“How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world, forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned.” — Alexander Pope (Mary Svevo)
Have you ever experienced wanting to erase someone from your memories because of all the pain you suffered because of that person? If yes, then this movie might be for you.
I have seen many posts regarding this movie on social media despite this film being released several years ago. Some of my friends also recommended it to me so to satisfy my curiosity, I finally watched it! Guess what? I hated myself for not watching this critically acclaimed film years ago because this movie was so brilliantly made. I feel like this story will stick with me forever.
Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind is a movie directed by Michel Gondry and was released on the year 2004. The film explores romance and memory using aspects of psychological drama, science fiction, and a nonlinear storyline. It garnered various awards such as the Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
Plot Summary
The story starts with Joel Barrish (played by Jim Carrey) at Valentine’s morning deciding to travel to Montauk, Long Island. There, he met Clementine Kruczynski (played by Kate Winslet). Over the next few days, they felt a connection with each other, and poof! Love began to blossom.
But, as the movie progressed, it revealed that this is not the brand-new romance Joel and Clementine think it is. The truth was they already dated in the past and broke up after two years of being together. Clementine wanted to move on and had all memory of Joel erased through a medical corporation called “Lacuna Inc”. They are known for targeted memory erasure.
When Joel discovered what Clementine had done, he also decided to erase his memory of Clementine. When Joel relives each memory of Clementine (part of the erasing process), he realizes that he does not want to lose those memories after all. Too late! Because no matter how hard he tried, all his memories of her were erased by the Lacuna technicians successfully.
Outside of the story's main characters, side plots involving people from Lacuna begin to develop. Mary (Lacuna’s receptionist) had an affair with Dr. Howard (the doctor who runs Lacuna) and Mary's memories about it were erased. When she discovered that horrible fact, she was so mad. After quitting her job, she stole all the records of the patients and sent those materials back to them. That is the reason why Joel and Clementine discovered their past relationship and the reasons why their love failed.
Characters
Now, let’s talk about the portrayal of Jim Carrey as Joel and Kate Winslet as Clementine. Jim Carrey is famous for his comic roles, but with this movie, he actually proved that he can excel at serious roles too. On the other hand, with Kate Winslet, she seems so effortless with her character which adds to the brilliance of the movie. They are both the perfect combination for this role.
Visual
Its cinematography is exceptional. Movies often portray memories in grayish or black and white color but this is not the case for eternal sunshine for the spotless mind. Gondry (the director) filmed it with scenes dimly lit and hazily filmed which results to the “documentary feel” type of movie. The shots are also the jewels of the movie. While watching it, it feels like you’re lost inside a dream.
The plot of Eternal Sunshine for a Spotless Mind was nonlinear. You might be perplexed at the start of the movie (like what happened to me). However, as the film progresses, all of the confusion will fade away, and everything will come together in the end.
Indeed, you can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story. Joel and Clementine might forget each other’s memories, but their heart will always remember.
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This is still one of my favourite movies too😍😍😍
Yes! This movie is timeless. After I watched it, it became one of my favorites too. 😍
It's a fantastic movie!
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are - particularly - amazing in this one.
Yes! They even won awards and nominations because of their performance on this movie.
Funny, just today I learned that "Clementine" is derived from the word "clemency."
Yeeees, it was mentioned on the first part of the movie 😍
Favorite love story and in my top 5 favorite movies!
Same here! It became one of my favorites too. Their story is so unique and well-written.
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You're welcome! Yes, you should definitely add this. You won't regret it.
wow you really have seen this film, so you can parse well the contents and characters of both, success for you. I'd love to have insight like yours today. let me take and block your post.
Thank you so much ☺️
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I only saw this post because I saw on Twitter that someone downvoted it for being over-rewarded. While I agree that it's over-rewarded, it's a good post. You're also new here (welcome), so I think part of it is just people trying to be welcoming. I'm not going to upvote or downvote it, if that's okay. It's got enough upvotes, but I'm not much of a downvoter. It feels rude, even if it's not.
Your post is good and makes me want to watch this film again. It's been quite a few years since I've seen it.
I hope you like it here on Hive.
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It's okay, I understand :) Thank you for appreciating my post and yes, I'm already liking this community ☺️
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