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Synopsis: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic science fiction comedy-drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. It follows an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories. Pierre Bismuth created the story with Kaufman and Gondry. The ensemble cast includes Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Tom Wilkinson. The title of the film is a quotation from Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Production: Focus Features
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 71 wins & 109 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.3
Metacritic:
89
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
2004
108 min
$34,126,138
Website
1,907 Views


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 --

EXT. COMMUTER TRAIN STATION

SUBTITLE:
TWO WEEKS LATER

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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Charlie Kaufman

Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman (born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York (2008), which was also well-received; film critic Roger Ebert named it "the best movie of the decade" in 2009. It was followed by Anomalisa (2015). more…

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