Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”

A 6 part series on the 2005 Academy Award winning screenplay.

Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth.

Download a PDF of the screenplay here.

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 GITS week-long discussion and analysis:

Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
Takeaways

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.

For all of the other screenplays and commentary in the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series, go here.

For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.

For links to over 100 free and legal script downloads, go here.