Memento (movie relating to abnormal psychology)
...king Polaroid photographs and tattooing important facts onto his body. The story is narrated in reverse chronology, beginning with Leonard shooting a suspected killer, it is followed by scenes that correspond to Leonard’s short-term memory. The sequence of events is the most confusing part of the movie. Leonard talks about a man named Sammy who suffered from anterograde amnesia after a car crash. Sammy's diabetic wife thinks the condition is mental and then must be voluntary. She tries to get him to "snap out of it" by testing him in different ways. After giving up and having a husband who cant remember anything, she finally tricks him into administering her insulin shot over and over until she dies. There are other characters in the movie that try to manipulate and use Leonard as an assassin because they know of this condition and goal in life. We realize that Leonard will forget even if he has achieved his goal in life and will continue to look for his wife’s killer and kill over and over again. However the twist to the movie is that his friend Sammy is actually the story of himself, he was the one who killed his wife, or helped her commit suicide in her attempt to make him “snap out” of his condition. Leonard is not aware of this. His symptoms are obvious throughout the movie. He will meet the same character over and over again without remembering their interaction from the day before. The only thing he has for memories are the pictures of the characters with something written underneath their picture. The sad part of the movie is how people try to use him, which makes the movie itself even more confusing. This is because the characters are acting totally different with their own goals in mind. Leonard does not receive any treatment or prognosis in the movie. He does not seek out any help, and I do not see any treatment that would actually help him, especially since there is no one close to him in his life to take care of him. The movie does not portray any positive messages about having this disease; I could not imagine any benefits in life of have anterograde amnesia. They do portray all negative effects of the disease. It is a horrible life to lead with ...