Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Page #3

Later:
Joel sits on a rock and pulls out a notebook. He

opens it and writes with a gloved hand.

JOEL:

January 13th, 2006. Today I skipped work

and took the train out to Montauk.

(thinks)

It's cold.

(thinks some more)

The sky is gray.

(thinks some more)

I don't know what else to say. Nothing

happens. Nothing changes. I saw Naomi

last night. We had sex. It was weird to

fall into our old familiar sex life so

easily. Like no time has passed. After

two years apart suddenly we're talking

about getting together again. I guess

that's good.

He has no other thoughts. He glances up, spots a female

figure in the distance, walking in his direction. She stands

out against the gray in a fluorescent orange hooded

sweatshirt. It's Clementine. He watches her for a bit, then

as she nears, he goes back to his writing, or at least

pretends to. Once she passed, he watches her walk away. She

stops and stares out at the ocean. Joel writes.

JOEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)

If I'm constitutionally incapable of

making eye-contact with a woman I don't

know. I guess I'd better get back to

Naomi.

Later:
Joel walks up near the beach houses closed for the

season. He peeks cautiously in a dark window.

Later:
Joel digs into the sand with a stick.

INT. DINER - DAY

It's a local tourist place, but off-season empty. Joel sits

in a booth and eats a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of

tomato soup. An elderly couple drink coffee at the counter.

Clementine enters, looks around, takes off her hood. Joel

glances at her bright blue hair. She picks an empty booth

and sits. Joel studies her discreetly. The waitress

approaches her with a coffee pot.

WAITRESS:

Coffee?

CLEMENTINE:

God, yes. You've saved my life!

The waitress pours the coffee.

WAITRESS:

You know what you want yet?

CLEMENTINE:

(laughing)

Ain't that the question of the century.

The waitress is not amused.

CLEMENTINE (CONT'D)

You got grilled cheese and tomato soup?

WAITRESS:

Yeah. We're having a run on it.

The waitress heads to the grill. Clementine fishes in her

bag, brings the coffee cup under the table for a moment,

pours something in, then brings the cup back up.

CLEMENTINE:

(calling)

And some cream, please.

Clementine looks around the place. Her eyes meet Joel's

before he is able to look away. She smiles vaguely. He

looks embarrassed, then down at his journal. Clementine

pulls a book from her purse and starts to read. Joel glances

up, tries to see the cover. It's blue. He can't read the

title.

EXT. BEACH - DAY

Joel stares out at the ocean. Far down the beach Clementine

stares at it, too. Joel glances sideways at her then back at

the ocean.

EXT. MONTAUK TRAIN STATION PLATFORM - LATE AFTERNOON

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