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Kaufman and Gondry Revisit "Eternal Sunshine" at Festival

9/12/2025

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Kaufman will present "How to Shoot a Ghost" at Bristol’s Encounters film festival with Michel Gondry.
They will screen Gondry's Oscar-winning film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
Kaufman and Gondry pitched the film in 1998, despite Kaufman's toothache.
Kaufman found the positive reception of their pitch exciting.
He expressed skepticism about the film's financial success due to "Hollywood accounting."

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Story summary

Kaufman will present "How to Shoot a Ghost" at Bristol’s Encounters film festival with Michel Gondry.
They will screen Gondry's Oscar-winning film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
Kaufman and Gondry pitched the film in 1998, despite Kaufman's toothache.
Kaufman found the positive reception of their pitch exciting.
He expressed skepticism about the film's financial success due to "Hollywood accounting."