Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself!

Punk teenager dreaming of Méliès’ silent film Stop-Motion experiments, Gondry has woven in three decades an admirable work. Through a long-term interview, archives, and testimonies, this documentary shows how Gondry re-invented the music video and challenged Hollywood with his distinctive hand-made visual style, from his earliest clips to his best-known music videos for Björk, Daft Punk, the White Stripes, and the Chemical Brothers.
Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself!
SEE THE SOUND 2023 France 80 min language: French subtitles: English

Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself!

P unk teenager dreaming of Méliès’ silent film Stop-Motion experiments, Gondry has woven in three decades an admirable work. Through a long-term interview, archives, and testimonies, this documentary shows how Gondry re-invented the music video and challenged Hollywood with his distinctive hand-made visual style, from his earliest clips to his best-known music videos for Björk, Daft Punk, the White Stripes, and the Chemical Brothers.

Featuring Kylie Minogue, Beck, Jack White, Spike Jonze, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jack Black.

Directed by: François Nemeta