![]() His positive review can be seen in contrast to a review from Cole Smithey who published on his website that,Īlthough some audiences will be captivated by the now familiar American stereotype of a condescending bipolar female character, it’s Winslet’s incarnation of Clementine as a mentally volatile manipulator of weakness that makes the movie icky and distasteful. The insight of Eternal Sunshine is that, at the end of the day, our memories are all we really have, and when they’re gone, we’re gone. But both of those movies were about characters trying to achieve something outside themselves. His characters journeyed into the skull of John Malkovich, and there is a good possibility that two of them were inhabiting the same body in Adaptation. Kaufman’s mission seems to be the penetration of the human mind. ![]() In his review of the movie, for example, movie critic Roger Ebert remarked, “Cult movie” has the same negative connotations as the word “hipster.” However, Eternal Sunshine’s appeal transcends a niche audience. Not to mention, the movie won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and it is sometimes considered a “cult movie.” The moniker “cult movie” is often used to deride movies for having a cliquish and elitist following that is not, necessarily, representative of the quality of the movie. That is to say that the impossible premise is meant to illustrate a unifying theme about the imperfection of memory that connects each of the main characters. The manipulation of the physical in the movie is representative for themes in the abstract. ![]() This makes Eternal Sunshine surreal - it is fantasy grounded in psychological realism. (which means gap, like a gap in memory) is able to selectively wipe the memory of someone/something from your mind - each of the characters in the movie are complex. ![]() Although the basic premise of the movie is impossible - a company named Lacuna, Inc. Maybe it is difficult to believe, but Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is a great movie because it is a realistic love story. Video essay by Tommy E of Cloud Walkers about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Source: Cloud Walkers on YouTube) ![]()
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