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The Work of Director Michel Gondry invites the lucky viewer into a wonderland of childlike imagination. Before the Versailles-born Gondry turned his creative ingenuity to feature films (beginning with the underrated Human Nature and the 2004 Jim Carrey comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), these 27 music videos and assorted "stories and things" formed a legacy of supreme cleverness, suggesting a creative lineage from the pioneering film magic of Georges Méliès to the groundbreaking experimental films of Norman McLaren. It's perfectly fitting that the accompanying 75-minute documentary is titled "I've Been 12 Forever," because Gondry (b. 1964) never lost the sense of wonder and inventiveness that children display when their minds are allowed to flourish in a creative environment. No wonder he's best known for his dazzling collaborations with Icelandic pop star Björk, resulting in music videos (seven included here) that redefined the magical potential of the medium. Each, in its own way, is a masterpiece of the fantastic.
What's also remarkable about Gondry's work is its technical progression, from the homemade crudeness of his earliest videos for the French band Oui Oui, to the technical wizardry of Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World," in which the Australian pop star is seamlessly multiplied as she strolls around a busy Parisian intersection; like many of Gondry's videos, it's a stunning "how-did-they-do-that?" work of art, reminiscent of Zbigniew Rybcynski's prize-winning 1982 short "Tango." From the hilarious dreamworld of the Foo Fighters' most popular video "Everlong" to the painstaking pixilation of Gondry's videos for the White Stripes (one made entirely of animated Lego blocks), this DVD is packed with Gondry's tireless pursuit of perfection; he'll do whatever's necessary, no matter how simple or complex, to achieve perfect harmony between song, artist, and visual concept. All the while, he's drawing from a seemingly endless well of inspiration, as evident in the delightful 52-page booklet of stories, drawings, photos, and interviews that chronicle the eternal sunshine of a brilliant mind. --Jeff Shannon
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This DVD features the work of director Michel Gondry, including music videos by The White Stripes, Kylie Minogue, The Chemical Brothers, Bjork, Beck, Foo Fighters, Daft Punk and Cibo Matto, also Drumb and Drumber, La Lettre, Pecan Pie (starring Jim Carrey
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By Lt. Zott
Format:DVD
Michel Gondry is a genius. Some of the most creative, edgy, kaleidoscopic, brain-bending visual ideas, imagery and choreography ever set to the music video format. And the tunes! Brilliant alternative/techno rock that stands on its own merits. Wonderfully weird in places, never predictable in any way. Want to know what goes on in people's heads when they're high? Don't do drugs, watch this! No offensive lyrics or images.
By N. Kelly
Format:DVD
Gondry remains an artist ahead of his time. This fresh and GIGANTIC collection of stellar videos will totally enthral anyone with a pulse. No home should be without it.
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I've Been 12 Forever
Quick -- name the director who made a bunch of cool music videos before directing 2 feature films written by Charlie Kaufman. If you said Spike Jonze, you'd only be half-correct. Read more
Published on May 19 2004 by Hansol Lee
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Oui oui!
Michel Gondry's massive imagination is full of weirdness and wonder. The director of "Human Nature" and the wonderful "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"... Read more
Published on May 15 2004 by E. A Solinas
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Breaktrough in any comeover known
Any trace of intelligence on the planet should consider spending spare day to contemplate this. Guy is exposing plenty of european creativity (did he surely knew our Jonas Mekas in... Read more
Published on April 18 2004 by edis
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Genius
Gondry established himself as one of the most innovative directors out there, and he has the body of work to prove it. Read more
Published on Mar 24 2004 by Courtney
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Excellent...if it weren't for the glitch...
This dvd is awesome. If you're reading these reviews it's quite obvious that you know the genius of Gondry. Read more
Published on Feb 4 2004
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a really good Best Of collection...
Michel Gondry is a visionary music video director who presents images that feel like they have sprung right out of fanciful dreams or fevered nightmares. Read more
Published on Jan 14 2004 by Cubist
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Masterful
If you're interested in music videos as an art form, or film as art in general, you should buy this DVD. Read more
Published on Jan 8 2004
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Music Video as Artform?
The directors in this series (Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry) show that as much brilliance can go into a four minute slice of music video as it can into an entire... Read more
Published on Dec 21 2003 by matthewslaughter
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NO RADIOHEAD VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this DVD as much as the next guy, but damn, where is the KNIVES OUT video???????!!!!!!!!!???????? That video is crazy and would be great in DVD quality. Read more
Published on Dec 16 2003 by Travis
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Gondry, what have you done?
When I heard that Michel Gondry is releasing a DVD collection, I bought it without hesitation. I only bought the Gondry collection, not the entire set, because as impressive Chris... Read more
Published on Dec 14 2003
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