Here is the official English trailer - the film is French.
I can't pinpoint what it is exactly about this film that makes it so great. It is great work from the director, writer/s, actors, and just everything. This is a masterpiece and truly was an instant classic. I'm crazy about directing and one of the great scenes of film as far as directing is concerned (imho) is when she turns to water and flushes which is featured in that preview. The story is just like the preview says, it is just about a girl trying to make other people's lives better - and while she is doing that she makes her own better. I guess it is the golden rule in film form. Here is the movie in 1:46 seconds. If you are as emotional as I am, you might tear up like I just did.
Eternal Sunshine is titled after my favorite literary work "Eloisa to Abelard" by Alexander Pope.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
"Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep;"
Desires compos'd, affections ever ev'n,
Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heav'n.
Here is a trailer.
This is an even harder film to explain. It is an honest portrayal of love. The whole movie takes place inside the main characters head for the most part and it is during a procedure he elected to have in which you can completely erase all memories of something that causes you pain. He chose to have his ex erased completely and the movie takes place in his consciousness with his own manufactured Clementine (his ex). They revisit all of their old memories as they are being erased and they know that by the end the wouldn't recognize anyone on the street. It is kind of a play on the expression 'better to have loved and lost, than to never loved at all.' This is the only movie that has shown "love" for what it really is, at least in my experience on this marble. Since it takes place in someone consciousness it was a huge opportunity for a director to go wild, so you have all kinds of stuff going on. This is a film that you have to watch 2 or 3 times to truly understand. Here is a scene from Eternal Sunshine:
