Memento (BACKWARDS) 2/12

Memento in reverse

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• Memento
• 2000
• reverse
• guy
• pearce
• memory
• loss
• short-term

[kieranlink]

I am doing some work based on this film. I have a few queries that need cleaning up.

At the end of the film where he slams his breaks on. The next scene chronologically should be the one when he enters the tattoo shop. However the scene you have put in this video is a black and white one where he is talking to an officer. I am sure this that the black and white scenes come before any of the color ones...

[CocoaLuv22]

@kieranlink no the black & white scenes are intermingled with the color scenes in the original.. also, in the real version, they (black & white) go forwards & in this version they go backwards.. watch the original then make a comparison

[MrHoppybunny]

@ 8:29 he has a tattoo that says "ive done it" on his heart.

[DarkSkyPrivateers]

Teddy was such an awesome character. First time I saw this movie I shat bricks.

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

Things I never understood: when you see him and his wife in bed, and he's got the "I've done it" tattoo. Was he supposed to have gone so far to keep his mythical quest going that he actually had that tattoo removed, or was that part just some sad fantasy of his? Also, if he and Teddy have done this all at least once before (I wonder how many times they have), why doesn't he already have a Polaroid of Teddy? Also, how did he and Jimmy already meet?

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

@kieranlink Yeah, in the real time world the black and whites do all come before the meeting with Jimmy at the warehouse. It's kind of confusing. I think what the uploader did here, was literally just reverse the 'parts'. But in the real movie, there are two different timelines being established, the backwards 'case' Lenny is on, the one that will eventually lead him to kill Gammel, and the phone call. Two different intersecting timelines. If you leave all the b&w out, it makes more sense.

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

@CocoaLuv22 I think I understand what you're saying, as far as the timing of the black and whites, but in the real time world, they all happen before Gammel tells him to go meet Jimmy, right? He's wearing the flannel, etc. For the sake of understanding the timeline, which I think was the point of your uploads, I'd have left out all the phone call parts, and the Sammy Jenkis parts. Still, great idea to do this.

[parasiticlittletick]

@DarkSkyPrivateers first time i saw it i was high. i was shitting so many bricks..

[wizeladamska]

I Agree. we try to remember only the things that make us Happy. And we try to forget things we dont like. Lord knows that i try to Forget many things and try to only remember things that i make me Happy. but sometimes it is still tough !

[wizeladamska]

enjoy it while you still remember. LOLOL

[JustinSuhr4]

@NaturalBornHedonist because in the movie Lenny even said it himself, that memories can be distorted, that's one of the reasons why he thinks writing things down on the pictures are accurate, cause they're in print, not in a mental image.

[FearthePast]

@jfoxfan

Excactly! Like Teddy says: "So you lie to yourself to be happy. There's nothing wrong with that. We all do it. Who cares If there's a few little details, you rather not remember"