{"id":9756,"date":"2019-03-19T19:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T02:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9756"},"modified":"2019-04-28T19:20:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:20:15","slug":"eternal-sunshine-at-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/19\/eternal-sunshine-at-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Sunshine at 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2019\/03\/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-anniversary-jim-carrey-michel-gondry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>from Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Mind Games and Broken Hearts: Jim Carrey and Michel Gondry on Making <em>Eternal Sunshine<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>Fifteen years later, the star and director get candid about <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em>\u2019s grueling production, why they almost got into a fistfight on set, and the Tracy Morgan-starring scenes that didn\u2019t make the final cut.<\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0<a class=\"author contributor__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/contributor\/yohana-desta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author noopener\" data-reactid=\"186\">YOHANA DESTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5c91020614d0712d223ee8f8\/master\/w_768,c_limit\/Eternal-Sunshine-Anniversary-Interview-Lede.jpg\" alt=\"Winslet and Carrey in *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.*\" width=\"480\" data-reactid=\"213\" \/><em>From Snap Stills\/REX\/Shutterstock.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em>\u2014<strong>Michel Gondry\u2019s<\/strong> instant classic of a sci-fi romance, written by <strong>Charlie Kaufman,<\/strong> which debuted 15 years ago\u2014originally had a much darker ending. The Oscar-winning film follows ex-couple Joel and Clementine (<strong>Jim Carrey<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Winslet<\/strong>) as they undergo procedures to erase one another from their respective memories, with much of the story taking place in Joel\u2019s subconscious. By the end of the film, they\u2019re drawn together again anyway, willfully ignoring the fact that their relationship may very well crash and burn once more.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not how Kaufman wrote it, though. \u201cWe don\u2019t end up together in Charlie\u2019s version. I walk away,\u201d Carrey said in a recent phone interview. Gondry\u2014who was sitting next to Carrey\u2014added that the screenwriter also considered flipping the narrative, revealing at the end that the story has been taking place in Clementine\u2019s head the whole time. But both ideas were ultimately scrapped\u2014and Gondry\u2019s relatively happy ending won out instead. (Kaufman\u2019s rep didn\u2019t respond when we asked to comment on this story.)<\/p>\n<p>With its homespun sci-fi aesthetic, aided by Gondry\u2019s nifty, lo-fi special effects and lived-in romanticism, <em>Eternal Sunshine<\/em> was a quietly mind-blowing film, the kind that spawned plenty of thin imitators. But it took a lot of tweaking for the film to arrive where it did\u2014which also meant that several scenes featuring notable bit players were left on the cutting-room floor. A post-<em>S.N.L.,<\/em> pre-<em>30 Rock<\/em> <strong>Tracy Morgan,<\/strong> for example, played Joel\u2019s neighbor in a few flashbacks that did not make the finished film. \u201cHe\u2019s a comedic genius,\u201d said Gondry\u2014\u201c<em>Genius!<\/em>\u201d Carrey emphasized. But \u201cthe reality is he was Tracy Morgan\u201d\u2014which made his presence a bit of a distraction. (Morgan\u2019s rep says the comedian doesn\u2019t remember if he acted in the film.)<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2019\/03\/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-anniversary-jim-carrey-michel-gondry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at VF<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Vanity Fair Mind Games and Broken Hearts: Jim Carrey and Michel Gondry on Making Eternal Sunshine Fifteen years later, the star and director get candid about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\u2019s grueling production, why they almost got into a fistfight on set, and the Tracy Morgan-starring scenes that didn\u2019t make the final cut. 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