Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Page #2
He turns it on, smiles at her, gestures for her to begin.
CLEMENTINE (CONT'D)
Well, I've been having a bad time of it
with um, my boyfriend, I guess.
MIERZWIAK:
You guess he's your boyfriend? Or you
guess you're having a bad time with hm?
CLEMENTINE:
What? No. I don't like the term
boyfriend. It's so gay.
Mierzwiak nods. He's attentive, pleasant, and neutral
throughout.
CLEMENTINE (CONT'D)
Maybe gay isn't the right word. But,
anyway, it's been rough with him...
whatever the f*** he is. Heheh. My
significant other... heh heh. And I
guess on a certain level, I want to break
it off, but I feel... y'know... it's like
this constant questioning and re
questioning. Do I end it? Should I give
it more time? I'm not happy, but what do
I expect? Relationships require work.
You know the drill. The thing that I
keep coming back to is, I'm not getting
any younger, I want to have a baby... at
some point... maybe... right? So then I
think I should settle -- which is not
necessarily the best word -- I mean, he's
a good guy. It's not really settling.
Then I think maybe I'm just a victim of
movies, y'know? That I have some
completely unrealistic notion of what a
relationship can be. But then I think,
no, this is what I really want, so I
should allow myself the freedom to go out
and f***ing find it. You know? Agreed?
But then I think he is a good guy and...
It's complicated. Y'know?
MIERZWIAK:
I think I know. I think we can help. Why
don't you start by telling me about your
relationship. Everything you can think
of. Everything about him. Everything
about you. And we'll take it from there.
She nods, thinks.
CLEMENTINE:
Um, well, he's a f***ing tidy one --
The platform is crowded with business commuters. Joel is
among them. He is in his 30's, gaunt, and holding a
briefcase. The platform across the tracks from him is empty.
Suddenly he turns and makes his way through the crowd. He
climbs the stairs, crosses the overpass to the empty
platform. Soon an almost empty train pulls up to that
platform. Joel gets on and watches the business commuters
through the dirty window as his train pulls out of the
station.
EXT. MONTAUK TRAIN STATION - LATER
Joel talks on a phone. The wind howls around him. He tries
to shield the mouthpiece as he talks.
JOEL:
Hi, Cindy. Joel. Listen, I'm not
feeling well this morning. No. Food
poisoning, I think. Sorry it took me so
long to call in, but I've been vomiting.
EXT. BEACH - DAY
Joel wanders the windy, empty beach, with his briefcase. He
passes an old man with a metal detector. They nod at each
other.
Later:
Joel looks out at the ocean.
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