Overview

The acclaimed French auteur behind the mind-bending modern classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Michel Gondry has directed a number of innovative, ground-breaking films and documentaries, episodes of the acclaimed television show Kidding and some of the most influential music videos in the history of the medium. In this collection, a range of international scholars offers a comprehensive study of this significant and influential figure, covering his French and English-language films and videos, and framing Gondry as a transnational auteur whose work provides insight into both French/European and American cinematic and cultural identity. With detailed case studies of films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Science of Sleep (2006), Microbe & Gasoline (2015) and Mood Indigo (2013), this collection will appeal to readers interested in the various media in which Gondry has worked, and in contemporary post-modern French and American cinema in general.

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Author:   Marcelline Block (Adjunct Professor, LIM College) ,  Jennifer Kirby (Senior Tutor, Massey University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9781474456012

ISBN 10:   1474456014
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 September 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Michel Gondry as Trans-cultural Auteur - Marcelline Block and Jennifer Kirby Part I Dreams, Play and Whimsy 1. ""We Can Change the Whole Narrative"": Crafting Play and Nostalgia in Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep and Mood Indigo - Danica van de Velde 2. In Dreams and in Love There are no Impossibilities:　Michel Gondry’s Cinema and the Aesthetics of the Oneiric - Bruno Surace 3. I Am Collecting Beautiful Objects: Michel Gondry’s Taxidermy of Emotions - Jenny Pyke 4. The Cost of Whimsy in Mood Indigo and The Grand Budapest Hotel - Mica Hilson Part II French Cinema and Identity 5. L’amour fou revisited: The surrealist poetics of Michel Gondry - Sian Mitchell 6. On the Road to Adulthood: Microbe & Gasoline and The French Road Movie - Marcelline Block and Jennifer Kirby Part III Narrative and Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind 7. Rethinking Romantic Comedy through the Art Film: Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Raffaele Ariano 8. Apocalypse Ever After: Lifted Veils and Transcendent Time in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Sheheryar B. Sheikh Part IV Gondry In/On America 9. The Reel and Surreal of Race in America: Michel Gondry and the African-American Identity Crisis of Dave Chappelle - Monique Taylor 10. Memory à la Americana: From Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to Be Kind Rewind - Yu-Yun Hsieh 11. Playing with Superheroes: Genre, Aesthetics and Deconstruction in The Green Hornet - Jennifer Kirby Part V Multi-Media: Music Video, Documentary, Television 12. ""It Would not be Just Be Visual, it Could Have Words and a Story"": Performance and Narrative in the Music Video Oeuvre of Michel Gondry - Daniel Klug 13. Death and Pickles: Thinking Through Gondry’s Neighborhood - Lisa DeTora Index

Reviews

This remarkable collection of articles focusses on one of the most prominent and internationally renowned French directors seen through the lens of academics and researchers. A must-read for filmgoers as well as researchers who want to discover or rediscover Michel Gondry’s inventive and very distinctive visual style as well as the mesmerizing universe he creates. -- Dr Michael Abecassis, University of Oxford

This remarkable collection of articles focusses on one of the most prominent and internationally renowned French directors seen through the lens of academics and researchers. A must-read for filmgoers as well as researchers who want to discover or rediscover Michel Gondry's inventive and very distinctive visual style as well as the mesmerizing universe he creates.--Dr Michael Abecassis, University of Oxford

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Marcelline Block is Adjunct Professor at LIM College, New York Dr Jennifer Kirby is a Senior Tutor at Massey University

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