Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (DVD)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of those pictures I would normally try and avoid. The hideous spot trailers promoting the film on television recently, coupled with an equally expansive title reminiscent of the sickly sweet Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, held up immediate warning signs - "you are now entering a chick flick zone, do not step any further beyond this point if you value your credibility!" What I did not know ...
...to take her to watch Eternal Sunshine at the cinema (recompense for making her sit through Evil Dead 2 again the previous night) despite my reservations behind the awful trailer! Luckily, as always, she was right to have her way - the film is conceptually visualised by director Michael Gondry around the typical style and themes that Kaufman invites within his script. Meaning you are about to enter a realm of wonderfully visualised and disjointed ...

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...happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted and each wish resign'd" - Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope where Eloisa envies the virgins who have no memories of passion to torment them. ...

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...oh my darling Clementine...' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, directed by Michel Gondry, written by Charlie Kaufman, is about Joel and Clementine, a couple who use some computer technology mixed with experimental psychology, to try to erase each other from their memories, but then they realize what they had together, they try and fight to keep it, but the procedure they have set in motion is not easily stopped. The story is based around the ...
...loved Adaptation, and I feel Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is even better than that. The philosophical connotations in the script are genuine questions. Are we all on an inevitable course, with no control over our actions? What are we without our memories, even the not so nice ones? Is it better we don't know some things? Jon Brion is responsible for the ambient music score. Incidentally, the title of the film is a quote from an 18th century ...

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...films to date. Eternal Sunshine is the story of Joel (Jim Carrey), a shy man lacking in confidence with women who never does anything spontaneous. Until, that is, one morning he abandons waiting for his train to work and instead heads to the beach. There he encounters Clementine (Kate Winslet), a blue-haired woman with no compunctions about approaching strangers and starting conversations, and the two of them hit it off. The film jumps in a confusingly ...
...have seen the trailer for Eternal Sunshine, and there will not be many regular cinema goers who managed to avoid it, will probably be expecting an upbeat fast snappy funny quirky film. It comes as quite a surprise to find that, though undeniably quirky and with some very funny moments, this is actually quite a dark exploration of a relationship falling apart. Where in some films the central concept of watching someone revisiting their own memories ...

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...the end remarkably touching. Eternal Sunshine has all of the weird creativity that has suffused Kauffman’s previous scripts, but this is a story that is ultimately more satisfying as it refuses to stumble at the third act and carries us straight through to its glorious finish. This is a movie that manages to be poignant, showing all the little quirks of a relationship and its darker moments, without ever coming across as saccharine. The arguments ...
...beautiful moments we see when they believe that no other moment will ever be as perfect again. There’s a sincerity and realism present here that makes for utterly compelling viewing. With a cast that’s pitch-perfect, an extraordinary story to tell, stunning cinematography, dazzling special effects and a director who has a very good idea of what he’s doing, this is a remarkable film: rich and fantastic, bittersweet and deep, and quite, quite brilliant. ...

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Charlie Kaufman is a man of mystery. He’s like a more subtle Lynch who ranges from the poignant to the utterly bizarre, with a lot of random tidbits in the middle. “Being John Malkovich” was Kaufman’s first “written by” venture into Hollywood in 1999 where he wowed audiences with his strangely original concepts and peculiar directorial traits. How many other directors pitch a film about someone finding a door-way into John Malkovich’s head…? “Eternal ...
...a movie, only this time he isn’t directing it, and in it; he focuses more upon character development and inter-action than the basic concept which could at times feel a little repetitive and déjà vu in “Being John Malkovich”; instead “Eternal Sunshine” was constantly dynamic, twisting and turning throughout even with the inevitability of the ending, it was still surprising. Michel Gondry did the film justice; taking Kaufman’s oddball script and making ...

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Eternal Sunshine. What a weird but wonderful movie. We have Charlie Kaufman (the writer of such wacky scripts such as “Being john Malkovich” and “Adaptation”) to thank for this original yet slightly crazy movie. Movie wise I am up for absolutely anything, but come on this movie starred my favourite actress Kirsten Dunst, and someone hilarious I adore, Jim Carrey, and then we have a hobbit thrown in for good measure. How could I resist? Prior to seeing ...
...any clips, I just didn’t want to know anything other than the basic plot. The trailer was very amusing yet thankfully didn’t give much of the plot away. After seeing it I was excited as anything! Joel Barish has been dating Clementine Kruczynski for some time but after an argument one night, Clementine storms out refusing to ever come back. Joel feels bad and decides to apologise by buying her a gift but when he summons up the courage to apologise ...

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...of the unique scenes in Eternal Sunshine are produced using old style camera tricks; the reliance on digital technology is at a total minimum. There is also a strange running order to the film. The film begins with the second meeting of Joel and Clementine, moves through the first meeting, cuts to the end of their time together and then views everything through Joel's memories, before returning to the beginning again and in true Monty Python style ...
...Although Nicholas Cage was considered for the lead, surprisingly we find Jim Carey in the role. Although known for that wacky cartoon character style, here he gives a much more measured performance and you can see a potential hitherto hidden by typecasting. Kate Winslet is the over the top Clementine and she also gives a stellar performance. The support comes from Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood and Mark Ruffalo who between them provide a, just as weird, ...

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Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are amongst my least favourite actors, but their latest film, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, had received such critical acclaim that I was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt just to see whether the film merited the glowing reviews I had read on the subject. The subject matter, a couple who undergo a procedure to erase each other from their minds after the breakdown of a two year relationship certainly ...
...enjoy. But does it really merit the praise it has received? As the film opens, we see a couple, Clementine (Winslet) and Joel (Carrey) meeting for the first time on a train. They do not know each other, but are strangely drawn together. Then the story flashes to their break up. Their relationship has deteriorated and they argue constantly and seem to have little in common any more. The last straw comes when Joel insults Clementine and she walks ...

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...that the final act for Eternal Sunshine is blinding (I usually use more sophisticated words to describe things but I just can't be bothered today...). The script posses some questions about life and love and doesn't quite resovlve atbthe end. You see the light but you con't quite forget what it took to see that light. The story is helped along by the fantastic editing (asformentioned). Revelations are revealed when the time is right, the story flows ...
...more slack. BOTTOM LINE Eternal Sunshine is without dout the strangest film you'll see this year but it is well worth the viewing, if not for enjoyment but for the curiosity factor. People who go to see slashers and brainless actioners may not fully appreciate it as there is no elaborate death and things don't randomly explode. Jim Carrey proves that he can be an equally good if not better staight man than his sterotype funny guy. CERTIFICATE : ...

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...And so you feel that Eternal Sunshine may also play out the same way. So what did I think of the movie? The film is a love story in reverse. You initially think that the film will pan out the same way as any other movie of this ilk, but after the opening credits on chapter 5 you see that this is a relationship that has finished bitterly and has left its emotional wreckage, in Joel at least, by the wayside. Carrey in the role of the withdrawn Joel ...
...the facial contortions and predictable gags and along comes an actor that has taken on a very different role, and succeeded with flying colours. He plays the part in a realistic, believable way and I felt the pain and anguish that he portrayed on screen. Winslett as Clementine also has broken the "English rose" mould to which she is normally cast, as the unpredictable and often verbally violent love interest; I felt she grasped the fact that she ...

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...touched me as much as Eternal Sunshine. I’m sure that more and more people will come to love this film as much as I have. In some ways I find it a little like Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. That too touched my romantic side! However, there is a little more action in Eternal Sunshine for those who were a little dissatisfied with Lost in Translation for that very reason. I think the star performer of this film is probably Kate Winslet as the ...
...times as there are different scenes in the film but aside from that she is a likeable character, although I couldn’t help but feel a little hostility towards her when she erases Joel from her mind. However, Winslet plays this character to a tee. Even from the eccentricities that define her personality to the little girl that seems to be almost taking over a woman’s body! She was a perfect foil for Carrey, who himself performed outstandingly. Overall, ...

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Joel Barish is a dull and lonely individual whose existence is brightened up considerably when he meets and falls in love with the free-spirited Clementine. Unfortunately they soon fall out of love and Clementine undergoes a procedure to surgically remove Joel from her memory. So Joel does the same, only do discover part way through the process that he still loves her and doesn’t want to forget her. So the race is on to bury her so deep in his mind ...
...that screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is a genius after the critical and financial successes of “Being John Malkovich” and “Adaptation”. I am not of the same opinion. I find his work too self-consciously clever (the title refers to a quote by Alexander Pope) and that he relies too heavily on film school gimmickry, editing and broken narratives. This film is no different. Director Michel Gondry’s pop promo-directing credentials shine through. No gimmick ...

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind sees Charlie Kaufman – the Academy Award nominated screenwriter of such films as Being John Malkovich and Adaptation - return with this romantic comedy in what is quite likely his most confusing script to date. However, this is anything but your average rom-com. Of course, it has some of the obvious, unavoidable, Richard Curtis-esque features, such as the mixture of love and heartbreak supplied by a troubled ...
...and they also lead to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind becoming an even more enjoyable experience. The mark of a good film is often how long it remains in your memory for afterwards. In this case, largely due to the extreme oddity throughout the majority of it, you will have no problem in remembering Eternal Sunshine. In fact, it is hard to get it out of your mind, demanding that you find someone else who has seen it in order for you to discuss ...

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Have you ever wished you could wipe the memories of a certain person from your mind? It's an intriguing thought, and the basis of this brilliantly inventive romantic-comedy-drama, one of the best films of 2004. Shy Joel (Jim Carrey) is upset when he discovers that his ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has undergone a procedure at the futuristic organisation Lacuna Inc to have all her memories of him wiped. Left with memories of their short, ...
...memories of Clementine erased. However, as the procedure begins and the memories start to disappear, the subconcious Joel decides he still loves Clementine and wants her back, thus beginning a trawl through his mind to do this and save their relationship. Its a concept that could only have come from the pen of writer Charlie Kaufman, who previously scripted 'Being John Malkovich' and 'Adaptation', two wonderfully weird comedies. This time around ...

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