April 12th, 2004
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
There are times when I slow down for a second and finally take people’s advice and it pays off like a whole bouquet of mom and pop hardware stores and side street laundromats. Junior year in undergrad, I was fortunate enough to discover American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, and Enter the Dragon, all within two weeks of each other. The past couple months have been rough with work and running back and forth across the international date line, but I’ve been lucky to find The Last Samurai, Lost in Translation, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
I saw this film (as opposed to movie) a couple weeks ago when I was in San Francisco and it’s bothered me not taking the time to write about it ever since.
Movies left of center are usually the best ones in my opinion, because they are able to unlatch themselves from any preconceptions or mainstream expectations. Though not all blockbusters are bad (see: Spider-Man), the odds of finding a film that affects you in some minute, transformative way increase linearly as cookbook elements are removed from the storyline and/or cinematography.
This isn’t a review, and I’m not a critic. But for those that are slow to pick up good pieces of art out of ignorance (like myself), I recommend the film. It’s good and it may very well make you smile.
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The footnote of this entry is that so many of the sweet things in life I’ve had the opporunity to experience have come under recommendation from Michelle, so eternal thanks to you!!
