forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted‚ and each wish resign’d”. -- Alexander Pope‚ "Eloisa to Abelard" “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‚ a movie written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry‚ presents a concept that one is able to erase a significant person‚ pet‚ or thing from his or her memory completely if they were so inclined. At times in my life‚ I have wished there were such a way to accomplish this feat. But after watching “Eternal Sunshine”‚ I
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"There’s No Breaking True Love" Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‚ a movie written by Charlie Kaufman‚ shows the true power of love. The two characters‚ Joel and Clementine take drastic actions to forget each other‚ but are brought back together. No matter what happens‚ true love will always find a way to work out. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a story about true love and how two soul mates cannot stay away from each other. Joel and Clementine meet on a train that just left
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have chosen to write on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I watched this movie without knowledge of the storyline or any expectations. As we start to understand the movie‚ I came to think that the theme of the movie was “fate” that brings people back together as the heaven-destined them to. At the end of the movie though‚ I was stunned- not only by the surprising ending but also by the narrative design‚ mise-en-scene‚ and cinematography. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind creatively uses a non-traditional
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Directed by Michael Gondry Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a romantic drama about a couple that erases each other from their memories. Joel (Jim Carrey) is shocked when his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) doesn’t recognize him the day before Valentine’s Day and shows no recollection of ever meeting him. He receives a letter from a company called Lacuna‚ a business that selectively erases memories. Clementine has erased Joel‚ and he decides to
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The plot of the movie the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is about two people Clementine and Joel who were once in a relationship but ended up breaking up because as time past the differences that brought them together‚ eventually led to them growing apart. They are two completely different people Joel is shy‚ quiet‚ and kind of an introvert. While Clementine is loud‚ anxious‚ and does outrages behavior completely different from Joel. When Joel finds out that she had a process so that she could
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Lastly the three movies‚ The Island‚ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‚ and Equilibrium‚ each highlight different key requirements of humanity and the issues with several. First‚ The Island shows how a clone slowly becomes more human like. Lincoln Six Echo begins to question his life early in the film; he is the first clone to demonstrate being self-aware. He slowly gains the memories of his sponsor and he is able to make his own. Lincoln and several other clones are able to display complex emotions
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of the Cave and the movie The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I will claim that both good and bad play hand in hand with knowledge and ignorance. It can be shown that knowledge is good and ignorance is bad. Also‚ arguing that the good in knowledge leads to liberation and rapture‚ which it is demonstrated in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ while the bad in ignorance leads to failure and anguish which can be proven in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. To begin with‚ Plato’s Allegory
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Word Count: 2‚175 Film Evaluation – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Imagine undergoing a procedure that could erase a person from one’s mind completely. Some would say that it solves personal problems. Others would say that‚ in reality‚ it creates many more. This is the case for Joel Barish in the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Joel is heartbroken to find out that his girlfriend‚ Clementine Kruczynski‚ went through the process of erasing him from her memory. He‚ then
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In Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)‚ the connections between people and memories become the focal point of a very unique romance. Through the use of new technology‚ the possibility of erasing memories makes painful relationships disappear like they never happened. The tale of Joel and Clementine allows the audience to rethink and question the process they undergo as beneficial or destructive. Though the process might be helpful in eliminating the pain caused from another
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the only thing in life that are guaranteed to last a lifetime. Some of the greatest significant possessions in life are not perceptible. Not only are memories significant‚ in the end they are all we really have. In Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‚ fragmented elements convey the importance of memories. The film depicts that one’s memories formulate who he or she is as a person. Gondry incorporates memories in the film through the symbolism of Clementine’s hair colour ‚ the camera
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