When Sammy Jankis is pictured in the hospital after his wife’s death, someone passes in front of him and he is replaced with Leonard afterwards
by ChevelierMalFet
When Sammy Jankis is pictured in the hospital after his wife’s death, someone passes in front of him and he is replaced with Leonard afterwards
by ChevelierMalFet
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This works exceptionally well because in the moment, it isn’t seen as foreshadowing the twist, it’s just a reinforcement of how Leonard now empathizes with (his constructed recollections of) Sammy.
>Sammy’s brain didn’t respond to conditioning, but he was no con man. When his wife looked into his eyes she thought he could be the same as he ever was. When I looked into Sammy’s eyes, I thought I saw recognition. We were both wrong. Now I know. You fake it. If you think you’re supposed to recognize someone, you pretend to. You bluff it to get a pat on the head from the doctors. You bluff it to seem less of a freak.
Now I know