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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Art House Cut
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Faneditor Name:
Original Movie Title:
Genre:
Franchise:
Part of
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
2004
Original Running Time:
108
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
15
Time Cut:
93
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Brief Synopsis:
Follow Joel as he learns to let go of love.
Intention:
A re-edit of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind designed to make it look more like a student film from the 90's.
Release Information:
Digital
Editing Details:
Numerous audio/visual aging/damage effects.
Poster by Ken Poirier
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Arthouse Cut by Ken Poirier (15.21)
User reviews
8 reviews
Overall rating
8.2
Audio/Video Quality
7.8(8)
Visual Editing
7.8(8)
Audio Editing
8.8(8)
Narrative
8.5(8)
Enjoyment
8.1(8)
Overall rating
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
7.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
Cool edit which compresses a large chunk of the main storyline of Eternal Sunshine of the Mind into a short. The A/V editing is very impressive - the edit flows between scenes smoothly and overlaps dialogue with different footage effectively. In particular, the compression of scenes leading into dreams is well done - very frantic - and the choice of ending and rescore was also good. My only critique is that the damage/grindhouse effect is overdone. All in all, it's an enjoyable short.
It goes without saying, make sure to watch the original first.
It goes without saying, make sure to watch the original first.
H
Overall rating
9.2
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Visual Editing
8.0
Audio Editing
7.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
10.0
Ken Poirier's distillation of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind is hauntingly effective.
It focuses on the breakup / erasure, followed by the all-too-human tendency to cling to cherished memories.
Video quality is scruffy, with too much damage.
The audio is not exactly spotless, either.
The story itself is the hook. A poignant look at how fleeting are relationships.
And how fragile - terribly fragile - is love.
Mr Poirier was a decent editor and longstanding member of FE.
I remember him leaving, though I cannot recall the details.
His presence is missed.
It focuses on the breakup / erasure, followed by the all-too-human tendency to cling to cherished memories.
Video quality is scruffy, with too much damage.
The audio is not exactly spotless, either.
The story itself is the hook. A poignant look at how fleeting are relationships.
And how fragile - terribly fragile - is love.
Mr Poirier was a decent editor and longstanding member of FE.
I remember him leaving, though I cannot recall the details.
His presence is missed.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
DVD
V
Overall rating
7.5
Audio/Video Quality
7.0
Visual Editing
7.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Narrative
8.0
Enjoyment
7.0
I love the source material, so seeing a shorter version of it was fun but ultimately I couldn't get past the aging. It seemed very artificial most of the time, which distracted me from everything else. There were plenty of smart edits but I was unable to engage with it for the most part.
T
Overall rating
7.5
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Visual Editing
8.0
Audio Editing
8.0
Narrative
7.0
Enjoyment
7.0
Yeahhhh sooooo.... It's definitely safe to say I liked this short the least. The primary problems were:
1) The aging effects felt forced and unnatural.
2) I didn't know what the motherflip was going in. And I've seen the original movie.
1) The aging effects felt forced and unnatural.
2) I didn't know what the motherflip was going in. And I've seen the original movie.
N
Overall rating
8.7
Audio/Video Quality
8.0
Visual Editing
7.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
Another impressive effort at condensing a story and maintaining coherence. Most of the editing seemed fine to me - as some others have noted, the only significant issue with this is the "aged film" effect, which was sometimes quite obviously artificial and would likely have benefitted from further adjustment on a scene-by-scene basis (though this would obviously be quite time-consuming).
T