Souvenir of death

Leonard (hereinafter referred to as Lenny) is a detective of an insurance company in San Francisco, USA, responsible for the investigation of insurance claims. At work, he received a claim settlement case and found that Sammy, the victim of a car accident, pretended to have short-term amnesia and defrauded insurance. He exposed the truth and got a promotion. (Black and white movie narration; 1:40:00 teddy dialogue)

Besides having a good job, Lenny also has a wife who loves him and they live happily. (Black and white movie narration)

One day, their peaceful life was interrupted by an emergency. While Lenny was sleeping, his wife was raped by two intruders in her bathroom. Lenny found out and shot a rapist on the spot, but was knocked unconscious by another rapist. Since then, he has suffered from short-term amnesia and can only remember what happened before the attack, and what happened after that can only be recalled for a few minutes. (Black and white movie narration)

Lenny's wife survived the incident, but it was painful to see Lenny's amnesia and asked the doctor for help many times. After learning that the doctor said Lenny might regain her memory, Lenny's wife decided to test whether Lenny really suffered from amnesia at the cost of her own life. In the test, Lenny injected his wife with too much insulin, which led to her death, but he was at a loss. As far as he can remember, his wife died early in the rape case. (The part about Sami in the black-and-white movie narrative; Black-and-white film flashes back at the end of the film)

After Lenny's wife was raped, Lenny has been looking for the second rapist who knocked him out, but the police don't believe the description of an amnesia patient and think that this person doesn't exist at all. Police Teddy (real name John Gammel) sympathized with Lenny and helped him find this John G. Lenny killed John G, but he didn't remember to kill him. He is still looking for the dead John G day and night. (1:40:00 Teddy Dialogue)

Police Teddy took advantage of his position to sell drugs with Jimmy and others. (1:Teddy talks at 26: 00) In a transaction, Teddy intended to keep the payment of $200,000 for himself, so he took advantage of Lenny's amnesia and murder-seeking characteristics and lied that drug dealer Jimmy was John G, and provided Lenny with the files and meeting address. (Black and white movie narration)

Lenny killed Jimmy who came to pick up the goods in a lonely hut in the suburbs. Jimmy said Sammy's name before he died, and Lenny realized that he had killed the wrong person. Because Lenny often tells Sami stories to others, Lenny must know anyone who has heard Sami stories. Lenny questioned Teddy, Teddy, and Teddy's partial truth, but Lenny refused to believe Teddy. ( 1:32:00 )

After killing Jimmy, Lenny put on Jimmy's clothes and took Jimmy's car. When he passed the tattoo shop, he thought he could use tattoos to remind himself of something. Teddy followed up the tattoo parlor and told him that he and Jimmy and others were dealing drugs and using Lenny to kill Jimmy. Lenny didn't believe him, ran out of the tattoo parlor and wrote on Teddy's photo: Don't believe him.

Lenny found a note in Jimmy's pocket, which said "I'm going to Freddie's Bar", so he met Jimmy's girlfriend Natalie outside the bar. (1:20:00) Natalie was surprised to see Lenny driving Jimmy's car and wearing Jimmy's clothes, but soon found that Lenny was an amnesiac and couldn't remember what happened. During the test, Lenny drank a spitting beer. Natalie felt very sorry and decided to take Lenny back to her home to continue asking about Jimmy. ( 1: 19:00)

At Natalie's house, Natalie laughed at Lenny's amnesia. In a rage, Lenny injured Natalie. Lenny wanted to find a note to record Natalie's words, but she couldn't find it. ( 1: 10:00)

After the injury, Natalie didn't go far at all, and then went home and told Lenny that after Jimmy disappeared, Jimmy's partner Dodd asked Natalie for 200 thousand. Lenny can't remember Natalie's insults just now and intends to help Natalie get rid of Dodd. ( 1:07:00)

Just came out of Natalie's house and met Teddy in the car. Teddy said that Natalie was Jimmy's girlfriend and they were dealing drugs together, and warned Lenny not to trust Natalie and not to continue living in her home. Teddy introduced Lenny to a place to live, a discount hotel. ( 1:02:00)

In the cheap hotel, Lenny planned to recall his wife's past, so he called a "chicken" and told her to put her things in front of his bed. (00:58:00)

When he woke up, Lenny found the prostitute in his bathroom and didn't remember what happened. (00:55:00)

He couldn't sleep any longer and decided to burn his wife's relics (actually, Memento means relics). (00:5 1:00)

The next day, Lenny met Dodd who was looking for Jimmy in the street. Dodd shot Lenny and broke the window glass. (00:50:00)

On the run, Lenny found the note Natalie gave him and told him to go to Dodd's house and kill Dodd. (00:47:00)

Lenny came to Dodd's house and found no one. Lenny found Dodd coming home from a bath, wounded him and tied him up. He called Teddy for help. (00:44:00)

Lenny fell asleep at Dodd's house, woke up to find Dodd tied up and met Teddy who came. Lenny couldn't remember what happened and let Dodd go. (00:39:00)

Lenny went back to Natalie's house. Natalie thanked Lenny for helping her get rid of Dodd and decided to help Lenny find John G's license plate information. (00:27:00)

Lenny returned to the cheap hotel and found his room key missing. While negotiating with the hotel waiter, I suddenly found a note in my pocket to see Natalie pick up the license plate information, so I hurried away. (00:24:00)

In the hotel, Jenny met Natalie and got the information she needed. I also found the key to the hotel room. (00: 16:00)

Lenny went back to the cheap hotel and read the information Natalie gave him, convinced that Teddy was the John G he was looking for. (00: 1 1:00)

Walking out of the room, Lenny met Teddy. Lenny wants Teddy to go to a place with him (00:08:00).

Lenny found a picture of Teddy in his pocket in a lonely hut in the suburbs. He killed Teddy. (00:00:45)

His goal in life has been realized again. Will his memory cycle start again?

(00:00:00)

Well, if you think the story is complete now, you have been cheated.

The main problems are as follows:

(1) Is Lenny's wife really raped? Does he really have two enemies? Is he really an insurance company? You may find it a little incomprehensible to mention this. In fact, I think Sammy, the amnesia patient in the black-and-white clip, is Lenny himself, and his wife committed suicide to save him. It is difficult for him to accept this reality (which is of course meaningful to his life) and fantasize about a rape story. If you don't believe me, there is evidence to prove it. In a clip of the movie (I can't remember which segment, it's probably 1: 12), there is a picture in the hospital, and for only half a second, summy suddenly becomes lenny. The director has hinted that summy is actually lenny. Everyone must find this picture! ! ! Sure! ! ! !

What's the relationship between Lenny and Teddy? Is it really Teddy or the police who helped him find the murderer and killed him privately out of pity? Are the people killed really Lenny's enemies? But from the above analysis, we know that we are not sure whether he has any enemies, so I think Teddy took advantage of him, and I estimate that before killing Jimmy, the two of them cooperated to kill others (that is, the photos that Teddy showed Lenny for revenge). And it's quite possible that they killed more people.

(3) Teddy is the murderer? It's a big joke, so why does the final evidence favor him and make the protagonist think he is the murderer? There are also many explanations for this problem. Let's figure it out for ourselves.

This film is the best I have ever seen in my life. Reminds me of a dragon-touching game I played when I was a child (blindfolded, walking a few steps to touch the dragon figure on the wall). When we open our eyes, you will find it too easy to walk in a straight line, but when you cover your eyes, you will find it difficult to walk in a straight line. Because one of our most important positioning systems is closed, maybe every step we take has only a small error.