Michel Gondry - The Science of Sleep

Michel Gondry is, as I would categorize Spike Jonze or Chris Cunningham, a very talented music video director that goes beyond that. He also directed films like Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, which I got to see this weekend.

The Science of Sleep ( La Science des rêves) is a fantastic love tale about a guy named Stephane with a very vivid imagination who falls in love with a girl that doesn’t share the same feelings as he. And whilst he tries to win her over he lets his dreams take over his waking life where we see how much of an imagination he really has.
The movie has sort of the similar style, but I thought Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was more appealing. Nonetheless a very strong beautiful movie which I’ll be adding to my dvd collection soon. I gave it an 8 out of 10 in my sidebar section.

To get back to the man himself, if you want to see a collection of his music videos and shorts films check out The Work of Director Michel Gondry.
Also check his youtube profile where he solves a rubiks cube “with his feet” and a parody to the Will it blend? videos.

Update: This is a clip revealing how Michel faked the rubiks cube stunt, very inventive.

Beastie Boys - The Mix Up

Bloggin‘ Beastie Boys are getting prepared to release their new album The Mix Up, they’re rockin’ instruments again in this all instrumental album. The first video for the album is Off The Grid, the second one The Rat Cage is viewable after the jump. I’m excited, how bout you?

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The bus stop

Digg user ninjab3ar commented

That bus stop is one bad mutha… *shut yo mouth!!!* ….but im just talkin’ bout’ bus stops……

The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur

It already has been a good year for music and it’s getting even better. Jason Swinscoe with The Cinematic Orchestra released their follow-up to 2002’s “Everyday”.
“Ma Fleur” was conceived as the soundtrack to an imagined film, working alongside a scriptwriter. In a similar manner TCO scored a 1929 silent documentary film, “Man with the movie camera”, for a 2002 album.

As a longtime fan of TCO, I’m happy to see some new stuff. I asked about it on the scissorkick blogpost and apparently Swinscoe had some personal problems to deal with, alright.
It’s a great album, very relaxing, it held up to my expectations and will be playing it a lot in my car. The artwork looks pretty cool too, I bought it through itunes so I really hate that.

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Dance of death drawings from 1900

These are a century old drawings by Louis Crucius, a pharmacist and part time artist, which some were later aquired by The Antikamnia Chemical Company for a marketing campaign.

After beginning his working life as a printer’s apprentice, Louis Crucius (or Crusius) completed the necessary requirements to graduate as a pharmacist in 1882 and a doctor in 1890 in St Louis, Missouri. While he was studying he worked in a pharmacy and made humorous sketches that were placed in the window of the store. A collection of these drawings was published in 1893 (‘Funny Bones’). He lectured in histology and anatomy and eventually came to be a Professor of Anatomy but died in 1898 from kidney tumours.