I have to answer this for extra credit but it seems like he manipulated his own memory....I'm extremely confusedIn the movie Memento......What happened to cause Lenny's amnesia?
"Leonard Shelby (Pearce) is a former insurance investigator. In his previous life, intruders rape and kill his wife one night. He kills one of them, but the other bonks him on the head and gets away. The injury leaves him suffering from a condition called anterograde amnesia, which means that he can't create new long-term memories. Leonard can remember everything prior to the accident, since his old long-term memories are still intact; but his current attention span lasts roughly 15 minutes (and even less when he's stressed or distracted), and in no case can any of these current memories be permanently implanted in his brain. Since he can't experience the passage of time, his wife's death is always fresh to him; and so he is passionately determined to find the remaining intruder and kill him."
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I agree that it's confusing. I had to buy the movie so I could watch it a few times.In the movie Memento......What happened to cause Lenny's amnesia?
He and his wife were attacked in their home and he was hit over the back of the head. His wife was raped and murdered and he was left for dead.
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