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Memento

Leonard, an insurance investigator, wakes up one night to suspicious sounds coming from the bathroom and his wife missing. He goes into check it out and ends up getting hit over the head causing him to lose his short-term memory. His memory remains normal up to the point of the attack but he cannot make any new memories from that point on. After the murder, Leonard is on a quest to find his wife's killer(s) and uses polaroids, notes, and tattoos to keep information needed in finding the murderers. Throughout the movie, various characters whom he seeks help from, wonder aloud what the point of finding his wife's killers is if he's not going to be able to remember it anyway- he's adamant that that will be one memory he won't lose. One thing that confuses me is if Leonard can't make any new memories, past the point where he got hit over the head, how does he remember that he lost his short-term memory?
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