looked like he was likely to blow over in a stiff wind.

He nodded to the class and got right into things. "It's worth noting that today's film was actually made more or less at the same time as the story was written. Mr Nolan the writer pitched the idea to his brother, a filmmaker, and supplied him with a draft story to work from while he finished the short story himself. So the screenplay and the story were developed by the brothers concurrently from the same idea."

He waved vaguely at the screen. "You'll find a number of differences, but I think it's worth exploring how each works in relation to the other." He started the film.


And as usual, there was next week's text: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.