2004 Directed by Michel Gondry
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
灵光乍现, 美丽心灵的永恒阳光, 暧暧内含光, 无暇心灵的永恒阳光
Also! Remember love is dead and always has been, nothing matters and we're all going to die anyway. Happy Valentine's Day!
Wish I could erase this film from my mind just so I can watch it for the first time all over again
This movie DESTROYED me.
It somehow reminded me of a quote from Call Me by Your Name:
"If there is pain, nurse it. And if there is a flame, don’t snuff it out. Don’t be brutal with it. We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster, that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything ― what a waste."
Truth is: we place too much value on outcomes. We imagine that if a relationship ended in heartbreak, then the whole thing was worthless. We tend to forget to be grateful of the deep, intangible, and sacred moments that we shared with our partners. And these moments, good or bad, are beyond priceless.
Cherish the entire journey.
this dream isn’t feeling sweet we’re reeling through the midnight streets and i’ve never felt more alone it feels so scary getting old :-(
If love is a drug, a breakup is like an abstinence syndrome. You want it even more when it’s gone. And even though the memory of it fucking hurts, it’s hard to move on, cause that pain reminds you the joy you felt was real.
And since we’re talking about drugs, this movie is my heroin
not the only film to recognize that relationships are perpetually clumsy and collapsing, but to see it reflected in its construction is key--back in 2004 rosenbaum called this a cinematic mobius strip, and that to me is what makes this special, as where it eventually goes is less important than how it gets there... pain locked in an eternal conflict with yearning.
