Probably Unanswerable Questions
Was there a second attacker?; How did Leonard's wife die?; Joe Pantoliano as Eddie Moscone; Memento in the phone-video era; Is Leonard in a mental institution?; Did it borrow from Mr. Short-Term Memory?; Why no sequels?
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- Was there a second attacker? One view says no, meaning Leonard is Sammy Jankis.
- How his wife died is debated: an attack causes his memory loss, and his memory of grabbing her thigh leads him to insist she did not take insulin.
- Nolan has said people refuse to believe Teddy because he is so oily, yet Teddy elsewhere tells elaborate stories that prove false; the conclusion leans toward Leonard being Sammy Jankis after an attack on his wife.
- Should Joey Pants have just played Eddie Moscone here? Yes.
- In the era of phone video Leonard could vlog every interaction, which might be the Netflix series, though he would keep forgetting to charge his iPhone.
- The shot where Sammy in the mental institution is replaced by Leonard in the chair leaves open whether Leonard is institutionalized.
- Did the film take from Tom Hanks's Mr. Short-Term Memory sketch on SNL, perhaps discussed on the Nolan brothers' road trip?
- Why no ten sequels like Saw? A Memento 2 should have happened, such as a Super Bowl plot or one set inside the Patriots during Spygate.