While we've seen footage from Michel Gondry's new film Mood Indigo over the past year, here's a proper US trailer. This hits now because the film finally lands in US theaters this summer from Drafthouse Films. The movie adapts the novel by Boris Vian, with Audrey Tatou and Romain Duris starring in a love story that…
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Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo has hit a few locations around the globe already, including its native France and the New Zealand and Karlovy Vary film festivals. But it's undergoing some major changes before making its way to our shores. Australian distributor Vendetta Films has sent out a memo notifying press that Mood Indigo has been…
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After branching out with a superhero comedy and an experimental urban drama, Michel Gondry is back to his usual whimsical tricks in Mood Indigo. And what great tricks they are. A musical-olfactory pianocktail device, a kitchen assistant no bigger than a table spoon, a lung pierced with a water lily, and an underwater church wedding…
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Michel Gondry's varied resume includes several documenatires, a superhero flick, and a scrappy urban drama, but he's still best known for his most whimsical, even dreamlike creations. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is rightly hailed as a classic, and while Be Kind Rewind and The Science of Sleep aren't at that level, they had…
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In the past few years, Michel Gondry seems to have fallen away somewhat from the playful dreaminess that characterized his earlier work like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, and Be Kind Rewind. Last year's The Green Hornet looked more or less like the studio superhero flick that it was, and…
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