There was just so much to take in! If the first viewing stunned me with its sheer creativity and engrossing performances by its two leads, the second was for trying to figure it all out: Did Clementine’s hair color provide clues for piecing together the disjointed narrative? Were there hints of Mary and Dr. As soon as the credits rolled and Beck sang his melancholic cover of The Korgis’ “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime,” I started it over and watched it again. To the say the very least the film did not disappoint. With such a remarkable cast and not one, but two incredible trailers that seemed to promise greatness, I wanted nothing spoiled for me. As the reviews began piling up, I remember even as a teenager I intentionally avoided reading them. There was no one to tell me what to think. Here was a brand new film that looked intriguing, but that no one had provided an opinion on yet. My reaction to the film was crucial for my development as a cinephile. And then, in 2004, along came Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The films that felt most important at the time were the ones I was told to like: Citizen Kane (of course), The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, The Shawshank Redemption, Memento – some of these, naturally, I’ve come to severely reevaluate.
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My high school age cinephilia was in full bloom.
It started with trading in the latest superhero flick for recent Oscar winners, then on to the classics, then out of Hollywood and into the world of cinema, then into indie-cred building. Sometime around ten or eleven years ago, I began watching movies more frequently, and then, more seriously.
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