A brief analysis of memory fragments, personal opinion only

Hoyt 2022-04-22 07:01:02

I saw the memory fragment once about a year ago, but I didn't seem to be in a good state at the time, and I didn't understand it very much. I revisited it again a few days ago, and suddenly found the shock that I should have felt for the first time. Overall, this movie is worth watching. The director divided the story into two lines through editing, one is in sequence and the other is flashback. At the end of the film, the two lines converge, which brings a great shock and makes people feel Epiphany, but there are still many details that need to be scrutinized, reasoned, and even overturned the previous epiphany at the end of the reasoning. Now let me talk about my own personal understanding.
After watching the whole film, it seems that what the film wants to express is that the protagonist leonard was injured when he was robbed and rescued his wife, causing short-term memory impairment. Later, he killed his wife by mistake in his wife's desperate test. In the end, he distorted his memory and began to avenge his wife. , The police Teddy took advantage of Leonard's illness and kept killing people. In the end, Leonard killed Teddy in his own way. At first, I understood this, but after careful reasoning, I found that maybe the expression of the film is not so simple. According to the actual chronological order, first, when Leonard was attacked, there was a picture of blue particles in a glass bottle shattering, and in an uncertain situation, Leonard quickly picked up the pistol, kicked the door skillfully and exploded it neatly. The head of a gangster, when they killed Jimmy later, they obviously knew each other, and Jimmy had no defense against him, obviously a friend's feeling, plus Leonard's high alertness, cautious style, and good skills throughout the film. , I don't think his identity is simply an insurance investigator. Teddy also said that that was Leonard's previous identity. I'm more supportive of Leonard's claim that he was also a former drug dealer. The burglary may have been due to a dispute. After the injury, the former partners started to use him. Teddy used him to get rid of Jimmy and tried to swallow a lot of money. Natalie used him to relieve the threat and get rid of Dropped Teddy. Among them, Natalie used Leonard's memory defect to blame others after being beaten. I think it implies that Leonard, although he had a very meticulous way of reminding himself, was eventually used by others. Although Leonard took the initiative to mark Teddy at the end of the film, and after killing Teddy, there will be no new John.G, but the biggest winner is not Leonard, he is just a pawn after all.
Of course, this is just my analysis, and the time is limited, so I feel that the expression is not very clear. Everyone will have their own different understanding of every detail after watching this movie. I think this is also the charm of this movie. , it deserves to be a high-IQ movie that is sought after by the audience.

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Extended Reading
  • Tamara 2022-03-24 09:01:05

    It is not only a suspense film, but also touches the inevitable pain in life: find a reason to live, even if this extremely powerful reason is not true. Nothingness is more terrifying than death.

  • Andres 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    Do people really need excuses to live on? What would undo, if I get the ability to lie to urself? Does the truth really matter?

Memento quotes

  • Leonard Shelby: When I looked into his eyes I thought I saw recognition. Now I know. You fake it. If you think you're supposed to recognize somebody you, you just pretend. You bluff it to get a pat on the head from the doctors. You bluff it to seem less like a freak.

  • Teddy: So you lie to yourself to be happy. There's nothing wrong with that. We all do it.