Cinema DNA
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2 countries
Where the DNA of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind travels
2 films
Films that shaped it
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Fellini, with films like Amarcord and 8 1/2, inspired me on the use of non-linear memory and the atmosphere.
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La Jetée Atlas note
Charlie Kaufman has said the premise of Eternal Sunshine traces directly to La Jetée, a 28-minute French film from 1962 by Chris Marker, made almost entirely from still photographs, in which a man travels through his own memories after the apocalypse. Marker invented the memory-as-technology premise. Alain Resnais spent his career in the same territory: Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year at Marienbad. All three are on Criterion Channel.
