Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)

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Screenwriters rarely develop a distinctive voice that can be recognized from movie to movie, but the ornate imagination of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) has made him a unique and much-needed cinematic presence. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a guy decides to have the memories of his ex-girlfriend erased after she's had him erased from her own memory--but midway through the procedure, he changes his mind and struggles to hang on to their experiences together. In other hands, the premise of memory-erasing would become a trashy science-fiction thriller; Kaufman, along with director Michel Gondry, spins this idea into a funny, sad, structurally complex, and simply enthralling love story that juggles morality, identity, and heartbreak with confident skill. The entire cast--Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, and more--give superb performances, carefully pitched so that cleverness never trumps feeling. A great movie. --Bret Fetzer

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A Movie You Won't Forget.......2007-09-05

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is another fabulous movie from writer Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation (Superbit Collection), Human Nature). Joel Barish wants to forget his former girlfriend so he goes to a company and gets his memory erased.

This movie is wonderful and really makes you think. I recommend that everybody should see this movie.

The DVD, which is an upgrade from the single disc features a few more things. Not only do you get the same features from the first disc (which very well may be that first disc) you get a second disc full of other features.

There's a second interview with Kate Winslet and Michel Gondry (the first contained Jim Carrey and the director). A feature for Michel Gondry himself and more deleted scenes from the movie. There's even a commemorative photo book.

This DVD is highly recommended. The movie's one of the best of the year.

A Great Movie.......2007-08-22

This movie explores the mysteries of memory and love- it's a lot of fun and leaves you with a lot to think about.

To Know or Not To Know, That Is The Question..........2007-08-11

This movie turned out to be a half-full, half-empty glass of water. I saw it half-full. My wife saw it half-empty. For once, she was the pessimist. (Write this date down!)

To me it raised the interesting question of, if you know ahead of time how disappointing something is going to turn out, is it still worth going through anyway? Few things meet our expectations; the concept always outshines the actuality. But when you fall in love everything seems like it's going to be peachy for the rest of eternity. Disappointment almost always looms. It's how you deal with it that counts.

Because even in the best relationship, you're going to get bored with each other. You're going to start to find small niggling faults becoming reasons for a major fallout. Most breakups aren't over big, dramatic actions ("You slept with my sister while you said you were on a business trip in Seattle!") but rather small things that start to irritate you about the other person--the weird color they dye their hair, or how they say "liberry" instead of "library."

This is what happens to both Jim Carey and Kate Winslet in this movie. And both of them, to forget each other, have their memories of the other person flushed out. But to paraphrase Tennyson, is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? That's the difficult question the movie grapples with, and the astonishing thing about it is that you never feel like it's "grappling" with it at all. Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman knows how to deal with some uncommon themes (particularly in Hollywood, where any film in which the female lead doesn't take her top off or get hung upside-down on a meat hook is considered practically an art film these days) very naturally. Carey gradually discovers that even bad feelings have their upside, their purpose, because without them the good have no context. They're inseparable, and when the "bad" ones have to go so must the good. Too late he realizes this is not what he wants. Then a series of complications almost too twisted to chart ensue. Kaufman must have had a roadmap tacked to his wall to keep it all straight. The astonishing thing--and the tribute to his screenwriting prowess--is that we the viewers can keep them straight too. Despite a story that's almost impossible to re-tell, Eternal Sunshine is actually a very easy movie to watch, never confusing, never too fast or too slow. This is no small achievement.

So that's my take on things. My wife's view is that the film was trying to say that no matter how many chances you get, you still make the same stupid mistakes. She cites as evidence the moment in the doctor's office where the receptionist tells a patient she can't have the procedure three times in one month. She cites as evidence the fact that although a key character (not Winslet) has her memory wiped clean, she turns around and does the same foolish thing with another person when the same opportunity presents itself. All true, but I think that's more of a subplot than *the* plot. The minor characters may fumble about, but our heroes Kate and Jim will learn something in the end from their stumbles, and they do, at an empty beach house, that has to be one of the saddest, most underwritten (in a good way), farewell scene I've watched in years (decades?). Kaufman and the producers trusted their audience. They didn't feel they needed to get out the pile driver. It's beautiful writing. I wish there were more intelligence like this in Hollywood these days.

As some others have noted, this is first and foremost a director and writer's picture. It's not the acting that carries things along. Still, the right casting is important, for we really have to relate to these characters quickly, since we don't get a lot of exposition before things go nonlinear. In Jim Carney we have the perfect "everyman." I never care for Carey when he's manic or crazy, but beneath the "over-the-top" persona there beats the warm heart of a genuine artist. Brit Kate Winslet astonishes at how effortlessly she plays a very American, very ordinary character--every semi-big town is full of "individualists" like Clementine, with her ever-changing hair, Doc Marten boots, and terminal retail career outlook. ("I'm just a f---ed up girl looking for her own piece of mind!") Both characters have the tough and thankless job of appearing unremarkable while making us care about them very much. Kirsten Dunst plays the Cameron Diaz role--a nice but ditzy blonde who spends a lot of time dancing around in her underwear. Elijah Wood and Mark Ruffalo look like they should have the Verizon wireless Network behind them. (How the sophisticated job of memory erasure is done with a couple of laptops and some simple software is hilarious.) And Tom Wilkinson is effortless, as usual, in the supporting role of the doctor who runs the clinic that vacuums minds the way those cheap professional maid services vacuum carpets. (You never quite trust them in your house. Are they going to break your porcelain knick-knacks? Raid your fridge and drink your beer?)

But mostly it's the ideas--and the way they're executed--that makes Eternal Sunshine so memorable. Extras include lots of interviews with Carey and director Michel Gondry, Winslet and Gondry (where things start out a little testy, and no, I don't think they were kidding), a making-of featurette that includes the scoop on how they did the remarkable special effects (not how you'd think in this digital day and age), and lots of other goodies we've come to expect from hit movies. Transfer to DVD is excellent. This is one of the more intelligent films to come out in recent years. Here's looking forward to the next Charlie Kaufman project.

Excellent DVD.......2007-08-09

This dvd was delivered in perfect condition and was exactly what i ordered. My only issue was the delivery time. it took a lot longer then excpected to be delivered. but its the right product, so i can't complain that much.

One of my favorite films of all time.......2007-07-07

I like to consider myself a big movie buff. One of my personal favorite films from this decade is "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". I am not a Jim Carrey but the premise of the film still intrigued me.

Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet plays a dysfunctional couple named Joel and Clementine. The couple are polar opposites from one another. Joel is more quiet and reserved while Clementine is more gregarious and unpredictable. These personality differences makes their relationship far from dull. After having a huge blow out with Joel, Clementine decides to have her memories of Joel erased courtesy of Howard (Tom Wilkinson) and his assistants played by Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Woods. When Joel finds out about what Clementine did, he decides to get the same procedure done on him. During the process of having his memories of Clementine erased (which is basically a lobotomy), Joel relizes that he still loves Clementine and does not want to forget her.

I loved this film right from the first time I saw this film in the theatre but I really didn't get it until I viewed it a few more times on dvd. The way the film is edited is a bit confusing but the more I have watched it, the more the film makes sense. What I saw was a history of Joel and Clementine's rocky relationship. The performances was great. It was nice to see Jim Carrey actually tone down his comedic schtick and Kate Winslet take on a more comedic role. The writing and directingis just as good. Too bad most films in the past two years haven't come close to the uniqueness of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [HD DVD]

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [HD DVD]
Starring: Jim Carrey , Kate Winslet , Gerry Robert Byrne , Elijah Wood , and Thomas Jay Ryan
Director: Michel Gondry
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Release Date: 2007-04-24

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From acclaimed writer Charlie Kaufman and visionary director Michel Gondry comes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. An all-star ensemble cast shines in this comical and poignant look at breakups, breakdowns and breakthroughs.

Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), to get the same treatment. But as his memories of Clementine begin to fade, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her.

Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood co-star in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - a memorable film that The Wall Street Journal calls "a romantic comedy unlike any other!"

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A Movie You Won't Forget.......2007-09-05

A Great Movie.......2007-08-22

This movie explores the mysteries of memory and love- it's a lot of fun and leaves you with a lot to think about.

To Know or Not To Know, That Is The Question..........2007-08-11

Excellent DVD.......2007-08-09

One of my favorite films of all time.......2007-07-07

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The Tuck Review
Amazing movie!!!
A timeless tale,but no real chemistry between Winnie and Jesse.
Pure And Enjoyable Fantasy!
A really sweet movie

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Starring: Alexis Bledel , William Hurt , Sissy Spacek , Jonathan Jackson , and Scott Bairstow
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Release Date: 2003-02-25

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With the makings of a classic, Disney's Tuck Everlasting compares favorably with such family favorites as The Secret Garden and Fairy Tale: A True Story. Loosely but respectfully adapted from Natalie Babbitt's beloved children's book, this appealing fable focuses on the timeless Tuck family, blessed--and cursed--with immortality after drinking from a magical spring. Hiding their secret over passing decades, they are discovered in 1914 by Winnie (Alexis Bledel)--the only daughter of stern, upper-crust socialites--who encounters the life-affirming Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson) and grows enchanted with his family (Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, Scott Bairstow) while her parents fear she's been kidnapped. The film's teenage romance is invented (Winnie is younger in Babbitt's book), but it's charmingly appropriate, and Ben Kingsley is perfect as a menacing man of mystery. Scoring a solid follow-up to his equally enjoyable My Dog Skip, director Jay Russell turns Tuck Everlasting into a magical plea for living life to its fullest. --Jeff Shannon

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Walt Disney Pictures' TUCK EVERLASTING, a timeless and enchanting adventure about one girl's magical summer, will captivate audiences of any age. Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Soon she happens upon Jesse Tuck -- a boy full of life and adventure who's unlike anyone she's ever met -- and falls in love. The Tucks, a kind and generous family, have a powerful secret -- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. And now Winnie must choose to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring. It's a life-affirming adventure that will cast its irresistible spell over you again and again.

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The Tuck Review.......2007-06-05

I personally loved this book. It is about a girl Winnie who finds a magical water spring. She saw a boy maybe a little bit older than her drink from it. when she asks if she could have some he says no. Then she demands the water because she owns the wood that the spring is in. He stops her then the boys mom and older brother come, he is relieved because they would know what to do. They take her to their house but on the way there they tell her the story. The story is that long ago they drank from it and as they grew on in life they realized that they were not getting any older from the time they drank the water. so they figured that they were immortal when Jesse the youngest boy fell out of a tree 30ft high right on his neck and didn't even hurt him, then when Tuck the father got bitten by a rattle snake and did not die, then Jesse ate poisen frogs stools and didn't even get sick, then the horse got mistaken for a deer and got shot and it didn't even leave a mark, thats when Tuck the father found out it was the water, so to make sure of it one day Tuck took his shotgun and before Jesse, Mae the mother, or Miles the older brother could do any thing he shot himself in the heart! It knocked him down but barely left a scratch. So the family tells the girl not to tell anyone about the spring. But the problem was a man heard the whole story and was planning to sell thge water! Thats when the story begins, but I am not going to tell you any more. But the one thing that made the story was that Jesse and Winnie fall in love. So I really think it was a great book.

Amazing movie!!!.......2007-05-17

I loved this movie so much. The first time i saw it was just after i read the book, And whenever they make a movie out of a book its never as good as the book. But this movie is definetly as good, or even better then the book. This movie is about a girl named Winnie who is fed up with life at home, and goes exploring in the woods. In the woods she meets a boy named Jesse Tuck, along with the rest of his family. Winnie learns that the Tuck family is imortal. They will live forever and can not die. They decide to keep her at their house, intill she understands why she can not tell about the little spring that makes them imortal. While she is staying with the Tucks Winnie and Jesse fall in love. There is an amazing scene that almost made me cry, when Winnie is being taken away from Jesse. Mae the mother hits the man who is trying to take away winnie on the head with a gun, and he dies. She and her husband are then put in jail, to be hung. The problom is, if she is hung she will not die, and every one will know the secret. If you want to know what happens next, see the movie!!!This movie has some very good acors including Alexis Bledel as Winnie,Jonathan Jackson as Jesse Tuck and Ben Kingsley as the Man in the Yellow Suit. All in all,this was a great movie and you should get it!!!

A timeless tale,but no real chemistry between Winnie and Jesse........2007-04-09

I read the book as a teen in the 70's and really enjoyed it. As an adult with a small child and a more realistic notion of,"mortality," I related to the film on a different and more mature level. Regardless, it is a timeless tale for all ages.

One minor criticism is that I didn't sense any real romantic tension between Winnie and Jesse. Perhaps the problem was with casting. They looked so much alike that they seemed like brother and sister as opposed to passionate teens. Even when Winnie was doing that fireside dance, Jesse just seemed sort of oblivious.

William Hurt who played the father is one of my favorite actors. At times he seemed slightly too sophisticated to play the unsophisticated father,especially since I tend to type cast him as,"Nick," from the Big Chill.

I enjoyed the movie but whoever cast Jesse should not have cast a guy who looked like Winnie's brother to play her love interest.

Pure And Enjoyable Fantasy!.......2007-03-28

This movie's story-line takes the viewers out of our ordinary world and succeeds in truly entertaining us, which is really enjoyable. There are elements of: a) a love story, b) real-life dilemmas, and c) tragedy and loss. I whole-heartedly recommend this to every viewer...

A really sweet movie.......2007-03-09

I haven't read the book yet, but this movie is really sweet. Alexis Bledel really shows a whole other side of her acting abilities in this movie, versus her role in the Gilmore Girls. The movie is about the Tuck family and their unique gift: they can not die. They were traveling west in the late 1700's when they stopped at a spring and drank from it. The spring had magical powers and granted them an immortal life. The movie focuses on the love story between young Winifred (Alexis) and the youngest Tuck son, Jesse. Someone discovers the Tuck's secret and eventually the Tucks have to leave, but not before Jesse has to decide between Winifred and his family. I won't spoil the ending, but overall I think this movie was well written and would be a great addition to any child or young adults collection.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2-Disc Collector's Edition)

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Jim Carrey , Kate Winslet , Gerry Robert Byrne , Elijah Wood , and Thomas Jay Ryan
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A Movie You Won't Forget.......2007-09-05

A Great Movie.......2007-08-22

This movie explores the mysteries of memory and love- it's a lot of fun and leaves you with a lot to think about.

To Know or Not To Know, That Is The Question..........2007-08-11

Excellent DVD.......2007-08-09

One of my favorite films of all time.......2007-07-07

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Full Screen Edition)

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A Movie You Won't Forget
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One of my favorite films of all time

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Jim Carrey , Kate Winslet , Gerry Robert Byrne , Elijah Wood , and Thomas Jay Ryan
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A Movie You Won't Forget.......2007-09-05

A Great Movie.......2007-08-22

This movie explores the mysteries of memory and love- it's a lot of fun and leaves you with a lot to think about.

To Know or Not To Know, That Is The Question..........2007-08-11

Excellent DVD.......2007-08-09

One of my favorite films of all time.......2007-07-07

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A highlight for both Lubitsch and Barrymore
Typical last-gasp silent
An Enduring Romance
Restored and pleasing
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Ernst Lubitsch's Eternal Love
Starring: John Barrymore , Camilla Horn , Victor Varconi , Hobart Bosworth , and Bodil Rosing
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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Release Date: 2001-04-24

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Lost for decades, cinema genius Ernst Lubitsch's historical drama "Eternal Love" is a wonderful rediscovery. Starring the great John Barrymore and the gorgeous Camilla Horn, the film features the legendary actor in a sexual tour-de-force. Barrymore's powerful love scenes with Horn are among both actors' best performances on film. UCLA Film and Television Archives have combined the original sound and picture quality for this film restoration.

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A highlight for both Lubitsch and Barrymore.......2007-03-18

Although the title might suggest an over-sentimental or fairytale-style love story, "Eternal Love" is actually quite a powerful and realistic drama, and the only fairytale element is the beautiful setting of a Swiss hamlet in the year 1806. Filmed not in Switzerland but in the Canadian Rockies, renowned German director Ernst Lubitsch makes the most of both setting and starring actors, John Barrymore and Camilla Horn, with the smooth style and careful editing for which he became famous in the US. Lubitsch's earlier work back in Germany showed his skill in various kinds of comedies (see Kino Video's "Lubitsch in Berlin" series) and while "Eternal Love" is quite serious, the Lubitsch sophistication is definitely there. The focus is on the wild character Marcus, dynamically portrayed by John Barrymore, and his love for the genteel niece of the local minister, also perfectly played by Camilla Horn. But as in real life, sometimes the jealousy of others can destroy a couple's happy plans, and in this story there are two jealous rivals: a wildcat, the complete opposite of the minister's niece, who schemes to have Marcus for herself - and succeeds - and the patient suitor of the minister's niece who later also displays a nasty jealous streak when he realizes she still loves Marcus after all. "Eternal Love" is not a long or involved film at all, and events move rather quickly but never rushed, and always involving the audience in the tragically separated lovers' dilemma until the climactic ending. The picture quality is very good and clear throughout, and even the original sound disc has been restored, giving us today the same experience as audiences in 1929 when, on the verge of the sound era, many silent films were being made with a recorded musical score especially made to suit the film. This one is a nice classical, orchestral score with a few appropriate sound effects here and there. With such a charming and beautiful setting and Barrymore's performance under Lubitsch's expert direction, "Eternal Love" counts as one of the many precious gems of the silent era and deserves a place in every silent film collection.

Typical last-gasp silent.......2007-03-08

1929 was pretty much the end of the road for the silent picture, apart from a handful of films made for theatres still not wired for sound in the very early Thirties (and, more famously, Chaplin's last stands in 1931 and 1936). Most 1929 silents didn't make as much money as the late silents of 1927 and 1928, and the survival rate for these very late silents is so low because most of them were pulled in and out of circulation in a very short time, without any real thought, care, or concern for their quality. While it's true that many of these final silents are long overdue for a critical re-evaluation (particularly since most silents coming out in 1929 were panned just because they didn't have sound, the novelty everyone was clamouring for regardless of the quality of these new sound pictures), this one in particular isn't one of my favorite silents from 1929 I've seen.

The film begins in Switzerland in 1806, when the French have occupied the village in which the story is set. All of the locals are ordered to turn over their firearms, but wild untamed mountain man Marcus (John Barrymore) alone refuses to surrender his weapon, unwilling to have a part of himself, representing his free spirit, taken away. He only reluctantly agrees to do it out of love for Ciglia (Camilla Horn, who was previously teamed with him in 1928's 'Eternal Love'). (I'm assuming that her name is pronounced Cheel-ya or Seel-ya.) These two are in love, but Ciglia's priest uncle and the vamping Pia, who wants Marcus all to herself, oppose their union. After Ciglia spurns him after he has made a fool of himself at a local masquerade ball, Pia traps him into a compromising situation at his house. (Meanwhile the French are no longer occupying the village; that potentially dramatic and interesting part of the plot was really thrown away and not even developed!) Soon afterwards, Ciglia forgives him and gets her uncle to agree to the marriage, but Pia and her equally scheming mother are already on their way over to the priest's to tell him what happened and to trap him into marrying Pia. (It's never really spelt out just why Marcus has to marry her; is this a shotgun marriage, or is he just being made to marry her because they presumably slept together without being married and thus "compromised" themselves? Have they had some prior relationship that we're never really told about, as seems to be suggested? This angle of the story doesn't really hold up well for the average modern viewer.) With Marcus out of the way, Ciglia's other suitor, Lorenz, steps in, hoping to win her for himself. Hurting and on the rebound, she agrees to this marriage. Both marriages are soon exposed as loveless, for Marcus and Ciglia still love one another, and this causes a lot of trouble, not only for them and their spouses but also for the villagers, who believe they're being immoral by continuing to associate with and even love one another. Things may not end well for anyone.

I did want to like this film more, particularly because it stars John Barrymore (who is as great as always, though he does have on a bit too much makeup), but something about it just didn't satisfy me. Maybe if it had been a couple of reels longer, the story could have been more developed instead of only really getting more interesting and dramatic towards the end. Things just seemed to happen too quickly, with no real development and tension in between some pretty important events. And the opening story about this small village under occupation by the French was really wasted, and tossed aside by the next scene, never mentioned again, with no bearing on the rest of the story but to establish Marcus's independent nature. The plot also descends into soap opera territory, and I was rather disappointed in the ending. Although the photography is pretty good, the acting is wonderful, and the story interesting enough. I just wish it had been developed more and been given more substance and dramatic tension.

An Enduring Romance.......2004-07-19

Eternal love ~ what a premise! And in this terrific film it comes delivered to you via two star-crossed lovers Ciglia (Camilla Horn) and Marcus (Barrymore). Marcus prefers the wild mountainsides outside of his Swiss village only somewhat less than the pure and beautiful preacher's daughter Ciglia, whom he desires very much to marry. Uncle Tass (Hobart Bosworth) has other ideas, wishing for Ciglia the more staid and proper Lorenz (Victor Varconi), while wild mountain girl Pia (Mona Rico) has her own designs on Marcus, desiring him very much for herself. Pia seduces Marcus through some truly dishonourable conniving, dooming Marcus to marry her. Ciglia settles with Lorenz in an effort to heal her crushed heart, but of course this does nothing of the sort ~ Marcus and Ciglia hold blazing torches that no twists of fate can quell. Thus, the movie moves toward its devastating finale.

During a blizzard, Marcus becomes lost on the mountains. Pia, desperate to find him, implores Lorenz and Ciglia for help. Distraught at this news, Ciglia slips her facade for an instant arousing the suspicions of her husband. When Marcus arrives safely home, the jealous Lorenz bribes Marcus to take his leave from the village and from Ciglia once and for all. Marcus refuses, and Lorenz seeks a final, deadly revenge, during which he is mortally wounded. Marcus is now a marked man, and Ciglia's pleas of his innocence only serves to inflame the villagers to seek their own revenge on what they perceive as an adulterous couple.

What happens next adds a satisfying 'drama' to this melodrama, and contains a twist equal to the larger-than-life affections of Marcus and Ciglia, whose only real crime was loving each other despite, and in spite, of any and all circumstances.

This film should appeal to anyone with even a speck of the romantic, an appreciative eye for splendid scenery (filmed on location in the Canadian Rockies), and the taste for a rousing good story. Barrymore is a smouldering hero, his magnetism unabashedly evident in the love scenes. Camilla Horn is a gorgeous heroine that one cannot help aching with and for. The conniving Pia, on the other hand, is an absolute terror, and plays the bad girl to the hilt.

This DVD includes the original score to the film, and the picture quality is astonishing. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, 'Eternal Love' was his last silent film.

Restored and pleasing.......2002-07-09

I'll admit, I have been a silents fan for many years, but am still a novice, but I did enjoy this movie, and was surprised by the UCLA 'disclaimer' that this restoration was not up to their usual standards (or some such note). If that is the case, I would like to see their best standards! After years of suffering through bad copies of silents, with equally hideous "soundtracks" (of which there are a few exceptions), I was glad to see this movie restored to a good speed and brilliant contrasts of light and dark. Barrymore is elegant and graceful, mixing both outrageous humor (the scenes of his drunken revelry at the town party are funny, and a bit disheartening, much like Dinner At Eight), and brilliant drama (the lone scene of his finding the 'evil woman' had entered his room is incredibly portrayed with a few surprised, heavy heaves of the chest and narrowing eyes, more sexy to me than any obvious modern bedroom scene!)
Overall, there are much better stories, but to see Barrymore at his hearty best and Lubitsch's modern use of camera movement and beautiful mountain scenery, make this a worthwhile viewing.

European Film-making via Hollywood.......2001-09-05

The very late silent film era in Hollywood, 1927-28, saw a number of artistic films made by European directors that could have been right out of Ufa's studio in Germany. SUNRISE is perhaps the most obvious example, but ETERNAL LOVE is definitely in that category. Not really a "lost" film, ETERNAL LOVE was safely secured among Mary Pickford's own films that she refused to circulate. Bootleg prints of this film have been in circulation for years but I was disappointed that the quality of this print wasn't more impressive. Good yes, impressive No. The introduction alerts the viewer that the print is "substandard" - too bad they didn't place that notice on the box. I would have bought it anyway. The film is intelligently written, directed and acted but it seems a little too doom-laden for its own good. John Barrymore railed for years against the happy endings that always got tacked on to his films so at least in his last silent he got the tragedy he wanted. A Barrymore-Lubitsch collaboration should have given us a sparkling romantic comedy - and that loss is a real tragedy!

Love Is Eternal with Fulton Sheen - Vol. IV

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Love Is Eternal with Fulton Sheen - Vol. IV
Starring: Bishop Fulton J Sheen
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Bishop Fulton J. Sheen is eloquence at its very best. These timeless messages offer inspiring guidance, encouragement, peace of mind and spiritual comfort that will touch the heart.

The Touch of Your Hand - In this inspiring episode, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen speaks on one of the ways of communication touch. Even as God, in the form of Jesus, came to this earth to physically touch mankind with His love, so should we actively love people with this form of communication. Bishop Sheen explains that when we do this, the anonymous becomes personal, resulting in a positive effect on society.

Intimacies of Love - Beginning with humor and ending with a blessing, this program nicely compliments the previous program dealing with communication of love. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, with great wisdom, talks about Jesus Who embodied true love. As He dwelt among us during His earthly ministry, Jesus showed us how to love through speech, vision and touch.

Servant of God, Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) People of all faiths recognize Bishop Fulton J. Sheen as one of the greatest communicators of the twentieth century. He had the unique ability of being natural and at ease in front of an audience. He wrote many books, articles and columns, and broadcast numerous radio and television programs, always ending with his goodbye and blessing, "God Love You."

Bishop Sheen died on December 9, 1979. Recently, the Vatican has opened the canonization cause for him. He is now titled "Servant of God." For more information, go to www.archbishopsheencause.org.

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