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Howard's wife arrives, and, from the street, sees them through the window. In Joel's apartment, while Stan is outside, Mary tells Howard she is in love with him and they kiss. As the memory crumbles around them, Clementine tells Joel to meet her in Montauk. Joel comes to his last remaining memory of Clementine: the day they first met, on a beach in Montauk. This halts the procedure, but Stan calls his boss, Howard, who arrives and restarts it. His mental projection of Clementine suggests that Joel hide her in memories that do not involve her. As he reaches earlier, happier memories, he realizes that he does not want to forget her. Joel re-experiences his memories of Clementine as they are erased, starting with their last fight. While the procedure runs on Joel's brain, technician Stan and secretary Mary party and have sex. One employee, Patrick, leaves to see Clementine since her procedure, he has been using Joel's and Clementine's memories as a guide for seducing her.

The Lacuna employees work on Joel's brain as he sleeps in his apartment so that he will wake up with no memory of the procedure. In preparation, he records a tape for Lacuna, recounting his memories of their volatile relationship. Heartbroken, he decides to undergo the same procedure. Īfter a fight, Joel Barish discovers that his girlfriend Clementine Kruczynski has had her memories of him erased by the New York City firm Lacuna. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was named by the American Film Institute one of 2004's Top 10 Films. The film developed a cult following in the years after its release and has come to be regarded by many critics as one of the best films of the 2000s, and one of the greatest romance films of all time. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Winslet received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was a box office success, grossing $74 million worldwide. Įternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was released in the United States on March 19, 2004, receiving universal acclaim from critics and audiences, praising the plot, screenplay, Gondry's direction, visual style, editing, musical score, themes, and the performances, specifically Carrey and Winslet.

The picture uses elements of psychological drama, science fiction and a nonlinear narrative to explore the nature of memory and romantic love. The title of the film is a quotation from the 1717 poem Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope. The film features an ensemble supporting cast that includes Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson. Pierre Bismuth created the story with Kaufman and Gondry. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (also simply known as Eternal Sunshine) is a 2004 American romantic science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.

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