Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
paaaaaaatrick baaaaaaabyboy
first rewatch in many years. I was nervous to revisit but thrilled to report it’s just as funny and moving as ever. 462
heartbreak, grief, love, memory, it’s all here.
the ensemble is so fab (<PERSON>! hot <PERSON>! creepy <PERSON>! <PERSON>!!! (RIP 💔) Tony Award Winner <PERSON>!) anchored by truly career best performances from <PERSON> and <PERSON>. an all-timer score by <PERSON>. I’m always so moved by the way the A plot and the B plot reflect each other.
this rewatch I was so struck by <PERSON>’s analog design aesthetic and world-building - not just the stuff like the practical effects and stop motion-esque decaying of the memories etc, but like the cassette tapes and paper files and notebooks, <PERSON> and <PERSON>’s lives feel so lived-in in a way you don’t really see in movies now 1009