“Nothing fixes a thing so intently in the memory as the wish to forget it.”-Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
“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 …”–Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard
DIRECTED BY: Michel Gondry
FEATURING: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, [...]
DIRECTED BY: Veit Helmer
FEATURING: Kristyna Malérová, Max Mauff
PLOT: A young couple’s about-to-be-consummated love is threatened when the women of
their village organize a sex strike against the lazy townsmen who will not fix the pipe that brings water to the hamlet.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Disqualified for false advertising in the title: there’s nothing absurdist [...]
DIRECTED BY: Goran Dukic
FEATURING: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits
PLOT: In a special afterlife reserved for suicides, three lost souls hit the road: Zia is
searching for his earthly lover, Mikal is convinced she’s here by mistake and is looking for the People in Charge, and Eugene is along for the ride because he has [...]
DIRECTED BY: Woody Allen
FEATURING: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
PLOT: Neurotic NYC comedian Alvy (Allen) falls in love with would-be cabaret singer
Annie Hall (Keaton), but his inability to relax and enjoy life ultimately dooms their relationship.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Annie Hall isn’t weird, at all. Some people, however, believe it’s weird, and have even tagged the [...]
PLOT: Young-goon, a young woman who believes herself to be a cyborg, and is institutionalized after a gruesome and nearly fatal attempt to recharge her batteries. Among the characters she meets in the mental hospital is Il-soon, a kleptomaniac who steals not only small items, but entire character traits from the other patients. Young-goon enlists Il-soon’s aid to help her [...]
