Daily Dialogue — February 28, 2016

She slams down the glass of beer in front of him.

Natalie: On the house.
Leonard: Thanks.

He picks up the beer and drinks.

Natalie: My, you really do have a problem. Just like that cop said.
Leonard: Hm?
Natalie: Your condition.
Leonard: Nobody’s perfect.
Natalie: What’s the last thing that you do remember?
Leonard Shelby: My wife…
Natalie: That’s sweet.
Leonard Shelby: …dying.

— Memento (2000), screenplay by Christopher Nolan, short story by Jonathan Nolan

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Oblivious.

Trivia: The medical condition experienced by Leonard in this film is a real condition called Anterograde Amnesia, the inability to form new memories after damage to the hippocampus. During the 1950s, doctors treated some forms of epilepsy by removing parts of the temporal lobe, resulting in the same memory problems.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Here the fact that Leonard is oblivious to drinking beer with spit in it proves to Natalie he’s telling the truth about his condition, the key to the start of their relationship.