The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) was the film I chose to watch. It was definitely a film that provoked thought and kept my interest as it was unlike most plots. The character Joel (Jim Carey) becomes heartbroken that his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) went through a procedure to erase him from her memory. Despite their fight I was a bit unsure as to why she wanted to completely erase him from her memory since that seemed very drastic. I felt that this type of plot for a film was uniquely abstract since the idea of erasing someone’s mind is very creative and almost unheard of. After realizing through the confusion what Clementine did, Joel decides to do the same. Unfortunately Joel realizes he made a mistake and does not want to watch his memories of Clementine fade forever so he attempts to fight the procedure. I found this concept also abstract as mind erasing (in itself) was creative enough but then escaping mind erasing was even more complex. In the end after having their minds erased, they end up meeting anyways which brought a sense of fate to the plot, later they receive their original records from the secretary (of the office which erased their minds) and they discover they’re former lovers.
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Through discussing this film with my CLD 215 peers we all realized that we found the film a bit unusual in the way that the character Clementine was portrayed. She seemed as if she was a very careless and constantly changing person (which was evident through her hair color and clothing choices). We also found that the concept of mind erasing was very unique and that it caught our attention.
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When working with children in the future, discussing films can be an effective way to experience different perspectives and incorporate art. One way in which I would alter this activity would be selecting a single movie for the class to view and showing it in class so everyone had the same opportunity to share their ideas on the same movie. Picking a single movie for younger audiences would be helpful as they may not have access to a variety of choices and it would gaurantee an appropriate viewer rating (ex: G or PG).
Art Word of The Week: ABSTRACT
I feel that an abstract concept refers to something that is unlike true existence. There is no rule or reason for why things are abstract. It can be considered apart from reality but it is also a new creation through influences in reality. Abstract concepts are hard to understand and interpret but they have meaning to the creator. In artwork the word abstract is usually applied to paintings with no defined image or meaning, however I found that the movie had abstract components. This showed me that films are just a different mean of art.
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