Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIu_8wS6CUo
The movie is about life, love, understanding the good times and tough times, and finding the beauty, love, and happiness in all of it. I saw it in the theater in college in 2004, and I have always wanted to go find some of the places where they go in the movie. So Mohit and I took a trip to Long Island, particularly Montauk, to find the eternal sunshine!
Here was the map and guide we followed:
https://hamptons.curbed.com/maps/meet-me-in-montauk-the-ultimate-eternal-sunshine-map
Here are some photos we took (some are in general of our trip) - plus the ones in Montauk - plus some side by sides I took / re-created similar movie scenes / found similar movie locations :-)
This is the Montauk train station where Joel (Jim Carrey) calls out sick when he ditches work for the day and goes to Montauk. Original from movie on the left. Me on the right.
You can see the pointed top of the platform building in both.
Beaches and beach houses from filming. Original on left. Our trip on right.
Joel (Jim Carrey) reading pages from his diary on the beach. Filmed at Surf Resort in Montauk. Me sitting on those same steps as well. Him on the left. Me on the right.
When Joel (Jim Carrey) first saw Clementine (Kate Winslet) wearing an orange sweatshirt, looking out at the ocean on the beach. Me wearing a red sweater, same beach, looking out at the ocean. Her on the left. Me on the right.
Rest of our trip below :-)
