Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Overview:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Cast:
- Joel Barish: Jim Carrey
- Clementine Kruczynski: Kate Winslet
- Mary: Kirsten Dunst
- Stan: Mark Ruffalo
- Patrick: Elijah Wood
- Dr. Mierzwiak: Tom Wilkinson
- Carrie: Jane Adams
- Rob: David Cross
- Hollis: Deirdre O’Connell
- Frank: Thomas Jay Ryan
- Young Joel: Ryan Whitney
- Young Clementine: Lola Daehler
- Joel’s Mother: Debbon Ayer
- Train Conductor: Gerry Robert Byrne
- Young Bully: Brian Price
- Young Bully: Josh Flitter
- Young Bully: Paulie Litt
- Young Bully: Amir Ali Said
- Rollerblader (uncredited): Lauren Adler
Crew:
- Story: Michel Gondry
- Director of Photography: Ellen Kuras
- Original Music Composer: Jon Brion
- Producer: Anthony Bregman
- Camera Operator: Christopher Norr
- Producer: Steve Golin
- Executive Producer: Charlie Kaufman
- Story: Pierre Bismuth
- Foley Mixer: George A. Lara
- ADR Editor: Marissa Littlefield
- Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson
- Sound Designer: Eugene Gearty
- Foley Artist: Jay Peck
- Dialogue Editor: Fred Rosenberg
- Foley Editor: Kam Chan
- Art Direction: David Stein
- Foley Artist: Marko Costanzo
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Louis Morin
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Reilly Steele
- Sound Effects Editor: Paul Urmson
- Makeup Artist: Allen Weisinger
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Dornfeld
- Editor: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
- Gaffer: John C. Nadeau
- Script Supervisor: Mary Cybulski
- Unit Production Manager: David L. Bushell
- Casting: Jeanne McCarthy
- Costume Design: Melissa Toth
- Set Decoration: Ron von Blomberg
- Production Design: Dan Leigh
- Executive Producer: Glenn Williamson
- Executive Producer: Georges Bermann
- First Assistant Director: Michael Hausman
- Second Second Assistant Director: Peter Thorell
- Second Assistant Director: Scott Ferguson
- Supervising Sound Editor: Philip Stockton
- Set Dresser: Jeffrey Rollins
- Set Dresser: John Roche
- Set Dresser: Brian Buteau
- Property Master: Kevin Ladson
- Wigmaker: Peter Owen
- Stunts: Stephanie Finochio
- Stunts: John R. Favre
- Casting Assistant: Sage Lehman
- Additional Camera: Mark Schmidt
- Boom Operator: Tommy Louie
- Set Dresser: Roman Greller
- Best Boy Electric: Mark Summers
- Electrician: Andrea Cronin-Souza
- Best Boy Grip: Chris Skutch
- Grip: Tony Campenni
- Key Rigging Grip: John Panuccio
- Foley Editor: Steven Visscher
- Stunts: Artie Malesci
- Foley Editor: Frank Kern
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Christian Brockey
- Gaffer: Joseph Quirk
- Grip: Alison Barton
- Stunts: Bill Anagnos
- “B” Camera Operator: Peter Agliata
- Second Assistant “B” Camera: Christopher Raymond
- Assistant Art Director: Scott P. Murphy
- Stunts: Cort Hessler
- Leadman: Michael Leather
- Rigging Gaffer: Paul Daley
- Stunts: Danny Aiello III
- Stunts: Peewee Piemonte
- Assistant Art Director: Hinju Kim
- On Set Dresser: Ruth DeLeon
- Costumer: Cara Borrelli
- Key Grip: Robert M. Andres
- Camera Loader: Angela Bellisio
- Key Makeup Artist: Kyra Panchenko
- Props: Morgan Pitts
- Assistant Sound Editor: Chris Fielder
- Grip: Mel Cannon
- Assistant Property Master: R. Vincent Smith
- Stunts: E.J. Evans
- Stunts: Michael Russo
- Assistant Unit Manager: Ray Angelic
- Set Dresser: David Scott Gagnon
- Stunt Coordinator: Brian Smyj
- Special Effects: Mark Bero
- Hairstylist: Noriko Watanabe
- Assistant Sound Editor: Larry Wineland
- Hairstylist: Francesca Paris
- Key Hair Stylist: Michelle Johnson
- Costumer: David Page
- Extras Casting: Grant Wilfley
- Second Assistant Camera: Braden Belmonte
- Assistant Costume Designer: Jill Kliber
- Dolly Grip: Lamont Crawford
- Stunts: Stephen A. Pope
- First Assistant Camera: Carlos Omar Guerra
- First Assistant “B” Camera: Stanley Fernandez Jr.
- Still Photographer: David Lee
- Assistant Set Decoration: Natalie N. Dorset
- Art Department Coordinator: Addy McClelland
- Wardrobe Supervisor: Lisa R. Frucht
- Casting Assistant: John Srednicki
- Casting Assistant: Linda R. Chen
- Special Effects Coordinator: Drew Jiritano
- Casting: Blythe Cappello
- Construction Coordinator: Brent Haywood
- Casting Associate: Natasha Cuba
- Visual Effects Producer: Michele Ferrone
- Special Effects: Thomas Viviano
- Construction Coordinator: Nick Miller
- Extras Casting Assistant: Kristian Sorge
Catogories:
Science Fiction,Drama,Romance
These extensions are glamorous!!
You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story.
Language:
English
Production:
United States of America
Company:
Focus Features,Anonymous Content,This is that
Popularity:
69.807
Date:
2004-03-19
Year:
2004
- Andres Gomez: Fresh and surprising with great script, dialogues and cut. The cast is also fantastic.
- Wuchak: ***Inventive drama/romance with Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and so much more***
A man (Jim Carrey) discovers that his babe (Kate Winslet) had her memory of their relationship removed via the medical procedures of an innovative company. He decides to get the surgery as well, but as the technicians (Mark Ruffalo & Elijah Wood) conduct the procedure he changes his mind! Can he escape with his memory intact and possibly save the relationship? Tom Wilkinson plays the doctor and Kirsten Dunst the secretary.
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) is a drama/sci-fi/romance hybrid that’s so confusing during its first half that it fails to captivate (and is even annoying) but, if you persevere, everything starts making sense by the midpoint, ushering in an entertaining and insightful second half. The movie’s depth naturally makes it improve on repeat viewings wherein it’s more understandable as you put the pieces together.
Viewers who complain that a certain person is too dramatic, selfish and high maintenance to put up with for more than a month didn’t get the closing moral, which is both true and profound: Couples can (and should) realize the flaws of their mate, which they genuinely don’t like, but it’s “Okay.” That’s true love.
There are also unexpected peripheral gems on unethical behavior in a supposedly professional environment, secret relationships, discarding unwanted skeletons, and more. Lastly, curvy, vivacious Winslet shines and it’s nice to see Carrey in a serious role.
The film runs 1 hour, 48 minutes, and was shot in the New York City area (Yonkers, Montauk, Mount Vernon, Manhattan and Brooklyn).
GRADE: A-
- LovingStory: This was one of the first movies I really loved. Some moments are especially beautiful and I appreciate the folks who put in the labor to make this. Thank you
- tensharpe: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is a movie that uses the fragility of memory and hurt of love to show the desperate measures taken by a couple who decide to break up. After two years of living together, Introverted Joel Barrish ( Jim Carey ) and extrovert Clementine Kruczynski ( Kate Winslet ) undertake extreme procedures to erase any memory of each other.
What director Michel Gondry and Writer Charlie Kaufman have created is a movie designed to slowly release forgotten incidents and emotions as the audience discover the film is running in reverse. Bearing witness to love’s decay the audience are thrown sidelines with the introduction of Patrick ( Elijah Wood ) and Stan ( Mark Ruffalo ). Both Patrick and Stan work for Lacuna a private medical company with some rather dodgy practices regarding memory erasure. Along with Patrick and Stan, Mary ( Kirsten Dunst ) Stan’s girlfriend is also a work colleague and joins the other two when they are tasked with erasing any memory of Clementine from Joel’s mind. Patrick however uses information provided to Lacuna by both Joel and Clementine to manipulate Clementine in an attempt to get her to fall in love with him.
What ensues is a battle of the mind to try and save their relationship after discovering that all was not as bad as the couple believed. But with each recalled memory there is a doomed ending that ends up being erased. The only hope is to try and hide Clementine in an earlier non related memory in Joel’s mind as Lacuna remove all traces of each other. The climax of the film comes with a surprise that complicates any post mind erasing procedures.
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” evokes real devastation in lost love and tells a fantasy tale of how we all try to erase those hurtful memories. However, after everything, our memories are all we really have, they make us who we are, once they are gone, we ourselves are surely gone.
- Andre Gonzales: This is a really weird movie. I had to watch it about 3 or 4 times before you really figure it out. It’s a good concept but a bit confusing sometimes.
