Memento

In 'Memento' (2000), Leonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes, Polaroid photos, and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. This Christopher Nolan film ingeniously uses a non-linear narrative to mimic Leonard's own disjointed memories.

• The film's story is told in both chronological and reverse order.
• Shots in color are reverse sequences, black and white are chronological.
• The movie was inspired by a story from Jonathan Nolan's college.
• The director, Christopher Nolan, used Polaroids to organize the plot.
• The movie took a total of 25 days to shoot.

• "Now, where was I?"
• "Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car."
• "I can't remember to forget you."
• "We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are."
• "Just because there are things I don't remember doesn't mean my actions are meaningless."