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Messing with Memory
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman : The latest script from the surreal screenwriter who brought you Being John Malkovitch, Adaptation, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Its about a couple who break up and attempt to erase their memories of each other, but one of them changes his mind halfway through the process... There's a lot of potential in these types of stories. Memory is a fertile subject, and Kaufman could blow my mind away with this thing (if his past writing is any indication, I think he'll be successful). I've only read about 1/3 of the script, so I can't say for sure, but it seems like he's on the right track (I thought it had a bit of a slow start, and the female lead is a bit annoying, but it gets better; I don't want to ruin it, though, so I'm not going to finish it). Sort of reminiscent of Memento; moving backwards at intervals, with various flashbacks or flashforwards; all sorts of non-linear memories and confusion, but somehow still coherant (as I said, I didn't finish, so I can't say for sure). Apparently it's a hot script, with Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet attached to act. Keep your eye on this one, its bound to be an interesting one.

This post is part of the Kaedrin Weblog. It's been categorized under Movies and was originally published in February 2003.

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