Ready Reference Treatise: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

By Raja Sharma

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” was produced in the year 2004. It is an American romantic science-fiction comedy drama film.

The story revolves around an estranged couple who happen to have erased each other from their memories. The screenplay is written by Charlie Kaufman and the movie is directed by Michel Gondry.

The nonlinear narrative explores the nature of memory and romantic love, thus making the movie a science fiction, a psychological thriller.

Ready Reference Treatise: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Aug 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310884566

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Ready Reference Treatise: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Raja Sharma

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Chapter One: Introduction

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was produced in the year 2004. It is an American romantic science-fiction comedy drama film.

The story revolves around an estranged couple who happen to have erased each other from their memories. The screenplay is written by Charlie Kaufman and the movie is directed by Michel Gondry.

The nonlinear narrative explores the nature of memory and romantic love, thus making the movie a science fiction, a psychological thriller.

The movie is reported to have grossed more than eighty million dollars worldwide after its release on 19th March, 2004.

It is said that the story had been written by Kaufman and Gondry with the help of Pierre Bismuth. When the movie was released, it was greatly admired. The film critics praised the acting and writing.

The movie won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Winslet was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

The title Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind is a quotation from Eloisa to Abelard, written by Alexander Pope. It is said that Charlie Kaufman took three years to complete the screenplay for the movie.

During the writing of the screenplay, there used to be frequent creative dialogue between the writer and director. The producer of the movie, Steve Golin, describes Kaufman as the most imaginative writer that he has had the opportunity to work with.

Since the tragic love affair has been presented in reverse, it becomes quite challenging to maintain the emotions and make the breakup look tragic to keep the audience hooked.

The writer has managed to keep the story realistic and true. Although the structure of the movie is unusual, it is basically a story-based film.

The end product is an inventive tragic comedy. The mind-bending love story is unique which had never been seen before the release of this movie.

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