Memento (2000)
Memento tells the story of Leonard, a man who has no short term memory trying to solve the mystery of his wife's murder. Leonard was severely injured by a blow to the head he suffered while trying to rescue his wife.
The cleverly designed movie is told in reverse chronology, so that the audience can directly see how someone with a short term memory problem adapts to solving a mystery. The audience learns what it feels like to use an adaptive technique for short term memory loss.
Leonard wants to discover who sexually assaulted and murdered his wife. This is an especially challenging mystery for a man who has lost the ability to hold short term memories. "Memento" shows how he developes tactics and techniques to compensate for his lack of a short term memory.
Memento shows him using polaroid photographs, notes he writes on his body and even tattoos to compensate for his lack of a short term memory.
SPEAKER: BRUCE TODD
Bruce Todd, who earned a BBA in accounting at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent a lifetime in the public arena—both as an elected official for more than a decade and as an expert in public and governmental affairs since leaving office.
Todd was elected to the first of two terms in the Travis County Commissioner’s Court in 1987. He subsequently served as Mayor from 1991-1997.
As Austin mayor, he led the second-fastest growing city in the nation to record levels of both job production and environmental protection. He also worked to provide school-to-work opportunities for Austin students.
Todd has served as
- presidential appointee to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
- a member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Advisory Board
- as chair of Mayors United on Safety, Crime and Law Enforcement (MUSCLE
Todd also serves on a variety of boards /committees
- the Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council (current Executive Committee member),
- the Austin Project (immediate past president),
- the Long Center for the Performing Arts
- Brackenridge Hospital
- represents Brackenridge before theSeton Hospital Board
. Bruce also has an endowment for the Neuroscience Lectureship Fund at Brackenridge Hospital.
