Spoilers ahoy
If you haven't seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, don't read this.
Now, everyone else: read this. I think he's got it entirely wrong. Yes, maybe their laughter does signify "the death of an emotion", but I would argue (very vehemently) that the dying emotion(s) are fear and despair, not love. The film isn't the triumph of reason over anything. It's two people deciding to give their emotions another chance.
(or, to quote Tindersticks, who I am listening to right now, "We've touched it now/Let it show, let it show/Can our love, can our love, grow any further?")
Now, everyone else: read this. I think he's got it entirely wrong. Yes, maybe their laughter does signify "the death of an emotion", but I would argue (very vehemently) that the dying emotion(s) are fear and despair, not love. The film isn't the triumph of reason over anything. It's two people deciding to give their emotions another chance.
(or, to quote Tindersticks, who I am listening to right now, "We've touched it now/Let it show, let it show/Can our love, can our love, grow any further?")
