Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
We’ve had a successful relaunch of the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series. I say relaunch because we have done this type of thing before. For the next month, I will be spotlighting previous movie scripts we have studied.
Today: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, story by Charlie Kaufman & Michael Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
IMDb plot summary: When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.
Links to the entire November 2011 series:
General Comments
Structure
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.