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Michel Gondry

3 titles · european arthouse

Handmade visual tricks in service of a broken heart. Joel, heartbroken that his girlfriend had him erased from her memory, has the same procedure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The Science of Sleep follows a shy young man in Paris whose dreams keep spilling into his waking life. In Be Kind Rewind, two friends accidentally wipe a video store's tapes and start remaking the films themselves.

Signature

  • Cardboard sets and home-made remakes (Be Kind Rewind).
  • Memory and dreams as physical places.
  • Music-video roots (Björk, The White Stripes).
  • Love stories with a melancholy streak.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) poster

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004
Be Kind Rewind (2008) poster

Be Kind Rewind

2008
The Science of Sleep (2006) poster

The Science of Sleep

2006

Influenced by Being John Malkovich, Clerks.

Went on to influence Apples, Mr. Nobody, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Adjustment Bureau, Safety Not Guaranteed, The Vow, Warm Bodies, The One I Love, The Age of Adaline, Swiss Army Man, Little Fish, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?.

Also on identity crisis, memory loss, artistic obsession, found family, immigrant experience.

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