March's Film Discussion

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 romance film by director Michel Gondry. The film employs equal parts of science fiction and philosophical inquiry to explore the nature of memory and love. In addition to winning an Academy Award, the film won praise from critics and has developed a cult following.

The screenplay is by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation), who worked on the story with Gondry and Pierre Bismuth, a French performance artist. The film stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet and features David Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson and Elijah Wood. The movie's title is taken from the poem "Eloisa to Abelard" by Alexander Pope.

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