Next I will start discussing the ethical issues represented in the other film ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.’ This film deals with the ethical implications concerning memory loss. In the film, Joel and Clementine, who are ex-lovers, remove memories of each other. If you could erase someone from your life, would you? The act of erasing a person’s memory appears at first so highly unethical, even when the characters in the film have actually requested for it. The early stages of the film suggests
Joshua Hawkins Dr. Gould Masterpieces of Film October 23rd, 2014 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: A Critical Essay In an almost Tarantino-esque fashion, the film starts out in a non-linear sequence. Somewhere near the middle end of the story Joel and Clementine, played by Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet respectively, begin to fall in love. Unbeknownst to them, it is not the first time they have met, and also not the first time they have fallen in love. The film explores many aspects of love and
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, tries to give some insight into these questions by using philosophical themes such as memory and its connection to personal identity, determinism, and existentialism. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tells the story
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: From Alexander Pope to Michel Gondry Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a movie that shot by Michel Gondry in 2004. The movie has science-fictional elements, although it is a low-budget production. The scenario of the movie is written by Charlie Kauffman, based on the poem Eloisa to Abelard (1717) by Alexander Pope. In this essay, I will analyze the movie adaptation of the poem Eloisa to Abelard as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Eloisa to Abelard
In "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" the main character, Joel, decides to have all memory of his former girlfriend, Clementine, erased through a special medical process. The majority of the movie takes place going through Joel's episodic memories, where we learn what occurred in his relationship. As the movie continues, Joel realizes that he does not want to forget about Clementine, and most of the movie is spent trying to avoid the parts of his memory that are being erased. Memory plays an
1. Every movie has a theme; some movies even have multiple themes in one story. A really good movie is able to convey its message without having to come right out and say it. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind one common theme is that not all stories have a perfect story book ending. This theme is conveyed by the fact that the movie ends in an open ended way. The events during the movie support this theme too, as we see Joel and Clementine fight constantly despite starting off being happy together
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an eye-glueing film that portrays what real love is like in a unique yet realistic way. This is the type of movie where leaving the movie for five minutes to pee or make a hot pocket would result in being confused with the plot. In this film, memory is initially shown with a scientific approach, but as you get deeper into the movie, memory becomes more precious and personal. The base and main question of this movie is: Would you have your most painful memory
of them. One of those movies for me would be Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In order to have a movie be that great to watch that many times it needs to have certain criteria. The criteria I look for when watching a movie would have to be the plot,acting and the ending of the movie. Also, originality is a really important criteria which in a way ties in with whether it is predictable or not. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a movie worth seeing because it is a very creative out of the
Introduction The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind is an Oscar winning alternative U.S. film released March 19th 2004(IMDb 2015). It was produced by Focus Features and follows the dysfunctional love story of Joel and Clementine. The film itself despite being strongly influenced by Hollywood pays homage to other film movements such as surrealism and Soviet montage. The film in itself was a struggle to be categorised, thought it has been described as a romance, black comedy and many others that
each of their lives. I recognized a similar theme in the drama “Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind”, screenplay by Charlie Kauffman, specifically, the unacceptance of themselves and each other. In “The Valley”, the characters are in denial of the present situations that are taking place in their lives and seek out past memories to deal with the present. Conversely, in “Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind”, the whole script is based on the two main characters wanting to erase their memories