Thursday 31 January 2013

Film 005 - The Science of Sleep (2006)

'La Science des Rêves'


Director - Michel Gondry

"Close your eyes. Open your heart."

Stéphane (Gael García Bernal ) is a dreamer, so much so that his life and dreams tend to get mixed up. Can a meeting with neighbour Stéphanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) result in finding someone with whom to share both his life and dreams? 

As ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ is in my personal top five films of all time and that the 'Be Kind Rewind' concept of the 'Sweded' video was inspired I had high hopes for this. However, although Gondry’s artistic and quirky visuals are present I felt the story and script lacked something - probably the Kaufman touch.

Classic scene – Finding the right musical cords to make stuffing float like clouds and the one second time machine…

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