Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Love is not when there are no fights in the relationship. Love is when once the fight ends, the good memories of love are still there. You are still happy in the relationship. In the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, directed by Michel Gondry, memory and relationships play major themes throughout the film. In the film, Joel Barish and Clementine Kruczynski, the main characters, go to Lacuna Inc. to erase their memories of each other when things went wrong in their relationship. Clementine gets the procedure done first, and Joel gets the procedure done soon afterwards out of anger. During the procedure, however, they realize they are still deeply in love with each other. Joel and Clementine’s love story proves love is like a rollercoaster,
Stan and Patrick, the technicians of Lacuna Inc., show up to Joel’s apartment to begin the procedure. As the procedure goes on, Joel begins to realize he does not want the procedure anymore. Joel realizes he is still in love with Clementine. One good memory Joel has is they are on the cracked frozen ice of the Charles River. Joel and Clementine are lying on the ice when Joel says; “I could die right now Clem, I’m just happy.” Another good memory he has is when they were in bed together; Clementine asks Joel if she is ugly. Joel and Clementine then share an intimate moment and Joel repeatedly says you are pretty. Clementine tells Joel to never leave her. The good memories throughout the procedure reminded Joel of the happiness Clementine brought him. He tries to escape by hiding in different memories that Clementine is not in. Joel retreats to his childhood memories to save Clementine from being erased altogether. Joel has “gone off the map.” Not only has Joel gone off the map, he tries to wake up causing his eyes to open but not be alert. Joel cannot move or speak, even though his eyes opened. Joel is desperately trying not to forget