Plot analysis-to those who don’t understand (watched it three times on the eve of Valentine’s Day)

Edmond 2022-03-22 09:01:05

1. At the beginning of the film, there is a flashback. Joel suddenly skipped work to go to Montauk and met Clemting, and they started dating. 2. Joel is broken in love, Keleminting doesn’t know him, and dating a little boy (Patrick), Joel is desperate for life, his friend tells him, Keleminting erased his memory, Valentine's Day will be So, he also went to the "broken relationship clinic" for amnestics that night. 3. In the process of erasing his memory, he learned that Patrick, a young staff member of the clinic, fell in love with Clementine, and used their memory to associate with Clementine. Memories began to be cleared from near to long, from emotional rigidity, quarrels, back to love and love, Joel from the beginning of revenge, venting his anger, becoming reluctant, he missed the time they were together, he did not want to continue, he did not want Forget about Klei Minting. So began the struggle against amnestics. He took Clemting to hide in childhood and humiliating memories to avoid the blueprint of Clemting's memory drawn on the computer in the clinic. 4. At the same time, the female staff of the clinic expressed their secret love and admiration for the clinic doctor, and was discovered by the doctor's wife. In fact, they were rediscovered, woman. The doctor’s wife told the female staff: You have actually had a period, and you have also cleared your memory. Female employees are confused about love, life, and morality. 5. The doctor hunted down Joel’s memory, the memory flew away, Joel and Kleminting returned to the place where they first met, Montauk, Joel enjoyed the dying warmth and joy, Joel endured the disappearance of the memory Lost and lost, by the beach, "their house", the place where Keleminting took Joel's adventure, Joel regretted that he hadn’t stayed behind and accompanied Keleminting. Now, in his brain, He stayed with her in the dying memory. Joel said to Clementine: I love you. Clementine said to Joel: See you in Montauk. 6. The female staff of the clinic resigned and left, took away the information of the "patient" and returned the information to them. 7. Going back to the beginning of the film, Joel woke up, Clay Minting disappeared from his memory, he suddenly wanted to go to Montauk, he wrote a diary every day, but he has not written a diary for two years, about Clay Minting's two years have disappeared from his memory. On the beach in Montauk, Joel met Keleminting. They fell in love again. 8. They each received the tapes and materials sent by the female staff of the clinic. They listened to each other why they wanted to clear each other's memory. He said that she: lack of education and neuroticism, and she said that he: boring and lack of fun. They couldn't stand each other because it was hard to hear what was recorded. When Keleminting left, Joel stopped her. It may be that he subconsciously wanted him to cherish and become active. They all know each other. After getting along for a long time, they will find each other's shortcomings, and even unable to tolerate them. Shinobu, broke up again, but Joel said: It`s okay. They laughed. They chased and played in the snowy Montauk Beach, in the eternal pure memory. "How happy a pure and innocent person is, forgotten by the world, and forgotten by the world, there is eternal sunshine in the beautiful heart, prayers are fulfilled, and wishes are fulfilled."

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind quotes

  • Joel: Mierzwiak! Please let me keep this memory, just this one.

  • Clementine: Sometimes I don't think people realize how lonely it is to be a kid. Like... you don't matter.