Memento

Memento is a very noir film. It retains its femme fatale, urbanity and subject matter. These axioms are undebateable. On another level, however, the film is quasi-horror. It does not need monsters or chainsaw killers to achieve this. It is a psychological horror; and it causes its viewers to question what they perceive reality to be. What if man were a goldfish, lacking coherent memories? The film does not dwell on this; instead leaving it for outside thought. That proposition, however, is truly firghtening. It is something that can weigh on one's conscience; but it is near impossible to pretend to live in that manner. If we are to believe Teddy (I believe the film compells you to); the film in its entirity is a lie. Leonard should not be albe to trust himself any more than he trusts Teddy. The parameters of Lenny's existance are meaningless. When that is generalized, it becomes a horror in the truest sense.