Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
An essential and timeless theme if ever there was one, love naturally holds a special place in cinema. Romantic, sensual, obsessive, ambiguous, forbidden, lighthearted or profound, love on screen is as diverse as the individuals who live its stories. Drawing form different eras, tones, and cinematic styles, this program brings together a selection of remarkable films that will warm your heart from the start of the winter season to Valentine’s Day.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 2005
Joel and Clementine see only the bad sides of their tumultuous love story, so much so that Clementine erases from her memory all traces of this relationship. Distraught, Joel contacts the inventor of the Lacuna process, Dr. Mierzwiak, so that he can also erase from his memory everything that linked him to Clementine. Memories begin to flow into Joel's head, from the most recent to the oldest, and one by one they fly away forever. But as he goes back in time, Joel rediscovers what he has always loved about Clementine...
Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry is a French film director. He is also a musician and the author of several comic strips. In the early 1980s, he co-founded the pop band Oui Oui with Étienne Charry, where he served as the drummer and directed several of the group’s music videos. His collaboration with Björk launched him as a highly sought-after director. He went on to create iconic music videos for the Rolling Stones (Like a Rolling Stone), Daft Punk (Around the World), and Kylie Minogue (Come Into My World), among others. At the turn of the 2000s, Gondry directed two short films, including La lettre (1998), before making his feature film debut with Human Nature (2001), based on a script by Charlie Kaufman. In 2004, he released his second feature film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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