We've been following Kees van Dijkhuisen's "[the films of]" since the very beginning, and with the latest video, we've now reached the halfway point of his yearlong, twelve-part project. Like the other installments before it, "[the films of] Michel Gondry" focuses on a director's body of work, showcasing his unique style through a montage of…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a new column on /Film compiling all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. BE KIND REWIND As disappointed as I was personally by Be Kind Rewind, the latest film from director Michel Gondry (of Eternal…
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You must check out this sweded version of Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back. Rob Kenyon. Mark Breeze, Paul Nadin, Jamie Broadrick, and Leonora Whitehouse filmed this 60-second short film over the course of two days using a lot of cardboard and gaffers tape. Everything was created from scratch, from the costumes to the puppets,…
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Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind might have not taken off at the box office, but it definitely spawned a movement of online sweded short films. I've seen a lot of said sweded trailer. Some of them are funny, some of them creative, a lot of them are bad (hey, thats what you get in the…
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When Michel Gondry introduced the idea of sweding to the masses in (or to the few people who saw) Be Kind Rewind, I expected a big response on YouTube of fans recreating their favorite movies. And that has happened, but one thing I never expected has started. I always believed the point of sweding movies…
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TeamBulletTime saw Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, and decided to create a sweded version of the Back to the Future trilogy. I thought it was cute enough to post. Check it out below.
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Did Michel Gondry steal the idea from Be Kind Rewind from an episode of Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show (starring Amanda Bynes) from eight years ago? Probably not, but watch this video that is circulating around the interwebs. Discuss: Did Michel Gondry steal the idea for Be Kind Rewind from Amanda Bynes?
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In Michel Gondry's new film Be Kind Rewind, Jack Black and Mos Def must rerecord classic movies to replace broken vhs tapes. The process is described in the film as sweding, or "re-making something from scratch using whatever you can get your hands on." At the Apple Store tour, Gondry was showing off a Be…
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Yesterday i got the chance to sit down with Michel Gondry, and I'll be publishing that interview at a later date. But for now I have something special for you guys. After my interview, the music video turned film director made an appearance at the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco which was moderated by…
Read MoreEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry will be making appearances at Apple Stores in New York, San Francisco and Chicago, to help promote his new film Be Kind Rewind. Apple has been on a roll with their directors series as of late. Most recently I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence made an…
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20th Century Fox has announced that they are moving the Katherine Heigl romantic comedy 27 Dresses back a week from January 11th to 1-18-08. So now 27 Dresses is set to go head to head with Cloverfield. I'm guessing that Fox wants to take advantage of the 4-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend. New…
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Michel Gondry's upcoming film Be Kind Rewind is anything but conventional, and the upcoming marketing efforts are anything but normal. Gondry will be taking over downtown New York's Deitch Projects, transforming the Soho art gallery into a "Sweeding movie studio" from January 24th to March 1st. "Groups of people walk in and will have access…
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The line-up for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival was announced earlier this week. I just got my hands on a boat load of photos from the films in this year's festival. We actually have too many photos to feature in just one posting, so we have divided this feature into a few parts. Our first…
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If I had to make a list of the top 10 movies I'm excited about for 2008 (note: I once tried, but came up with 55 movies instead), Be Kind Rewind would be front and center. Michel Gondry's film captures the magic of movies and filmmaking, and a weird, quirky and totally original comic plot…
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Yesterday Sundance announced the competition films for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Today the Institute has released the rest of the line-up, which will play out-of-competition sections of Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, and Park City at Midnight. Highlights include: The previously announced opening night film In Bruges starring Ralph Fiennes and Colin Farrell. The Great…
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On Friday we showed you a "Sweded Trailer" for the classic film Ghostbusters, from the parody of the movie within the movie of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind. On Saturday, we brought you the Jack Black and Mos Def's Rush Hour 2. Today we bring you the trailer for Robocop, only available at Be Kind…
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Yesterday we showed you a "Sweded Trailer" for the classic film Ghostbusters, from the parody of the movie within the movie of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind. Today we bring you Jack Black and Mos Def's Rush Hour 2. Can't be worse than Brett Ratner's film, can it? [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/bekindrush.flv 470 376] Jack Black stars in…
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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, it's been an extremely slow news day. Check out this "Sweded Trailer" for the classic film Ghostbusters, from the parody of the movie within the movie of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/bekindghost.flv 470 376] Jack Black stars in Be Kind Rewind, a one-of-a-kind comedy from the mind of writer/director…
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We promised you yesterday, and now here it is. The official version of Michel Gondry's (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep) Be Kind Rewind movie trailer is now online for your viewing pleasure. Check it out after the jump, followed by seven new production photos Be Kind Rewind follows Jerry (Jack…
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I don't exactly understand how I missed it, but the trailer for Michel Gondry's (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep) new comedy Be Kind Rewind premiered at Comic-Con last weekend. Someone taped the screen and uploaded the video to YouTube, but I could never recommend watching a handheld video taped version…
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Another photo from Michel Gondry's Be Kind, Rewind has found it's way onto the internets. Last time we showed you a photo of the guys spoofing / reinacting Ghostbusters. This time Jack Black and Mos Def are Driving Miss Daisy. Be Kind, Rewind follows a junkyard worker (played by Jack Black) who believes that a…
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One of the films we've been looking forward to for a while now is Michel Gondry's follow-up to The Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Be Kind, Rewind follows a junkyard worker (played by Jack Black) who believes that a power plant is melting his brain. His plan to sabotage the…
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