Sunshine of the day
Not everyday do you come across a film that touches you to the core, that leaves you thinking for a while. Although I've seen quite a few good films lately (including Star Wars 3, surprisingly enough, considering the previous two episodes left me more than unimpressed), nothing prepared me for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Written by Charlie Kauffman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) and directed by Michel Gondry (various award-winning TV ads and music videos including Bjork, Daft Punk and The White Stripes), the film relates the story of Joel who one day finds out his ex Clementine has had their tumultuous and passionate relationship professionally erased from her memory. When, heart-broken and desperate, he sets out to have his own memories of Clementine erased as well, he realises in the process that he loves her much more than he thought.
Although the gist may sound a little dodgy, the film is brilliantly bizarre, powerful, clever and original. It is constantly on the edge between illusion and reality, playing on the power of memory and what-couldve-been.
The beauty of the film lies in the purity and rawness of feelings, the blurry boundary between love and hate, and the supremacy of love beyond boredom, circumstances, and personal interests and differences.
The performance of Jim Carrey is exceptional, it is good to finally see him in a good film (The Truman Show was so far an exception) and the good lad shows he can handle his drama. Kate Winslet is just perfect, as usual. Together, they give a real perspective and intimacy to their character and brilliantly enliven the already excellent and witty dialogues.
A film worth seeing many times over, it will be the next item in my DVD collection. For now, I'm still recovering....
Written by Charlie Kauffman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) and directed by Michel Gondry (various award-winning TV ads and music videos including Bjork, Daft Punk and The White Stripes), the film relates the story of Joel who one day finds out his ex Clementine has had their tumultuous and passionate relationship professionally erased from her memory. When, heart-broken and desperate, he sets out to have his own memories of Clementine erased as well, he realises in the process that he loves her much more than he thought.
Although the gist may sound a little dodgy, the film is brilliantly bizarre, powerful, clever and original. It is constantly on the edge between illusion and reality, playing on the power of memory and what-couldve-been.
The beauty of the film lies in the purity and rawness of feelings, the blurry boundary between love and hate, and the supremacy of love beyond boredom, circumstances, and personal interests and differences.
The performance of Jim Carrey is exceptional, it is good to finally see him in a good film (The Truman Show was so far an exception) and the good lad shows he can handle his drama. Kate Winslet is just perfect, as usual. Together, they give a real perspective and intimacy to their character and brilliantly enliven the already excellent and witty dialogues.
A film worth seeing many times over, it will be the next item in my DVD collection. For now, I'm still recovering....
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