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Worlds of Memory

  • Memento
    • form
      • not backward but shuffled
      • climax is at the beginning
      • requires your memory to connect literal plot
        • puts you in Leonard's (protagonist) position
    • themes
      • choice and destiny
      • the fluidity of memory
        • Lenny's says it's fallible; you don't need it if you have the facts
    • characters
      • Teddy
        • liar? manipulator?
      • Leonard (don't call me Lenny)
        • murderer or avenger?
      • John G
        • anybody?
      • Dodd
        • criminal?
    • plot
      • A guy got brain damage during an attack
      • his wife was raped but survived
      • but the guy thinks she died
      • every few minutes he's back to square one
    • casting

  • Dark City
    • Do your memories dictate who you are?