Yes, I have watched 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and I thought it was just brilliant! I agree with what you say here in that this is not way to deal with "our glitches" that we suffer from time to time in this Matrix that we live in. But scientists are still pursuing it and by the looks of it, this tech will be ready in the future for human use. 

I just hope that it doesn't land into the hands of the evil people. The world would be doomed then.