He no longer has the ability to create short term memories since the incident of the murder occurred and in showing us, the audience, Christopher Nolan (writer/director) twists the presentation of the film by reversing the scenes. In my opinion this is to create a connection between the main character and the viewer, as neither knows what to expect next.

Thriller is a term used for many films and is regarded as having a plot based around such things as a hero, justice or a race against time to prevent an event occurring. So it is quite vague as what the definition of a thriller is.

A Psychological Thriller is a term which best suits the nature of ‘Memento’. It scares the audience…not with blood and gore as some thrillers do, but

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Detective John, Donny Darko’s, Christopher Nolan, Psychological Thriller, Alfred Hitchcock, Leonard Shelby, Richard Kelly, , search cure, thriller term,