"Remember Sammy Jenkis" - A Tribute To Memento
"I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life." --Luis Bunuel
- "I have this condition."
- Writer/director Christopher Nolan's first film, a black-and-white psychological thriller called Following [1998], was filmed one day a week over the course of a year.
- "I have to believe in a world outside my own."
- Nolan says that his influences include the films of Orson Welles, Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity, Nicholas Roeg's Don't Look Now and Alan Parker's Angel Heart, among others.
- "We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I'm no different."
- The whole movie was shot in just 26 days at a cost of $5 million.
- "Some memories are best forgotten." --Ad tagline
- Official website: www.otnemem.com.
- "Maybe it's time you started investigating yourself." --Teddy
- The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen but lost out to Gosford Park.
- "She has also lost someone. She will help you out of pity." --Note on Natalie's Polaroid
- Teddy shares the same phone number as Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter) in Fight Club.
- "I can't remember to forget you."
- The film was based on a short story, "Memento Mori," by Christopher Nolan's brother, Jonathan.
- "The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?"
- Leonard suffers from an actual condition called Anterograde Amnesia.
- "It's beer o'clock and I'm buying." --Teddy
- Two of the cast members appeared in The Matrix - Carrie-Anne Moss ("Trinity") and Joe Pantoliano ("Cypher").
- "I use discipline and drive to make my life possible."
- Pantoliano also had a memorable role as "Guido the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business.
- "It must be hard living your life off a couple scraps of paper." --Natalie
- Do you remember the guy who plays "Sammy Jenkis" as the annoying insurance salesman, Ned Ryerson, in Groundhog Day?
- "You're not a killer. That's why you're so good at it." --Teddy
- Guy Pearce, the actor who plays Leonard "Lenny" Shelby, is probably best known for his performance in L.A. Confidential.
- "Someone has to pay, Lenny. Somebody always pays." --Teddy
- "Don't believe his lies" --message on Teddy's Polaroid.
- "My wife deserves revenge, whether I know about it or not."
- "Now I know you fake it. You create your own truths."
- "Do I lie to myself to be happy? In your case, Teddy, I will."
- "I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there."
- "I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can't remember them."
- "Now, where was I?" --last line