MICHEL GONDRY ENJOYS BEING FORCED TO IMPROVISE. Actor Gerry Robert Byrne from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is cast as 'Train Conductor.' Elijah Woods real age is 40. Carrey and Winslet lying next to a crack in the ice would become one of the film’s iconic images. Luckily, New York State had a fierce winter that year, and the lake froze over as hoped. The script called for snow and ice, but Gondry was prepared to omit such details if the weather didn’t cooperate. YOU CAN THANK MOTHER NATURE FOR THAT CLASSIC SCENE ON THE FROZEN LAKE. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind celebrated its 15th anniversary this March, and Vanity Fair marked the occasion with a recent interview with director Michel Gondry and actor Jim Carrey. To enhance your next viewing of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, here are some details you might not know, or that maybe you used to know before you paid someone to erase them. Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory.
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The mind-bending romantic dramedy with Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet is the perfect pairing of bizarre screenwriter Charlie Kaufman ( Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) and whimsical French director Michel Gondry, whose unique vision would later be seen in The Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Full Cast & Crew. Pierre Bismuth created the story with Kaufman and Gondry. It follows an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has earned a place in moviegoers’ hearts, not to mention plenty of “best movies of the 21st-century” lists. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (also simply known as Eternal Sunshine) is a 2004 American romantic science-fiction film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry.