`` Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind `` By Charlie Kaufman And The Cherry On The Top Performance

In classical Hollywood cinema, most films are voyeuristic in nature. This paper examines two films that explain the main characters’ relationships but in styles that contrast classical cinema. The two films analyzed have some similarities but primarily are different than what most American audiences are accustomed to seeing. Annie Hall is a romantic comedy from the United States that explores sexual relationships. The movie is focused on the relationship between two main characters -Alvy Singer played by Woody Allen and Annie Hall played by Diane Keaton. They had a tumultuous relationship that had many highs and lows that lasted for years. However, due to their different personalities and views on life, they finally break up and live their

November 1998, written for FILM 220: Aspects of Criticism. This is a 24-week course for second-year students, examining methods of critical analysis, interpretation and evaluation. The final assignment was simply to write a 1000-word critical essay on a film seen in class during the final six-weeks of the course. Students were expected to draw on concepts they had studied over the length of the course.

This article "Two Kinds of Movies From "Happy Haneke"" by Anthony Lane is about in the movie industry there a generally only two types of movies. The two distinct types of movies are the six o’clock and nine o’clock movies. Each of them gives a different vibe and meaning. While after the nine o’clock movies people tend to go to bed, with “ dreams whose sweetness will not be crumbled or soured by what you say,” six o’clock movies still leave a great deal of day left to enjoy. As stated in the article, “six o’clock movies require more organization.” The audience of this article would be to those unbeknownst to movies industry’s two types of movies. The purpose of this article is to present to some the distinct qualities of the two generalities

Released in 2004, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind embraces romance, drama, and elements of science fiction, revealing the possible repercussions of advancements in technology.

In this paper it will discuss the directors portrayal of the

The presence of any or all of these features triggers alienation by social roots. Before exploring the philosophical elements within the film, a simple summary of the

The story Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind written by Charles Kaufman is a complicated one about the relationships between destiny, memories, and attraction. It very strangely documents the attempt of one man, Joel, with the help of a futuristic medical procedure, to completely erase all of his memories of his ex-girlfriend Clementine from his mind, only to regret the decision once the procedure begins taking effect. The conflict Joel deals with in regretting his decision over the procedure and the connections between destiny, memories of attraction are key to the story’s theme: Without memories however painful the potential from someone to learn from mistakes is removed leaving them destined to repeat patterns instilled by attraction.

Since the emergence of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks franchise,the notion of self-conscious narrative first popularized by postmodernist writers like Gaddis, Gass, Pynchon and DeLillo has enjoyed the privilege of being a fully-formed filmic object for viewer review. Its logic is that of the quixotic hero and its desired Other, whether it be a lost love, unfaithful wife or husband, moribund career, or the realization that oneself has lost all significant connection to the world, that the ironic hero is ironic because his or her role in the world has become otiose; the point in this self-conscious aesthetic is that the plot signifies an element in the story long enough for the protagonist’s gaze to create both linguistic and visual alienation. Repeat a word enough times and it becomes unfamiliar, Other: jamais vu. The lover of cinema feels her gaze returned, as if film is conscious of the viewer’s entry into its narrative—the diegesis.

After seeing the play “The Valley” written by Joan MacLeaod, I begun to realize that

I explored Victor Hugo, a French poet who ‘epitomised the French love poem’. A poem named ‘Aimons toujours! Aimons encore!’ applied a sense of meaning to my screenplay. A poem of such intricacy encouraged people to love at all costs, despite pain and struggle that are intrinsic to love. I manipulated the idea of struggle to fit my theme of homosexuality and the controversy at the time. Thus, this is overtly reflected in the complex narrative that unravels in À ce moment. Aesthetically ‘The Cure’ who released a video for their song ‘Just like Heaven’, directed by Tim Pope, was also an inspiration. Although costumes used were seemingly dismal, the sky and setting were romanticised and exaggerated the theme of love which catalysed my aesthetic to be of similar colour palettes. This aided me when constructing a wide shot of the two protagonists, seen through mere silhouettes that are accompanied with the ‘sun setting into a dreamy red haze’. An interview in which Tarantino, revealed that audiences ‘like being curious’ helped me when deciding if all questions should be answered throughout the narrative or if gaps should be left purposefully to enhance a sense of curiosity. Therefore I decided to let interactions of characters and a cyclical pattern bring together, with the help of thinking in the audience, what knowledge was missing. For example, Claude

For those who frequently watch movies, it is only an unsaid fact that they develop a strong liking for a particular genre or genres of films. And once this bond is structured in one’s mind with a specific type of movie, one often expects to get the same kind of emotional fruit from the movie apart from being entertained in general, obviously. But it can be hard when a movie is chosen and it does not exactly delivers up to one’s expectations in terms of an emotional ride.

The purpose of my writing is to closely analyse a scene from The Kite Runner. In my piece of writing I will aim to produce a detailed discussion of a specific scene using film terminology and examples. My audience will be my year 12 peers and my teacher In the film The Kite Runner director Mark Forstor uses a wide variety of film techniques in key scenes to convey important themes and messages to the audience.

Influenced by my father’s career as an economist, I once aspired to step into the same path as he does. However, always staying up late for Cannes instead of the Fed, I realized my passion resides on films and have been writing film analyses on a weekly basis since the sophomore year. I am especially interested in arthouse films. What always fascinates me is how these filmmakers maximize their imagination and create heterodox ways of narrative to visualize emotion. Arthouse films have gone through several stages. From the rising of the European art cinema innovating styles of storytelling influenced filmmakers and audiences globally, to the recent era of pursuing fast and loud expression makes a rejection in the subtly and nuance.

When one reflects on the questions they are asked in life, one of the most thought provoking questions is “what is your favorite movie?” Though a trivial question, one constantly finds oneself baffled trying to think of a movie in which they can truly say is their favorite. Once one comes up with an answer to this question, the preceding question is “why?” What is it that truly makes a movie great? One can argue the characters, or the story line that makes the movie great. But ultimately it is the memorable scenes in which make the movie ones favorite. It is the scenes that truly stand out above the other components of a movie or play. For this reason, numerous writers emphasize one or two scenes in which stand out from all the rest. This

The film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004, written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, deviates from conventional film by using not only naturalistic elements but elements of surrealism as well. The film has many conventional elements that make it enjoyable to watch for many people, and for it to have mainstream. The surrealism elements give the film a unique perspective on a romantic plot, and makes the scenes visually exciting. Even though the other film styles are used, the narrative is definitely naturalistic at its core, despite its use of other film styles. Overall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a film that is partly conventional, surreal and naturalistic in both its narrative and its visual elements.