Film Openings - Memento (2000) - Opening Scene

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-XzNIUt1dBQ Memento (2000) - Opening Scene

The following sequence makes you want to continue watching the film because the beginning sequence in this particular film includes the sense of mystery and the aspect of making the audience want to find out what happens next. The sequence is also played backwards, so it is as if you are about to find out what happened straight away.
The sequence also shows the audience a photo of a dead body, so the audience doesn't know what has happened. Thus wanting them to find out what happens next. Also the use of tense music gives the scene a dramatic atomsphere. The uses of the long take of the photo helps also to build up tension. The clip also shows the man crying, which shows that the action whcih has just taken palce, as maybe a mistake, but having to find out, thus to keep watching.