In this movie by Christopher Nolan, Leonard is suffering from short term memory loss. He has his long term memory intact but the 'new memories' after his accident he cannot retain. He lost his wife, when a guy named John G. raped and murdered her. Hence, Leonard's mission becomes to find this man and kill him. For remembering all the tasks he writes himself post its, polaroid pictures and notes in his jackets. The clues to finding John are all tattooed on Leonard so that he never forgets that.
Another very interesting thing in the movie was they way he recorded himself as sammy, the person who has a short term memory loss. He recorded that on the phone device and made that into a story (which indeed was about himself). Every time he slept he forgets where he was and what was he doing there.
In the structure of the movie, they show the event first and then they show how Leonard got to it. So in a way the entire movie is in flashback. That first the climax of that particular scene is showed and then it goes back in time to show the preceding events.
Chronologically the black and white sequence should come first and the coloured ones later.
They use memory inside memory, this was quite a head spinning film .
Another very interesting thing in the movie was they way he recorded himself as sammy, the person who has a short term memory loss. He recorded that on the phone device and made that into a story (which indeed was about himself). Every time he slept he forgets where he was and what was he doing there.
In the structure of the movie, they show the event first and then they show how Leonard got to it. So in a way the entire movie is in flashback. That first the climax of that particular scene is showed and then it goes back in time to show the preceding events.
Chronologically the black and white sequence should come first and the coloured ones later.
They use memory inside memory, this was quite a head spinning film .
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