Then when he trapped in sleep, we take up a pleasing albeit mind-bending journey into the depths of Joel's subconscious. Love-torn, confused and enraged, he decides to do the very same thing rather than living with the pang of losing and missing her. He realizes that she had him erased from her memories. Being engaged in a flawed relationship destined to fail at the very beginning, Joel wakes up one day and finds Clem left him. The premise of the film is based on a breakthrough technique (Lacuna) to expunge unpleasant memories off people's brains.
Take Kaufman's "Being John Malkovich", "Human Nature" and "Adaptation", you'll get what I mean. Thankfully, that doesn't happen in "Eternal Sunshine" due to the magical touch of two talented mind-gamers: writer Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry, both like messing with expectations as well as human psyche. On the page, it might read well but on the screen, if you don't put everything on proper places, you will run the risk of losing the viewer pretty quickly. Somewhat reminiscent of an Andrei Tarkovsky, Wachowski Bros, David Lynch and Christopher Nolan film, our protagonist Joel bounces between twisting realities under a highly non-linear narrative structure.Īs I always say, fragmented storytelling is not a cinch. It might be quite a difficult watch for some, but ultimately rewarding if you invest enough time and patience to sit through. Yeah, "Eternal Sunshine" is a mess, but what a sweet and beautiful mess it is. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice.
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