Episode 67: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Beyond the Screenplay

Michael Tucker

Tv & Film

4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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The LFTS team discusses Eternal Sunshine’s translation from script to screen, the characters’ conflicting desires, and why embracing paradox at every level enriches this bittersweet masterpiece.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay, the podcast for each week we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film.
0:13.5	Today we are talking about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the 2004 film directed by Michelle Gondring, screenplay by Charlie Kaufman.
0:21.5	I'm joined by the Beyond the Screenplay team, Trisha Arand.
0:24.3	Hello, everyone.
0:25.3	Brian Bittner.
0:26.4	I am building a birdhouse.
0:30.1	And Alex Cayeros.
0:32.1	Hi.
0:32.7	Before we dive in to this amazing movie, quick update on the Patreon. We have concluded the vote for this month,
0:38.6	and our patron exclusive episode is going to be on District 9.
0:42.7	Lady Bird almost did it.
0:44.5	It was very close, but we will get to Lady Bird.
0:47.4	Worry not.
0:48.1	Yeah, we have to go revisit District 9 this month,
0:50.4	so that's going to be fun.
0:51.4	Get ready to hear way too much of my Vickas impersonation.
0:54.9	No such thing. And also for you listeners listening on Spotify, we have a question for you that
1:01.8	fits into the theme of this film, the kind of film, I think it is, which is, what is your favorite
1:07.5	bittersweet movie, movie that has the right balance of happiness and sadness and it just hits the, hits the heart dead on.
1:16.5	The feelings right there.
1:17.0	Yes.
1:17.9	Yeah.
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