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Best Movies of 2004: Oldboy A very long engagement Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Bad Education 2046 Kill Bill v.2 House of Flying Daggers 3-iron |
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"Directed by: Michel GondryShowing: DVD, 2004 Jim Carrey stars as Joel Barish, a man who is informed that his ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had her memories of their relationship erased from her brain via an experimental procedure performed by Dr. Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson). Not to be outdone, Joel decides to have the same procedure done to himself. As Mierzwiak's bumbling underlings Stan (Mark Ruffalo) and Patrick (Elijah Wood) perform the operation on Joel -- over the course of an evening, in his apartment -- Joel struggles in his own mind to save the memories of Clementine from being deleted. Kirsten Dunst, David Cross, and Jane Adams also star. A surrealistic fantasy - both funny and sad - exploring two common themes of mass culture: love and amnesia. Accidentally meeting each other, He and She feel mutual sympathy, bot knowing that they have lived together unhappily already. That was the reason she went to a company named "Lacuna", which erases from the clients' brain unpleasant memories, and erased Him. As a revenge He erased all memories about Her. "Eternal Sunshine.." is the most undervalued feature of the year in Russia. The film has not earned even 1 million dollars, being somewhere at 80th place by its revenues. Nevertheless, this is one of the most amazing fils of 2004, which proves that sometimes Hollywood superstars get bored to play commercial garbage and want to create something genuine. Jim Carrey is the most brilliant there. He is not scared to look old and not pretty. Four nominations at "Golden globe" (best comedy, Carrey, Kate Winslet, script writer Charlie Kaufman) ************************************************************ "Bad Education"Director: Pedro Almodovar (Spain)Showing: Fandango.com An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends. A typical for Almodovar melodrama with a twisted plot. There are many blunt homosexual scenes. Those who are not familiar with the works of don Pedro can be seriously shocked. In Cannes-2004 "Bad education" opened the festival as an out-of-competition feature. ************************************************************
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