Charlie Kaufman

The film Adaptation is about a guy named Charlie Kaufman, who is hired to write a movie about a book. However, he gets writers block and is unable to come up with something creative enough that would satisfy his audience. His plan was to make a movie about flowers, because he said that it hadn’t been done yet. He tries to go to his twin brother, Donald, who is a better version of him (Social wise) in his eyes because things seem to come easier to him. In his eyes his brother would be able to…

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind served as my introduction to screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Beloved by cinephiles, I have long been ready to catch up with this esteemed filmmaker’s work. Add to that the heartrending premise of this film, and I assumed I would be in for a treat. As it turns out, this was a classic example of a movie that I appreciated more than I enjoyed. This story focuses on Joel (Jim Carrey), a depressed, lonely introvert who leads a very mundane life. One day, on a whim,…

“The Valley” written by Joan MacLeod, there is a definite denial and avoidance theme taking place within all the relationships, but mostly there is a lack of acceptance for what is really happening in each of their lives. In the drama, by Charlie Kaufman, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind”, there is also a similar theme of unacceptance among the main characters Joel and Clementine, although they are lacking acceptance for themselves, and each other. In “The Valley”, the characters…

Is there eternal sunshine in the spotless mind? This is the question posed by writers Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth in their movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This movie, directed by Gondry, explores the idea that feelings and emotions are more powerful than memories, and that if we erased all of our memories, we would still possess the feelings and emotions that were created by those memories. The movie was inspired by a male friend of Bismuth who said that he…

Unbeknownst to the casual reader, what authors choose to include or exclude in their writing, as well as their choice of words, can have monumental influence on the interpretation of their story. This interpretation, however, is subject to the readers own experiences, bias and ignorances. Like an astronaut arriving to a novel planet, each text brings readers to distant pre-constructed lands setting them free to explore not only their obvious landmarks, but their never-ending minutia. In rare…

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the Importance of Memory Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind by Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman is a worldwide famous film that makes its audience question the importance of our memories and the identity that these memories create for us. It is a film that toys with the possibility of erasing hurtful and unwanted thoughts from one’s mental record. Memories and experiences are the very things that make us who we are. Without the recollection of our past…

Stephanie Nolan Professor Freeman Comp. 111 Dorothy Parker Though her name is not known by all, her words are spoken by many. Dorothy Parker was a woman of strength and attitude whose prose, poetry, and short stories have lived on in literary relevance through almost a century. Her modernist views were criticized, her status as a female author scorned, and her brilliance was envied. If it were not for being Black Listed in the 50’s Parker would have been a name of legends. She is an example…