Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)Unlike his usual self, Jim Carrey appears as a sober introvert character in this nonlinear narrative of the intricacies of the enigma called mind!
It tells the escapade of a couple who fell out of love and cannot stand each other who decided to try out a new technique which helps to erase certain unpleasant memories from the brain. A shy Joel (Jim Carrey) cannot stand the antics of his free-spirited girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet). While undergoing treatment, they change their mind and decide to opt out. While all this is going on, there is another scandal involving staff of the company that provides the service, among themselves and with Clementine.
Of course, in the end, love prevails but the fun is knowing how the brain works. Life, goes on, looking forward to life, by erasing or, at least, suppressing unpleasant thoughts. The trauma of hurtful or embarrassing thoughts has to be forgotten for the man to move on in life. Repeated reminders of old events are self-defeating.
There is also a question if everything that happens actually happens at our own free will or is it predestined. Even after sorting of erasing the mind of one mine, one of the staff (Kristen Dunst) still falls head-over-hells over her boss.
The film title is based on the writing of Alexander Pope, on the famous but scandalous members of the Medieval monastery, Peter Abelard and Heloïse d’Argenteuil. Abelard, a theologian from Paris had an illicit affair and a love child with Heloïse. He was castrated by angry relatives but the duo continued their relationship via correspondence.
“How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world, forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned.” Alexander Pope
“Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.” Friedrich Nietzsche
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