Memento summary

Memento-Christopher Nolan 2000

Memento is based on the character leonard who has a condition that causes him to forget everything that he does after a few minutes. The plot of the film is shown in a non-linear way, most of the time being backwards showing each scene leading up to the scene before. This raises alot more questions than showing it in a normal fashion would due to leonards condition.

To keep the audiance interested they keep conceal the real identities of many of the characters until the end, for example they don't reveal that "Teddy" is actually a cop until right at the end of the film.
There are two main narrative strands running thoughout the film which are what Leonard has done leading up to killing "Teddy" and a telephone conversation that he is having with someone unknown. The telephone conversation is in black and white which helps it to contrast with the rest of the film. The two strands eventually link together into a scene where Leonard is confronting "Teddy".
There is very little ellipsis of time involving the narrative which means that almost all of a complete section of time is shown.
The ending of the film still raises questions even thought most have been answered, this is conventional of thrillers