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Neuroethics Week
October 1 - 6, 2007


October 6, 2007, 4-6:30 p.m.
Erasing Memories:
Ethical Implications of Developments in Neuroscience
Movie & Discussion

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
© Focus Features
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst,
& Mark Ruffalo
Focus Features
Directed by Michel Gondry
Rated R*; 108 minutes; 2004
In another mind-bending screenplay from Charlie (“ADAPTATION”) Kaufman, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play a couple who have a terrible breakup. Joel (Carrey) can't take the loss and undergoes an experimental treatment which erases harsh memories from the human brain.  In doing so he finds that he really does want to remember Clementine (Winslet) no matter how painful it might be.

*Rated R. Not suitable for children under 17
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