The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)

A look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials.

Directors:

Lance Bangs, Jeff Buchanan

Writers:

Michel Gondry, Jim Carrey

Stars:

Beck, Björk, The Chemical Brothers

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Beck	...	Himself (segment "Deadweight" and "I've Been Twelve Forever")
Björk	...	Herself (numerous segments)
The Chemical Brothers	...	Themselves (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever")
Tom Rowlands	...	Himself (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as The Chemical Brothers)
Ed Simons	...	Himself (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as The Chemical Brothers)
Miho Hatori	...	Herself (segments "Sugar Water" and "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as Cibo Matto)
Yuka Honda	...	Herself (segments "Sugar Water" and "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as Cibo Matto)
Daft Punk	...	Themselves (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever")
Dave Grohl	...	Himself (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever")
Jack White	...	Himself (segments "Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground" - "The Hardest Button to Button" and "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as The White Stripes)
Meg White	...	Herself (segments "Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground" - "The Hardest Button to Button" and "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as The White Stripes)
Sylvain Arnoux	...	Himself (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever")
Karen Baird	...	Herself (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever")
Heidi Bivens	...	Herself (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever")
Étienne Charry	...	Himself (segment "I've Been Twelve Forever")

Storyline

A look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials.

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Plot Keywords:

collection of short films | music video collection | 

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Director's Label

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

23 October 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Режиссер Мишель Гондри в работе

Company Credits

Production Co:

Palm Pictures,Partizan,Vanguard Productions (III)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The White Stripes famous "Fell In Love With A Girl" lego video took over two months to complete. Every shot was done by hand, and changing a single block required much of the "sets" to be rebuilt.

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Connections

Edited from Oui Oui: La ville (1992)

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Soundtracks

Joga
Written by Björk and Sjón Sigurdsson
Performed by Björk

User Reviews

Great collection of material to know the genius that is Gondry

A five-hour length double-sided CD with a huge collection of Gondry's video-clips, commercials, short films and a documentary about him, which go from year 1987 to year 2003.

The video-clip collection is extensive and impressive and shows the largeness of Gondry's creativity world, from the delightful low-budget animated clips of his band Qui Qui, to the spectacular ones of modern pop-rock bands and soloists. I especially liked his videos for Bjork and the Chemical Bros, but all of them are fantastic, so different, unique and so very Gondry.

There are a few commercials, but they are just visually brilliant and impacting, less Gondry-ish so to speak, but the humor and naughtiness are still there. The one for Levis is just fantastic.

The collection of short stories is not as homogeneous and extensive, and mixes shorts that Gondry made for his family (birthday presents), others that express things that happened to him when young, and those directed to the public, still inspired in his life, with different styles and aesthetics. I loved "So Tiny" and "The Letter".

The bio-documentary is OK, and shows Gondry's childish, creative and naughty personality, but is not well structured, with bits of information missing. The figure of the father, who seems to be so important to him, is barely mentioned, but his mother is over-present. I would have liked a little bit more of biographical details and interviews from his childhood and youth friends, his brothers, and more personal things. However, the documentary focus more in his professional and creative work, giving a detailed explanation on how and why he made some videos, interviews with the bands for whom he worked, a lot of footage about his band Qui Qui, and some hints of his personal life, but very reduced. I think both things could have occupied similar space, but the professional part ends dominating the documentary. I loved that too, but it left me craving for more.

If you like Gondry and/or good quality music clips you'll enjoy this independent DVD.