There are probably many instances of movies with titles pulled from poems but one I think worth mentioning is the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," in which the protagonists, after breaking up, try to have their memories of each other erased to begin with a "fresh slate." Alexander Pope is mentioned in the movie along with I believe this part of his poem "Eloise to Abelard"
How happy is the blameless Vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot:
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
The character played by Jim Carrey then spends most of the movie trying to stop the memories from being erased.
[This message has been edited by Mario Pita (edited March 21, 2006).]
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