Like Donnie Darko, I had this film on my shelf for a long time, completely unopened. Thanks to August, I decided to watch it last night and this scene stood out to me a lot. The film and it's aspects of mise en scene, cinematography etc have a lot of meaning because the film is so surreal.
This scene is set in a bookstore and throughout the scene, the books on the shelf are turned around so that the shelves are white and blank by the end of the scene.
Not only does this show how all the colour, memories and stories are being taken away from the main character (Joel), but the contrast between his dark clothing, the white pages and Clementine's clothes and hair emphasise the focus on Clementine's character and begin to give an insight of how colourful, bright and important she is to Joel.
Clementine's red hair, top and lipstick all symbolise her fiery character (which is seen quite a lot in this scene).
I just thought this scene was a very interesting one to think about...
And I never thought I would enjoy a film starring Jim Carrey so much - but he actually plays the character incredibly well.
