Page 10 Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Pierce Arrow Arts 8z Entertainment The best movie you'e not watching: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" Michele Emily Moncrieffe surprise Clementine at work. entertaining and touching to special effectsa all done by movie. If you didn't like or News and Features Editor It's he who gets the surprise, watch. altering the camera angle and don't know those examples, however, when he finds out Carrey and Winslet are lighting, or using trap then watch Eternal Sun- Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate inspired choices for the roles Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark of Joel and Clementine. Both Ruffalo, Elijah Wood Movie R view actors are. playing against Director: Michel Gondry type in this film, and each Writer: Charlie Kaufman that his ex has had him erased delivers a phenomenal per- Runtime'. 108 minutes from her memory on a whim. formance. Some people may Rating: R, language, some Apparently, there is a revolu- be wary about Carrey, due to drug and sexual content tionary process of memory the abundance of overacting Release Date: March 19, 2004 erasure that the fine people of comedies he has done in his Lacuna, Inc, have created and career, but this role is quite "Eternal Sunshine of the perfected. Joel, hurt beyond different. Also, who knew Spotless Mind" is an eccentric reason, decides to erase all his Kate Winslet could be funny. romance told with a surrealis- memories of Clementine in It's as if Jim Carrey took the Kate Winslet role and vice versa. Dunst, Ruffalo, and Wood are great in their sup- Photo. Courtesy google.corn porting roles, as each finds Winslet and Carey in "Eternal Sunshine... the perfect balance between the comedy and drama with- doors~is unbelievable. This shine...anyway. The DVD tic and comical inventiveness retaliation. The movie is a in their respective characters. surrealistic movie will make includes a conversation with that is very difficult to articu- telling of the mismatched "Eternal Sunshine..." is an your mind orgasm. You can- Jim Carrey and director late. Joel (Carrey), a self-pro- lovers relationship from fin- essential film. This brainchild not help but have tantric Michel Gondry, commentary claimed "nice guy" who falls ish to start. Going backwards, of a combined efforts of Char- mind sex with the cinematog- from the writer and director, in love with every woman Joel realizes that he doesn' lie Kaufman (Being John raphy. deleted scenes, and a com- that talks to him, falls hard for want to forget because he' Malkovich, Adaptation) and mercial for Lacuna, Inc. You Winslet's capricious Clemen- not only losing the bad mem- Michel Gondry (Bjork Videos: If you like Bjork's music can find this movie in the tine. ories but great memories with Human Nature, Army of videos or Being John Franklin Pierce Library (First After a nasty break-up Joel Clementine. He tries to stop One) is visually stunning. The Malkovich, then stop reading Floor Movie Shelves, PN 1997 goes to Barnes & Nobles to the process, which is quite colors are breathtaking. The and go rent, buy, or steal this .E83752 2004). There's a reindeer on my roof and I can't find my shotgun Rebecca LaPierre tion, it is really free for any- feel appreciated, I'm going to Greek Orthodox Easter, July because I say so, The last day Arrow Staff one to celebrate. And then we use my precious space of 30 (my birthday, remember of school (it counts), and most have Hanukkah, for those paper to give mention to it), St. Patrick's Day, Hal- importantly, Bank Holiday. The holiday season is Jews out there (or half Jews in every single holiday I can loween, Bastille Day, Dia de I'm sure I forgot/haven' finally here. Hooray for'oli- think of off the top of my los Muertos, Guy Fawkes heard of about a million more days! And of course, it's filled H r head. Hopefully this will Day, Thanksgiving, Ground- and I'm very sorry if your with all the usual holiday cul- allow every single person to hog Day, Columbus Day, favorite was not included. I prits: happy music, busy my case... gotta love inter- feel the love this holiday sea- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day hope that my list has broken mails, lack of money, realiz- cultural breeding, two holi- SOIL (and observed), Valentine's the barriers of the social stan- ing you hate everyone you days for the price of one.) Allow me to clear my Day, Waitangi Day, Mother' dard of simply yammering on know simply because you And Kwanzaa, which to tell throat and we will begin... Day, Father's Day, Ash about Christmas from right can't find anything to buy the truth, I have no idea what Ahem: Christmas, Hanukkah, Wednesday, President's Day, after Thanksgiving up until them and you just want to get the meaning of is but that' Kwanzaa, New Years, Chi- Labor Day, Good Friday, New Years Eve and has made out of said mall before your because I'm a sheltered fool nese New Year, Ramadan, Earth Day, Super Bentley every person reading this, no head explodes. It is a season so feel free to hate me. Still, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Day, Victoria Day, Cinco de matter what their beliefs, feel of joy. Unfor'tunately, it is also despite the many cultures Passover, Feast day of (insert Mayo, Arbor Day, Canada accepted during this time of a season of exclusion for that are represented in holi- ,Favorite Saint Here), Inde- Day, Flag Day, Picnic Day, cultural oppression. And if many people. Given the fact day form during this 'period pendence Day of (Insert Boxing Day, Your Birthday, nothing on that list makes that Christmas has become of time, there are many cul- Favorite Independent Coun- Desi's Birthday, My kitty cat' you happy well then really, more of a commercial enter- tures that are not. Therefore try Here), Veteran's Day, birthday, My puppie's birth- lighten the crap up. It' prise than a religious celebra- in an effort to make everyone Memorial Day, Lent, Easter, day, Patriots Day, Today Christmastime after all.