![]() ![]() And he’s right, since the film opens (or closes?) with Shelby killing Teddy. Shelby gets his revenge by writing false clues for his future forgetful self to find – knowing that his trail of notes will convince himself into believing Teddy is the man who murdered his wife. It was (probably) him on the phone the whole time, masterminding everything – right up until the point Teddy tricks himself into killing him. “It was just dumb fucking luck.” The whole revenge plot was a ruse set up by Teddy to get Shelby to target other people. Shelby knows he’s being used, but Natalie steals all his permanent pens before he can write it all down to remind himself.Ĭarrie-Ann Moss in ‘Memento’. ![]() With Jimmy dead, his old associates come looking for Natalie to pay off his debts – before she steals Teddy’s idea of tricking Shelby into taking out her enemies. The most he has to do with anything is introducing his girlfriend, Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss), into the story. Random scumbags like Jimmy (Larry Holden). Shelby thinks Teddy is his friend, but all Teddy cares about is money – taking advantage of his memory loss to trick him into going after random scumbags that he wants to rip off. We know Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) isn’t all that he seems (“don’t trust his lies”), but we only find out late in the game that he’s actually a corrupt cop who’s been using Shelby to do his dirty work. What did Teddy and Natalie have to do with it all? The confusion starts when Shelby starts getting passed the wrong information, trusting the wrong people and even lying to himself – as the film’s finale reveals. The Polaroids help with faces, but tattoos are essential for the really important details that are likely to get lost or washed off. Shelby constantly forgets everything, so he has to write it all down. ![]() Partly because it helped sell the film by having a shirtless Guy Pearce on all the posters (dye-job blonde boys were all the rage back in 2000, blame Sum 41 and NSYNC…) But it also makes a lot of sense. ![]()
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