Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

STORY CHART ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND visualizing the spine of the story today : last night last night today ACTI ACT 2 ACT3 :credits 17 min wake/honeymoon Joel finds out Clem erased awake honeymoon tapes accepts Joel wakes Joel decides to run love Joel ran away Joel asks to erase his memory Mary comes over zapped Howard kiss stoned/sex Mary rejects Stan Patrick looks for Clem Patrick goes to Clem Clem rejects Patrick Howard comes kiss wife reveals Mary sends tapes PLOT POINTS PLOTS PLOTS CAN REPRESENT JOEL-CLEM LOVE inciting incident 1) internal change (character arc) 2) relationship change e.g. JOEL-CLEM LOVE 3) external quest e.g.ESCAPE OPERATION ESCAPE OPERATION turning point PATRICK-CLEM LOVE climax STAN-MARY LOVE reversal MARY-HOWARD LOVE (C) JAMES DAI 2006 <-- negative positive -->