Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Release Date

2004

Director

  • Michel Gondry

Cast

  • Jim Carrey
  • Kate Winslet
  • Tom Wilkinson
  • Elijah Wood
  • Mark Ruffalo
  • Kirsten Dunst

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), to get the same treatment. But as his memories of Clementine begin to fade, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her. From acclaimed writer Charlie Kaufman and visionary director Michel Gondry, this comical and poignant look at breakups, breakdowns, and breakthroughs won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.



Past Programs

2007

2014

Memory and Emotion

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY

The Science of Memory Function

Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2017

How do we remember?

Maine Film Center, Waterville, ME

2018

Unmaking memories: How to not think of you

a/perture cinema, Winston-Salem, NC

The science of memory

Film Streams, Omaha, NE

2019

Eternal sunshine...with a chance of showers

The Loft Cinema, Tucson, AZ

The remarkably flexible human brain

McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL

2022

2023

2024

Why we forget and how to remember better

Martha's Vineyard Film Society, Tisbury, MA