Life in Reverse: Short Term Spiritual Memory Loss

In the film Memento, we meet Leonard, who is searching for the man who killed his wife. He appears to be the typical Hollywood hero of the early 2000s. The hair is right; the jaw line, the atmosphere, everything screams revenge film. However, Christopher Nolan’s movie has a significant twist: Leonard has no short-term memory. 

He can remember life before his wife died, but anything since drifts from his recollection in a matter of minutes. As the movie progresses, we find that Leonard has an intricate system of tattoos with clues he does not want to forget. He creates…