Christopher Nolan classic Memento to get the Hear My Eyes treatment

by FIlmInk Staff

Christopher Nolan’s neo-noir classic Memento will be brought to life with a live original score composed and performed solely by Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh, drummer of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in a new Hear My Eye cinema experience.

For one night only at City Recital Hall, Sydney on Saturday 29 August 2026, Cavanagh’s percussion-driven score will respond directly to the structure and pacing of the iconic film across three music stations to recontextualise Memento.

Hear My Eyes Founder and Creative Director Haydn Green said the new score will offer a bold reinterpretation of the film’s fractured narrative and psychological tension.

“Michael and I have been talking about a percussion focused project since our collaboration on Suspiria, but it’s hard to find the right film, and now after spending a lot of time with Memento, I know that it’s perfect,’’ Green said.

“I love the conceptual alignment. Memento is a film about one mind trying to piece itself together and having one virtuoso build the entire score live in front of an audience mirrors that beautifully. There’s a real Birdman (Alejandro González Iñárritu) energy to it as well, one drummer carrying the whole thing, all that intensity and immediacy.”

Hear My Eyes screenings are beloved amongst Sydney music lovers as a new way to enjoy their favourite films. Past screenings at the Hall include Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Hellraiser and Chopper.

Celebrated for its inventive reverse-chronological structure Memento stars Australian Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) as Leonard, a man suffering from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss who is searching for the man responsible for his wife’s death. Co-starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) and Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix), the film premiered in 2000 to acclaim, two Academy Award ® nominations and has since gained a cult following.

Memento was written and directed by the legendary director Christopher Nolan, who is credited with creating many of the 21st century’s most celebrated films including Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), Oppenheimer (2023), and a trilogy of Batman movies. His next highly anticipated film The Odyssey featuring an all-star Hollywood cast including Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, and Zendaya will be released in Jul.