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#102 - Memento (2000)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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The Payback Clock in Vengeance

The movie has the payback clock, which we've talked about. There's ever present urgency from Leonard to get that vengeance for the death of his wife and for the injury of his brain. And he is driven by this shit to, like you said, it's instead of a comic obsession,. It's a dangerous obsession, right? "I just wanted to make one other note before we move on to the next thing"

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