Tribute to Anonymous Content 2014 / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / USA 2004
"How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d.” Michel Gondry’s cult movie tells a story of love between Joel and Clementine, a love so fated not even the latest science can overcome it. The onslaught of visual and plot ideas beckons the viewer on a wild ride through the dark recesses of a love-spotted mind.
"How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d.” This quotation from Alexander Pope reflects the feelings of an assistant at a company that specializes in erasing its clients’ painful memories – everything from the loss of a pet to breaking up with the love of their lives. Joel Barish, perfectly portrayed by Jim Carrey, wants to forget Clementine (Kate Winslet), an eccentric clerk at a bookstore who celebrates each new phase in her life by changing her hair color to something even more wild. But love is stronger than science, and Joel’s inner self decides to fight the controlled memory erasure. Even ten years later, this cult film has lost none of its inventiveness and engrossing playfulness. The onslaught of visual and plot ideas beckons the viewer on a manic ride through the dark recesses of a love-spotted mind.
108 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Michel Gondry
/ Screenplay Charlie Kaufman
/ Dir. of Photography Ellen Kuras
/ Music Jon Brion
/ Editor Valdís Óskarsdóttir
/ Producer Anthony Bregman, Steve Golin
/ Production Anonymous Content
/ Coproduction This Is That Productions
/ Cast Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byrne, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst
Michel Gondry (b. 1963, Versailles, France) made his name as the director of award-winning music videos, having worked with dozens of leading artists since the 1990s, including Björk and The Rolling Stones. In 2001, he debuted with the tragicomedy Human Nature, based on a script by Charlie Kaufman. Gondry and Kaufman also cooperated on the romantic comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), for which they won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Gondry followed up with The Science of Sleep (2006), the comedy Be Kind Rewind (2007), a segment of the anthology film Tokyo! (2008), the action comedy The Green Hornet (2011), and the original social study The We and the I (2012). His latest film Mood Indigo (L’écume des jours, 2013) opened the 48th Karlovy Vary.
Steve Golin
Production Company
Michael Sugar
Production Company
Dave Fierson
Producer
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