"You have a serious problem of distorting reality. You could sleep with the entire planet and still feel rejected."
The Science of Sleep is a wildly inventive and imaginative film from the same writer/director who also brought us Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Like most of Michael Gondry's movies it's an acquired taste. While the film was not warmly received by critics who c... read more
If you're not completely awake to watch this, make sure you're drowsy or drugged (it's a good thing).
Within the first two minutes, you'll realize that there's something unique going into your head. It blurs the lines between sleeping and waking, and you're drawn into Stephane's perception of reality.
The ending seemed a bit abrupt, but overall this was a good movie.
Description:Graham Greene, the English novelist once wrote of dreams: "It can be a comfort sometimes to know that there is a world which is purely one's own — the experience in that world of travel, danger, happiness, is shared with no one else." The young man in Michael Gondry's unusual French film regularly escapes into his own specGraham Greene, the English novelist once wrote of dreams: "It can be a comfort sometimes to know that there is a world which is purely one's own — the experience in that world of travel, danger, happiness, is shared with no one else." The young man in Michael Gondry's unusual French film regularly escapes into his own special world where things are much more exciting than his day-by-day reality. There have not been many films about dreams and for that reason this drama is worth experiencing, even though the main character is very off-putting. The rationalists among us, and their number seems to be increasing, will be glad that Gondry has given them another example of the dangers of creativity and the excesses of a life based on imagination.
Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) returns to the apartment where he was raised as a child. He barely fits into the bed which served him so well when he was small. His mother (Miou-Miou) has gotten him a creative job with a calendar publisher. However, Stephane is very disappointed when he discovers that all that is required of him is menial paste-up work. Guy (Alain Chabat) introduces him to the boring office procedures and his two other co-workers (Aurelia Petit and Sacha Bourdo). When Stephane shows his sketches for a Disaster Calendar with various tragedies spotlighted each month, his boss (Pierre Vaneck) thinks his new employee has gone around the bend.
In his mind, Stephane hosts a TV show where he expounds on "the Science of Sleep" where dreams are comprised of random thoughts, reminiscences of the day, memories, love, relationships, friends, and a smorgasbord of images. He also explains the delights of "Parallel Synchronized Randomness" where two people who have the same thought patterns can find each other. His dream life is greatly amplified after meeting his neighbor Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg). She is kindred creative spirit whose apartment is filled with paintings and sculptures she has fashioned. He tries to impress her with 3-D glasses and a One-Second Time machine but the more she sees him, the more she becomes convinced that he is batty and unable to deal with emotional intimacy.
Stephane is a child who refuses to grow up, and his retreat into the dream world is a conscious rejection of the real world. For a time, this character charms us with his whimsical ways but he soon wears out his welcome and reveals himself to be a very sad and lost soul.... (more)(less)
“Ever since I watched and loved 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', I became instantly a fan of Michel Gondry and I was really eager to check what he would do next. His first follow-up was a decent documentary called 'Block Party' but I was eagerly waiting for his next fiction. To be honest, it wasn't really mind-blowing like I was hoping for but it was still a pretty solid flick. First of all, it was pretty neat that he shot the movie this time in France, his motherland,and there was a couple of familiar figures who you may have never heard of (Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes). As usual with Gondry, the whole thing was visually really appealing. Unfortunately the story was not really amazing in my opinion. I mean, like everything made by Michel Gondry, it” read more
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Alun epähauskan hassuttelun ja guirky-menon jälkeen loppua kohden huomattavasti paranevaa Gondrya, jossa uni ja todellisuus menee lähes käsi kädessä ja oikeiden tehosteiden käyttö tietokonepaskan sijasta ilahduttaa silmää. Toimi myös eräänlaisena erilaisena rakkaustarinana, vaikka sellaista ei tässä oikeastaan edes kunnolla ole."
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Alkaa olla jo surrealismin riemuparaatin rumpujensoittokamaa. Leffassa menee jossain väliä täysin sekaisin, että onko koko teos lopulta pelkkää päivän tapahtumia peilaavaa unimaailmaa, vai leijaileeko Stephanin polla vain jossain joka ainoaan arkiseen tilanteeseen ulottuvassa mielikuvituksen pilvessä. Liki jokainen kohtaus tuntuu sisältävän vähintään yhden todellisen maailman tylsiä sääntöjä rikkovan piirteen, jos ei muuta niin edes aikakoneen tai itsestään ov"
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