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Distant worlds 2 matrix9/16/2023 ![]() Though buried amongst the myriad Eastern European post-apocalyptic films that dominated the ’80s (‘On the Silver Globe’, ‘Dead Man’s Letters’, ‘A Visitor to a Museum’ just to name a few), this all-but-forgotten theological allegory stands out as a fascinating prism as which to understand the lingering anxiety about nuclear annihilation that clouded above everyone’s heads at the tail end of the Cold War, as well as mankind’s need for myth and delusion in desperate times. O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (Piotr Szulkin, 1985) Capitalizing on this inventive conceit, in which we see our heartbroken hero try to salvage his memories by navigating scattered flashbacks of his ill-fated romance, Kaufman and director Michel Gondry burrow deep into the human condition conceding that love and the past can be painful but should be cherished as a precious part of ourselves.ĩ. Science fiction elements are siphons for this Charlie Kaufman-penned interrogation of identity and human connection, where the bitter regrets and pent-up frustrations of one Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) coalesce into a labyrinthine cat-and-mouse game within his own subconscious. ![]() Leave it to Hollywood’s most neurotic and self-proclaimed misanthrope to write the most heart-rending romance of the new millennium, in which a recently separated couple erase all memory of each other following a messy break-up. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) ![]()
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