For scenes in which Clementine had to magically pop up in different rooms, Gondry had trick doors built into the set that Winslet could quickly run through. The film endures in large part thanks to Gondry’s tendency to avoid C.G.I.-technology that could easily look outdated to modern eyes-in favor of fantastical practical effects. “She gave me a pretty good wack!” Carrey said, before addressing Gondry: “I immediately knew it was you.” Occasionally, the director would give his cast notes to try and spice up certain scenes in an early encounter between Clementine and Joel on a train, she winds up and punches him in the arm, which wasn’t in the script. So the word ‘action’ became like my enemy.” “And when you say ‘cut,’ everything becomes fluid and alive. His reasoning? “You say ‘action,’ and everybody becomes a piece of wood,” said Gondry. He hates the word “action,” for example-so Gondry would simply start filming certain scenes without warning. Once on set, the actors had to learn how to do things the Gondry way. “Then I believed her when she said it was a great project.” “I was really surprised by her honesty,” Gondry said. Gondry, for his part, remembered knowing Winslet was exactly right for the part of the kooky, bewigged Clementine because she was the only person unafraid to give notes on Kaufman’s script. (Morgan’s rep says the comedian doesn’t remember if he acted in the film.)
But “the reality is he was Tracy Morgan”-which made his presence a bit of a distraction. “He’s a comedic genius,” said Gondry-“ Genius!” Carrey emphasized. A post- S.N.L., pre- 30 Rock Tracy Morgan, for example, played Joel’s neighbor in a few flashbacks that did not make the finished film. But it took a lot of tweaking for the film to arrive where it did-which also meant that several scenes featuring notable bit players were left on the cutting-room floor. With its homespun sci-fi aesthetic, aided by Gondry’s nifty, lo-fi special effects and lived-in romanticism, Eternal Sunshine was a quietly mind-blowing film, the kind that spawned plenty of thin imitators. (Kaufman’s rep didn’t respond when we asked to comment on this story.) But both ideas were ultimately scrapped-and Gondry’s relatively happy ending won out instead. Gondry-who was sitting next to Carrey-added that the screenwriter also considered flipping the narrative, revealing at the end that the story has been taking place in Clementine’s head the whole time. I walk away,” Carrey said in a recent phone interview. “We don’t end up together in Charlie’s version. By the end of the film, they’re drawn together again anyway, willfully ignoring the fact that their relationship may very well crash and burn once more. The Oscar-winning film follows ex-couple Joel and Clementine ( Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) as they undergo procedures to erase one another from their respective memories, with much of the story taking place in Joel’s subconscious. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- Michel Gondry’s instant classic of a sci-fi romance, written by Charlie Kaufman, which debuted 15 years ago-originally had a much darker ending.
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