Film Streams Omaha, NE
Soonjo Hwang
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
withVaishali Phatak
Associate Professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences
andDavid E. Warren
Assistant Professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind— The science of memory
Program Description
A panel of psychiatrists and neuroscientists from the University of Nebraska Medical Center discuss how the brain creates, stores, and recalls memories.
Presented At
Film Streams Omaha, NE
Film Synopsis
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.