There is a bewildering array of topics at the intersection of cinematic art and philosophical inquiry, and a variety of approaches within each topic. The confusion arising from the multitude of approaches to a multitude of issues is reflected in the nomenclature employed to link philosophy and film: philosophy of film, philosophy in film, philosophy on film, philosophy through film, film as philosophy, film-philosophy, and filmosophy— among others. The issue is further complicated by the different meanings attached to both ‘film’ and
‘philosophy’ in the context of the exploration of the relationship between them. I shall take ‘film’ to refer to the art form of moving photorealistic pictures (whether photochemical or digital in ori- gin), ‘a film’ to be a work of cinema, and ‘cinematic art’ as synonymous with the art form of film.1 My claim is that Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) can meet both criteria of cinema as analytic philosophy in the bold thesis.2 Livingston states: