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Memento Usually narration is the most reliable source in a movie, but in the case of Memento its not. The film Memento is told through the eyes of Leonard Shelby who is unable to create new memories after suffering a head injury by a robber who also raped and tried to kill his wife. The only thing Leonard still remembers is everything that happened before the accident. He thinks the robber killed his wife so he sets out to look for him to get his revenge for his wife’s murder. In actuality the robber didn't kill his wife, but we’re made to believe this since Leonard is narrating the whole movie. Narration in a movie is what most people rely on to know what's going on and what is true or not. The narration sets the tone for a movie so we never really try to question or argue what the narration saying, Without narration in a movie its hard to figure out who's right and who's wrong. Narration is supposed to make things easier for the person to understand, in a way it simplifies and br