Not your average love story DVD

Charlie Kaufman ("Adaptation," "Being John Malkovich") is one of the finest screenwriters working in film to date. While he has only five major movies under his belt, he continues to give us complex and interesting stories that stray away from the conventional sides of mainstream Hollywood. \nKaufman is best known for creating stories that dive into the minds of the characters (this literally happens in his first major film, "Being John Malkovich"). In "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," Kaufman once again uses the inner realms of the human mind as the setting for the story. This time, though, he also creates a beautiful love story.\nThe film tells the story of Joel (Jim Carrey) who finds out his ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet, in a great performance), through a new procedure offered by Lacuna, erased their entire relationship from her memory. Upset with the news, Joel decides to erase Clementine from his memory.\nWhile the doctors/mind technicians, played wonderfully by Tom Wilkinson ("In the Bedroom") and Mark Ruffalo ("You Can Count On Me"), start the procedure, Joel re-lives the memories for the last time and suddenly realizes how much he loves Clementine. The revelation leads to a race against the clock in Joel's mind to salvage the memories of Clementine before they are erased. \nThe DVD features a commentary by former music video director Michel Gondry ("Human Nature") and Kaufman, a short featurette about the film, some deleted scenes and a conversation between Carrey and Gondry.\n"Eternal Sunshine" is one of the best films so far this year, but for some reason failed to attract an audience in the theaters. It proves once again that Kaufman is getting more interesting by each movie and that Carrey is still a brilliant actor.