Continuity: In the scene in which Leonard writes on the back of his picture of Teddy, "He is the one. Kill him," we see a shot of Leonard placing the picture on top of his tan jacket on the bed as he goes to write on it. Then, it goes to a close-up of the picture in which the jacket has disappeared and the picture is lying directly on the blue bedspread. It actually happens twice within that same scene.
Quotes
Leonard Shelby: You know, I can remember so much. The feel of the world... her. She's gone. And the present is trivia, which I scribble down as fucking notes.
Mistakes
In Natalie's bedroom, as Leonard is dressing, she sits at her vanity table, picks up a bright red hair pick and pulls her hair up with it. Just before kissing him, in the shot facing Leonard, the pick in her hair is lavender. See more...
Trivia
Carrie-Anne Moss recommended Joe Pantoliano for the role of Teddy. See more...
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Memento (2000)
Directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano (add more)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Memento mistakes
Continuity: After entering room 304, Leonard steps on the bed to put the 4 photos back up on his paper on the wall. In the 1st close-up he puts the Discount Inn and the 2nd close-up he puts up Natalie. Then in a wide shot of Leonard looking at the paper, visible at the top of the paper, in the center, is the photo of Natalie and on it's right is the photo of Teddy, already up. In the next shot, the 3rd close-up, he puts up his car. However in the next wide shot ALL three photos that he just put up in the close-ups are GONE. Then in the 4th close-up he puts up Teddy's photo, which was up in the first wide shot.
Memento trivia
In the scene where Lenny is on the phone describing how Sammy Jenkis ends up in a home due to the death of his wife, it shows Sammy sitting in a chair looking towards the camera. Sammy is temporarily blocked from our view by someone walking in front of him. As the person passes by, it is not Sammy that re-appears, but Lenny. To see it well, you will have to use the frame-by-frame mode. There are about 5 visible frames of Lenny in the home, and then it cuts back to him inside the motel room talking on the phone again.
Memento quotes
Leonard Shelby: Now... where was I?
Leonard Shelby: I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can't remember them. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. Do I believe the world's still there? Is it still out there?... Yeah. We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I'm no different.
Teddy: You're not a killer. That's why you're so good at it.
Memento easter eggs
On Disc 2 of the limited edition DVD, select the Clock icon on the main menu. When you get a series of questions, pick C for all of them, until you get 4 pics of a woman changing her tire, then put the pics in reverse order. If done right, the credits will start to play backwards, then the movie plays in the correct order with the phone call scenes being first.
To access the chronological version of the film on the 3 DISC SPECIAL EDITION (with the negatively inverted photos on the cover), insert DISC 2 and highlight BIOGRAPHIES, the press right and the cursor will hang over a black space, press enter and the feature will start. On this version, chapter skips and scans are ENABLED.







