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Activity # 7301.400
Date: Tuesday, September 14
Time:  6:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE

In the opening credits, Leonard Shelby kills Teddy for the rape and murder of his wife based on information from a woman called Natalie. The movie’s events unfold in two separate, alternating narratives. The black and white sections are told in chronological order, first showing Leonard conversing with an anonymous phone caller. Leonard’s investigations that are in color are in reverse chronological order.  As each sequence begins you are unaware of the preceding events, making you as confused as Leonard. He is also hindered by short-term amnesia by which prevents him from remembering anything for more than 5-10 minutes. At the film’s end, the two narratives converge and we understand the investigation and Teddy’s death. Take the challenge!  (2000, R, runtime 113 minutes).

Host:  Joseph Maxnor