Can you explain the ending of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"?!


Question: At the end, they replay the scene where she goes in her house for a toothbrush and I was completely confused from then on. Can you explain the basic plot of the movie, please?


Answers: At the end, they replay the scene where she goes in her house for a toothbrush and I was completely confused from then on. Can you explain the basic plot of the movie, please?

Ok!

BASIC PLOT:
This is the story of a guy, Joel, who discovers that his long-time girlfriend, Clementine, has undergone a psychiatrist's experimental procedure in which all of her memory of Joel is removed, after the couple has tried for years to get their relationship working fluidly. Frustrated by the idea of still being in love with a woman who doesn't remember their time together, Joel agrees to undergo the procedure as well, to erase his memories of Clementine. The film, which takes place mostly within Joel's mind, follows his memories of Clementine backwards in time as each recent memory is replaced, and the procedure then goes on to the previous one, which is likewise seen, and then erased. Once the process starts, however, Joel realizes he doesn't really want to forget Clementine, so he starts smuggling her away into parts of his memory where she doesn't belong which alters other things about his memories as well...

THE END:

Clementine drives herself to Joel's apartment. She finds him there listening to his tape about her, which he found in his mail upon getting home (this apparently also caused him to ransack his apartment looking for evidence of their relationship and discover the "skeleton" painting that he did of her). Clementine insists upon listening to Joel's tape, reasoning that it's only fair considering he heard all the hurtful things she said about him on her tape. But Clementine is deeply wounded and decides to leave. Joel follows her into the hallway and asks her to wait, not knowing what to do. Joel finds out that after all, Clementine is still very attractive. Clementine tells Joel that he will still eventually be annoyed with her, based on what they now know about their previous relation. However, Joel just shrugs and says "Okay." For a brief moment, Clementine looks bewildered by Joel's response, but then she quickly nods her head. Both of them begin to laugh over the absurdity of the situation. The ending shows them together playing in the snow on the beach, with the same shot being repeated over and over.

MEANING:

Kaufman made it very clear in an interview included with the published shooting script [1], that the story ended with the final scene of Joel and Clementine in the hallway, in which they appeared to have agreed to give their relationship one more try. He said it was up to individual members of the audience to decide what would have ultimately happened. This "unfinished" resolution of the story is foreshadowed with the following dialog in the scene where Joel relives the memory of approaching Clementine at the bookstore where she worked after they first met at the beach party:

Joel: It would be different if we could just give it another go-around.
Clementine: Remember me. Try your best. Maybe, we can.

There is debate as to what the repeated scene of Joel and Clem playing in the snow right before the credits means. In an interview also included with the published shooting script, Gondry said he wanted the scene of them playing in the snow to loop throughout the credits. This desire apparently sprang from the initial intent that the movie ends with the depressing revelation that Joel and Clementine spent the rest of their lives meeting, parting, and getting erased, only to meet again. However, Gondry said that this was not done, because it would ultimately detract from the credits.

In addition, several photo-stills that were from footage that wound up on the cutting room floor show Joel and Clementine sitting together on the steps to Joel's building with their arms around each other (and dressed in the same clothes that they wore in the hallway scene). It is unclear whether these were pictures taken for promotional purposes or from footage cut from the final scene at Joel's apartment

wish I could but that movie confused me so bad.......they wanted to erase each other from their memories, but their love to strong for each other and....zap I was lost....

Kate Winslet and Jim Carey keep falling in love and having their memories erased. No matter how many times they do it, something in their subconscious keeps sending them back to the same familiar places to meet each other because they truly love each other. It's that simple...they were meant to be together.

Hey Sarah! Is there any way that you could give John 20 points for his answer? He certainly deserves it! He answered some questions that I had about the movie that no one else has been able to!



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