Showing posts with label Michel Gondry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michel Gondry. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Video: Bjork- Human Behaviour



An easy way to tell if someone is worthy to be your friend is to show them this video and note their reaction. If they don't like it, they aren't worthy.

I remember seeing this video back when it was first on TV, and even as a kid I thought it was incredible. I'm a big fan of videos that attempt to move to the music, rather than just being something totally unrelated or the band lipsynching and miming along to the music. This video takes it to the next level by presenting you with dream-like visual images that stick in your head, such as the hypnotic walking motion of the bear. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Michel Gondry is a genius.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Video: Daft Punk- Around The World



There's no other way to say it: Michel Gondry is a genius. And Daft Punk are geniuses, too. The combination of these two talents--even in 1997, before they were as well known as they are today--produced the magnificent video for the single version of 'Around The World.'

The video, which features Gondry's usual bag of dreamlike and almost-optical-illusion-esque tricks, has various groups moving around a platform in revolving, interweaving fashion. Like a visualizer, their movements sync up with the beats and sounds of the music in a way close enough to be cool but not so close as to be crap choreography.

My favorite 'group' in this video?? Not the skeletons as you might predict, but the prosthetically-tall jogging suit bedecked dudes. There's something very mid-to-late 90s about them, and I like that.