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Memento (2000)

Where Memento says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Nolan's amnesia thriller was shot in the Los Angeles suburbs: a Tujunga motel, a Burbank bar and an oil refinery that stood in for the film's key warehouse

Scenes and places

The derelict warehouse

In the reverse-played opening, Leonard shoots a man in the head and takes a Polaroid of him, and the film then unspools toward how he got here.

Set in Abandoned warehouse — The empty building where the film's opening and one of its last confrontations take place.

A derelict industrial building, built as a set after the first planned location fell through.

Filmed at Oil refinery near Long Beach (set built inside) (Los Angeles area, United States) — The derelict-building interior was built as a set and shot at an oil refinery near Long Beach; one blog places it at the Fletcher refinery in Carson (see disputes). Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Not accessible; the refinery is reported demolished by one blog.

Leonard's motel room

Leonard wakes in a motel room and tells an unknown caller about the attack that left him unable to make new memories. He leans on notes, Polaroids and tattoos to piece together who he is hunting.

Set in Discount Inn (Leonard's room) — The motel room where Leonard explains his condition to an unknown caller.

A repainted roadside motel in the Tujunga foothills.

Filmed at Travel Inn, 7254 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga (Los Angeles area, United States) — Repainted and used as the Discount Inn exterior and the interiors of Leonard's and Dodd's rooms; coordinates are the Sunland-Tujunga neighbourhood centre, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sammy Jankis's house

Leonard remembers the case of Sammy Jankis, another amnesiac he once investigated. After tests showed Sammy could not learn through repetition, Leonard denied the insurance claim, believing the condition psychological.

Set in Sammy Jankis's house — The suburban home of the insurance case Leonard keeps coming back to.

An ordinary Pasadena-area suburban house standing in for the Jankis home.

Filmed at Suburban house near Pasadena (Altadena, 2397 Highland Ave per one blog) (Los Angeles area, United States) — Shot at a suburban home close to Pasadena; the street address comes from a single blog, so the point is the Altadena centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Lunch with Teddy

Over lunch Teddy offers to buy, and Leonard asks if John G could still be in town. Teddy is clearly tired of hearing about Sammy Jankis.

Set in A restaurant — A restaurant where Leonard is bought lunch.

A neighbourhood restaurant in the north San Fernando Valley.

Filmed at Restaurant, 12192 San Fernando Rd, Sylmar (Los Angeles area, United States) — Single-blog address for a restaurant used in the film; coordinates are the Sylmar centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Natalie's house

Natalie, a bartender, offers to help Leonard, then exploits his condition by blaming her bruises on Dodd. Leonard agrees to deal with him.

Set in Natalie's house — Natalie's home, where Leonard comes to be taken in and used.

A Burbank house where the first day of filming took place.

Filmed at House, 919 E Magnolia Blvd, Burbank (Los Angeles area, United States) — Natalie's house is in Burbank per the film's production notes; the street address is from a single blog, so the point is the Burbank centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Mountcrest Inn

Leonard ambushes Dodd in his hotel room and questions him, then calls his contact Teddy to help move the problem out of town.

Set in Mountcrest Inn — The hotel room where Leonard ambushes Dodd.

A roadside inn on a busy valley boulevard.

Filmed at Hill Crest Inn, 9111 Sepulveda Blvd, North Hills (Los Angeles area, United States) — Single-blog attribution for the Mountcrest Inn scenes; coordinates are the North Hills centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ferdy's Bar

Natalie works her shift at the bar where Leonard comes to find her, mistaken at first for her boyfriend.

Set in Ferdy's Bar — The bar where Natalie works as a bartender.

A neighbourhood bar in Burbank.

Filmed at The Blue Room, 916 S San Fernando Blvd, Burbank (Los Angeles area, United States) — Single-blog name for the bar used in the film; coordinates are the Burbank centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Leonard's old home

Leonard remembers the night his wife was attacked, the event that left him unable to store new memories.

Set in Leonard's old home — The house Leonard shared with his wife before the attack.

A suburban house in Altadena.

Filmed at 2379 Highland Ave, Altadena (next to the Sammy house, per one blog) (Los Angeles area, United States) — Single-blog address, beside the Sammy Jankis house; coordinates are the Altadena centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Burning his wife's belongings

Leonard burns his wife's possessions, a private ritual of letting go.

Set in Place where Leonard burns belongings — An open area where Leonard sets his wife's belongings alight.

Industrial ground on the far side of the refinery.

Filmed at Oil refinery near Long Beach (opposite side) (Los Angeles area, United States) — Filmed on the other side of the same refinery as the warehouse scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Leonard Shelby — A former insurance investigator with anterograde amnesia who hunts his wife's attacker with notes, Polaroids and tattoos.
• Natalie — A bartender who offers to help Leonard and uses his condition.
• Teddy — Leonard's contact, whom a note warns him not to trust.
• Sammy Jankis — Another amnesiac whose case Leonard remembers from his insurance work.
• Dodd — A man pressing Natalie for money, whom Leonard agrees to confront.