In this film starring Jim Carry, there is a similar theme that has been reaccurring in many of the films seen in class. It is another movie that foundation can be discribed to existential thought.
The movie is about a man, Jim Carry, who finds out that his ex-lover has purposefully erase him from her mind. So in an effort to get back at her and to stop his suffering he has her erased from his memory. During the process Jim decides that he would rather not continue and tries to find a way out of dream he is stuck in while the doctor erases his memory. The doctor here represents a possessive and controlling god figure. By the end of the movie Jim realizes a lot of things when it comes to facing his life, such as to live in the moment.
The class discussion afterward was very interesting. Kip used the work of Kirkegaard to express some of the existential ideas expressed in the film. I seem to have taken a liking to the concept of existentialism and with Kirkegaard, and have been doing some research on my own about it.
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