Narrative structure of memento

· Someone trying to find out who killed someone close to them.

· Lots of possiblites of who it might actually be.

· Hard to follow as story is shown in different parts, for example the ending might be at the begging of the film, and we are shown how everything links to what happens.

· Possibly a simple story line but chosen to be viewed in a difficult narrative structure.

· As the audience would be watching this at the cinema, they have 100% focus on the film so that they can work out whats going on.

· There is not a lot of action in this film as that tends to distract the viewer and they lose focus on the plot.

· The film does have a classic narrative structure but is not shown in the usual way of beginning, middle then end, instead it reverses it and it become the end, middle and finally the beggining.

· This adds to the pleasure of the audience as they have to work out what is going on and they feel success when they work out what is going on.

· The way the film is shown is exactly how the main character will remember it as he suffers from no short term memory, this makes the audience sympathise with the mai

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Moments before, Leonard argues with her and hits her, causing bruising to her face which she later blames on Dodd. " He goes to the bar and introduces himself to Natalie, whom he doesn't know. The owner turns out to be Teddy, whose real name, Natalie reveals, is John Gammell. Gammell tells him to identify him as Teddy as he's working undercover. "

Natalie tells him she'll get the driver's details for him and meet him later.

Complication

A woman named Natalie (Carrie-Ann Moss) gives Leonard details of the driver she has had traced from the car registration Leonard has tattooed on his body.

This is how the film is shown, it may help to read this from bottom to top as that’s how the srotyline actually is. After looking at a photo of Teddy on which is written, "Don't believe his lies.

Development

Leonard finds a beer mat in his pocket with a message from Natalie saying "Meet me afterwards. Natalie shows him a photo of Jimmy Grantz (Larry Holden), a local gangster and her boyfriend, who went to meet a man called Teddy and never came back.

Natalie tells Leonard that Dodd beat her up because she didn't have Jimmy's drugs or money. The story unfolds in reverse chronology. Since the rape and murder of his wife, former insurance investigator Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) has no short-term memory.

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