I need to go out and buy the DVD of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I much enjoyed it when it came out and blogged about it twice, once with excerpts from Steve Johnson's Slate essay about it and once quoting from the NYT review of the film. The film's back on my screen again. Via Chris (del.icio.us link), today I came across the Buzz Image clip detailing some of their work on the film — and it's really impressive.
Last month, Mind Hacks had a piece on dream, memory and the film:
Seed Magazine has a video of a fascinating conversation between sleep scientist Robert Stickgold and film director Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Stickgold has reinvigorated sleep research by investigating the borderlands of consciousness with a series of novel experiments.
Favourite quote from the Stickgold/Gondry video clip: 'the reason why cuts work in movies is' (Stickgold) … 'because we dream' (Gondry)/'because we're all familiar with them' (Stickgold).
From Mind Hacks, then, to the following:
Gondry's new movie, The Science of Sleep, also explores the mind's outer reaches. …
Link to fantastic article on the cognitive science of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Also, from the last link:
Scientific American — Unmaking Memories: Interview with James McGaugh
Now there's a whole bundle of stuff and possibilities for teaching …
