Amnesia???

The narrative form of this movie was definitely unconventional. We see in the beginning that the Polaroid picture in "undeveloping" and the blood is running up the wall. That is the first clue to the unclear unity of the film. The cause and effect seems to jump around alot since we are viewing several different times in Lenny's life. We are seeing the past, prior to his wife's death as well as what appears to be the present time and a little bit of flashback scene by scene.
Characters are pretty easy to identify with on the surface. Natalie appears to be a sympathetic caring friend to Lenny at first, then we find out the truth and her ulterior motives. The viewers know that according to Lenny's photos, Teddy can not be trusted. We don't really know why, however, until the end. And even then, there leaves some room for interpretation. No one is really who they appear to be in this film, but the audience is identifying with each of them scene by scene.
It takes the long way around, but we do get closure at the end of Memento. We find out the true rolls of all the characters and how they fit into the puzzle of Lenny's life. This movie does draw in the audience and provides them with resolution at the end of the story. It does however, NOT have a happy Hollywood ending!

Jill Loucks