It was your wife who had diabetes."

Memento’s most memorable quotes question the human condition, lead to nail-bitting moments, or are surprisingly funny.

Images of Leonards dead wife flash across the screen.

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Hed been faking his condition to commit insurance fraud.

You exposed him for what he was, Teddy confirms to Leonard.

He prescribed Sammy with a conditioning test to prove that he didnt have the condition he said he did.

Joe Pantoliano as Teddy and Guy Pearce as Leonard talk inside a car in Memento.

Sammy’s story helps me understand my own situation, he then adds.

Memento is the film that pushed director Christopher Nolan into the spotlight.

It is a neat, psychological film with a lot of cool hidden details.

Split image showing Natalie with Leonard and Leonard alone in Memento.

The story is essentially a falsehood, which serves as an unreliable version of Leonards memory.

Remember Sammy Jankis is actually Leonards reminder to keep lying to himself.

His condition seems to make him an innocent victim of his own health in this regard.

Joe Pantoliano looking angry in a car in Memento

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