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20 Years of Eternal Sunshine: Part One: The Day I Met Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry

20 Years of Eternal Sunshine: Part One: The Day I Met Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry

On assignment for Christianity Today in March 2004, I met with two of the most innovative filmmakers of the moment. This is the report I filed.

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20 Years of Eternal Sunshine: Part One: The Day I Met Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry
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When I was assigned to review Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for Christianity Today in 2004, I received a thrilling invitation interview the film’s two creative masterminds of this remarkable film.

It was a privilege to meet Charlie Kaufman, whose wildly imaginative screenplays for Being John Malkovich and Adaptation had given moviegoers such unc…

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