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March 20, 2004
'Would you erase me?'
I saw "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" last night. I highly recommend this movie. If you want to know more about it, take a look at Yahoo! or at IMDB.
This movie is a powerful and very thought provoking movie about two people who try to erase each other from their memories. In this movie, that is done through a medical procedure that this doctor does. We follow as the main character comes to grips with what it means to lose all of those memories.
It is brilliantly done. Well written, well directed, well acted. It fucks with your head and it plays with your emotions. It is more romantic than comedy.
Having said all that, the question in the subject line is posed in one of the posters for the movie.
If you could erase someone from your memory, would you?
Everything about them would be gone. Every moment. Every painful memory. Every single bad thing they ever did to you. Every bit of fun you ever had. Every happy thought. Every lesson learned, every tear cried, every laugh. All of it gone. Nothing left but emptiness.
Would you do it?
My first instinct is to do it. There are two women who I let into the depths of my heart and they hurt me in different ways and at different times. One of them, the pain was so deep it was almost fatal.
But I had some great memories with the both of them. I had some wonderful times. I learned some amazing things. And all of those good things, the things that got diminished because of the pain, would be gone. I don't want that.
And one of these women, still in my heart, has fixed things. So much so, I consider her one of my best friends. And, while I would be able to move on and find someone else to give my heart to, I would not have my best friend.
So, my long winded answer is "no". I would not want the pain gone, because I would also lose so much more than the pain.
Posted by Samer at March 20, 2004 09:05 PM
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