Memento Movie Paper
Memento In the film Memento, written by director Christopher Nolan, the main character Leonard Shelby, is a confused and damaged man that wants the revenge for the murder of his wife. Lenny lives in his own world uniquely different from everyone else, the reason for this is his inability to store short term memory and convert into long term memory, as talked about in Chapter 6. Short-term memory is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time. The duration of short-term memory is believed to be in the order of seconds. In contrast, long-term memory indefinitely stores a seemingly unlimited amount of information. He lost his short term memory when knocked down trying to save his wife. This disability renders Lenny’s life into a repeatable lifestyle that forces him to start from scratch about every 15 minutes. The only source he has is to go back to is his notes and tattoos he discovers every morning on his body. It seems as though he only has his past memories, but the only memories we learn about in the movie is about Sammy Jenkins and the murder of his wife. I think that he lives in his own unique world because he is after the same objective every day and plays a detective role to find a fake person named John G. In the end/beginning Teddy the cop tells him the truth, but Lenny denies everything. This movie was very interesting and I really enjoyed watching this film. It kept me on my toes and entertained throughout, and I would recommend this movie to