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Decoding Memento - The narrative in Memento is both understood by the audience both consciously and sub-consciously.
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Decoding Memento-Tom Hogan 12/1 The narrative in Memento is both understood by the audience both consciously and sub-consciously. We see things that we mentally process because we think that they are important, the tattooing of information on Leonard's body for example, because he sees them as potentially important pieces of information, we do too. We also remember things that we don't remember recognizing or consciously processing, small images in the background for example that are later revealed to us. The concept of a backwards revealing plot being entwined with a forwards moving plot, the phone call with an unknown voice which is shown in black and white only widens the confusion of the audience which is reflective upon Leonard's confusion throughout the film. This presents problems for the audience in unraveling the narrative because we only know what the character knows and he does not know a lot because of...
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