Episode 34: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: a film nerd and psychologist’s literal dream (with Indi Gage)

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Steph has the insightful Indi Gage from Hot Girls Theory podcast to talk about a movie they both adore, Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), written by Charlie Kaufman. We discuss how the film raises questions about our experience of relationships and the way our fallible memory can shape how we see them, as well as how we relate to the character of Clementine and have definitely dated a Joel or two in our time. Also, does Clementine have Borderline Personality Disorder or does she just have contextually significant hair colour?!

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CONTENT WARNING: stalker behaviour (Patrick), childhood trauma, discussion of fat phobia and ableism

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REFERENCES

• Charlie Kaufman: 'The world is terrifying and destructive and dehumanising and tragic' | Anomalisa | The Guardian
• This Profile of Charlie Kaufman Has Changed - The New York Times
• Can Charlie Kaufman Get Out of His Head? | The New Yorker
• The Gift of Memory: Charlie Kaufman on the Culture of Death
  Michel Gondry: 'I wanted to bring out Jim Carrey's sadness' | Television & radio | The Guardian
• Maureen Dowd Talks 'Mare of Easttown' With Kate Winslet - The New York Times
• 10 Movies That Got Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms (Mostly) Right
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - NeuroPsyFi
• How Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Dismantles the Gender Objectification of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope

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