Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 105 minutes

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This week, Paul & Amy can’t forget 2004’s mind-melting romance Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind! They learn why director Michel Gondry asked Jim Carrey not to improvise, discuss the charm of practical affects, dish on a character cut from the film, and ask if this couple is really meant to be together. Plus: learn which rap superstar was heavily inspired by the movie! This is the fifth episode in our Couple Goals series; next week’s film is Love And Basketball! You can join the conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 and check out Paul's Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is on presale now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 2004 and it appears this is my first podcast in two years.
0:08.0	The film?
0:09.0	Did you try to listen to it?
0:11.0	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:36.0	And I am Paul Sheer and this is the podcast where we are endeavoring to find the hundred greatest films of all time.
0:42.0	And when we do, we're going to shoot that list into outer space.
0:46.0	And if you've been with us on this journey, you know that we've been going through different genres, kind of skimming the surface, finding different types of films that just move us.
0:55.0	And right now we are in a very loving relationship with this genre.
0:59.0	It's about couples and couple goals and how fitting that we are doing this episode right around Valentine's Day because this movie starts or does it on Valentine's Day?
1:10.0	Oh, where does it start?
1:12.0	I mean, it starts there, but does it relationship start there?
1:16.0	So many levels, so many levels, Amy.
1:20.0	You and I talked about this last week.
1:23.0	We haven't seen it in a long time.
1:25.0	No, no, I haven't seen it in a long time. I mean, I think I haven't seen this movie since the period in which Charlie Kaufman became my absolute favorite writer and director.
1:35.0	He was already one of my favorite screenwriters when this movie came out, but after this, he directed I'm in love with him as a director.
1:41.0	So to go back to him as a writer, writer is a new feeling for me.
1:44.0	I was excited to rediscover the person that I think is the greatest brain making movies today.
1:50.0	And so, you know, in a series where we're talking about couple goals and the range of shades that entails happy couples couples were just meeting each other couples who are fighting couples were no love couples who are friends picking out what they are.
2:01.0	I love how this one folds in because eternal sunshine when it was being made was nicknamed when Harry forgot Sally.
2:07.0	Oh, I love that. That's great.
2:09.0	Also, just a heads up, check out what we're doing on our social media because we are tweeting a lot of your information back out into the world. People have been coming to us with observations with behind the scenes footage.
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