Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Michel Gondry

Another director to make his name directing groundbreaking pop promos during the 90's, Michel Gondry has made a successful transition to feature film directing.  I'm a big fan of 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' but feel that since then Gondry has struggled to make a truly Gondry-esque film. Both 'The Science of Sleep' and 'Be Kind Rewind' had their moments but didn't quite match the visual ingenuity of his promo work and I never saw 2011's 'The Green Hornet' but it sounds like the heavy studio involvement led to compromised creative input from Gondry.

The trailer for his latest film 'Mood Indigo' is very promising & looks like Gondry is back to doing what he does best, getting inside his characters heads by conjuring up a surreal dream-like alternative universe.  No one does whimsical quite like Gondry.

Mood Indigo Trailer

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