Lebanon Valley College's HAPPINESS Colloquium Film Series Presents "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

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“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Tues., Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m.

ANNVILLE, PA (09/25/2012)(readMedia)-- The HAPPINESS Colloquium film series at Lebanon Valley College will screen "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004) starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, at Annville's Allen Theatre Tues., Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 for non-LVC students and $3 for the general public. The film is free to LVC students.

After their relationship goes bad, a couple decides to erase painful memories of each other from their minds. In accordance with the HAPPINESS Colloquium theme, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" takes a sometimes sad, sometimes comical look at a broken relationship that at one time gave two lovers so much happiness.

Although it is centered on the sorrow that comes from a break-up, the film's characters are desperately searching for a way to regain happiness after it has been lost. Film critic Nick Schager describes the film as "A unique deconstruction of man's innate desire to avert heartache."

HAPPINESS is a year-long integrated series of guest speakers, roundtable discussions, films and courses that will consider the meaning and importance of happiness as a psychological, physiological, social and cultural phenomenon. It involves presentations by speakers from a number of disciplines who approach the theme from the standpoints of the arts, the wellness of body and mind, the demands of a consumer economy, the expectations and duties of political life, and the broad philosophical questions of human flourishing. On the web at www.lvc.edu/live-calendar.