It's Christopher Nolan's breakthrough film Memento, in which protagonist Lenny can't create new memories and searches for the elusive John G, who according to a tattoo on his chest raped and murdered his wife. This episode has lots of bits. In this podcast we run through the plot and filmmaking of Memento, Remember Stephen Toblowsky, discuss the origins of some of Christopher Nolan's film tropes, un-cancel John Locke (oh my!!), try to make Inception happen early, stop making sense, discuss nihilism and Nietzsche, put the peeps in the chili pot and add the M&M's, and restart the podcast at least twice.
The closing song is NOT by Loggins and Messina (nee Claudius and Messalina) but by Loggins-adjacent sometime Doobie Brother Michael McDonald, the apt for this episode "I Keep Forgetting"
Programming note: check out Andy on an upcoming episode of Yours, Mine, and Theirs talking about O Brother Where Art Thou? in an episode about movies that ask questions?
