Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: A Missed Masterpiece
"Remember me. Try your best. Maybe we can." "Come back and make up a goodbye at least. Pretend we had one." "I wish I'd stayed too. Now I wish I'd stayed. I wish I'd done a lot of things." Charlie Kaufman is a brilliant writer. A type of writer who actors love to work with. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nicholas Cage, and John Malkovich are all actors who've worked with Kaufman. With Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which won Kaufman the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey bring Kaufman's characters to life. The film features Clementine (Kate Winslet) and Joel (Jim Carrey) who go their separate ways only to find their paths entwine again. The second time they meet, however, they don't remember they were once together; they each underwent a medical procedure that deleted all memories of each other. This clever premise enables the film to raise and explore a lot of intere...