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Michel Gondry's video
RES gives a full account of Gondry's process. "I really like the basic-ness of the music - one voice, one guitar, and one drum. I like this concept, and I thought it was very close to the primary color of the Lego blocks." On the video's creation: "We shot a very basic video of the band [in London], we edited it and then we had a program that pixelized the video, roughly the size of the Lego blocks and then we printed each frame [25 frames per second] on paper. Then we had an animation team building up Lego blocks to match each frame. Then we reshot each of those frames on a film camera. We didn't have enough Legos to do more than five frames at a time, so after five frames were shot [the Legos] were demolished to build the next five frames."

Actually, Olivier directed and edited that video, it's not a Michel Gondry direction. Read more. Kudos for mentioning it though, it's a great video (and song).

Michel Gondry, creator of some milestone music videos (Björk, The White Stripes, Chemical Brothers, Beck, Rolling Stones, etc.) actually did exactly this in one music video. The video was pretty sophisticated because he didn't just speed up the video: he adjusted it so that every explicit event (driving out of a tunnel, streetlights when car stops, rocky mountains showing up, etc.) is directly linked to the music. When you look at the video you first think that it is just a trip from east to west-coast in 5 minutes but then you actually realize that everything you see in the movie perfectly fits the music.

Get info here: [info about all the clips]

There's a great DVD available too: [amazon]

Ah wait! I know how to save it. Get Chris Cunningham to direct it. And get Neal Stephenson to write the script.

I deeply fear that Ep3 will END with Annie putting on the Mask to become Vader. Does anyone even know if James Earl Jones is on the payroll for Ep.3 If he's not be VERY afraid.

no comment on the obvious suckiness of this movie.

"I, Robot" reminds me of a Chris Cunningham video clip that he did for Bjork.

The imagery totally reminded me of the Bjork video for "All is Full of Love," directed by Chris Cunningham.

You can download it here. (RealMedia) or look at pictures here.

It's a really amazing piece of work. Let's hope this movie turns out to be as captivating.

Seems like I saw a trailer for this on MTV in 1999, but it had a better sex angle.

His mask might get torn off, y'know, like in the first flick.

if they just need to slap mcguires face on the wrong person that's probably not a problem.

The best info on the movie, that I know of, comes from Coming Attractions. It appears that Chris Cunningham is still involved with the project (as of May '02), which is a good sign.

Cunningham is one of the best visual directors out there, and his style meshes really well with Gibson's prose. Cunningham worked with Kubrick while still in his teens. He did some of the initial design work for "A.I.", which is still visible even though Spielberg's usual crap surrounds it.

Of course, film is a collective artform, and a good director + good source material != good movie, in many cases. I don't know much about Cunningham's writing abilities, or how involved he is with the adaptation. Gibson's work has not been successfully adapted, yet (that's debatable, but most will agree with me).

It would be a real shame to see someone fuck up this project. I'm more forgiving of something like "Johnny Mnemonic" and "New Rose Hotel", because they were adapted from short stories, and therefore required a lot of reworking. I think "Neuromancer", with the right visual touch, could play really well without too much adaptation. One of the best things about Gibson's work, and "Neuromancer" in particular, is the viscerality of it all, the vividness... if they can capture that on film properly, there's a good chance it could be successful. The biggest danger in adapting this book is that there's great potential for the story to get really muddled.

Michael Gondry speaking about his video for white stripes in an interview with RES ....

"I really like the basic-ness of the music - one voice, one guitar, and one drum. I like this concept, and I thought it was very close to the primary color of the Lego blocks." On the video's creation: "We shot a very basic video of the band [in London], we edited it and then we had a program that pixelized the video, roughly the size of the Lego blocks and then we printed each frame [25 frames per second] on paper. Then we had an animation team building up Lego blocks to match each frame. Then we reshot each of those frames on a film camera. We didn't have enough Legos to do more than five frames at a time, so after five frames were shot [the Legos] were demolished to build the next five frames."
The imagery is kinetic and jubilant. Audio levels thump, people swim, a walk sign says "go!", and the candy cane-colored White Stripes jam out.
To acquire this job, Gondry didn't write a treatment. According to Meg, "One day he came to a restaurant and he had Jack's head in Lego." Jack: "You couldn't argue with that. When someone brings a Lego sculpture of your head to dinner and says this is what the video's going to be, you pretty much say, 'That's it, go ahead.' " (credit)
"I've seen 'Star Wars' build-ups and huge model displays, but this is the most intense creation that I've ever seen done in Lego, and definitely the most creative and original," said Roger Cameron, a senior designer at Lego. "It definitely has that retro feel, because they used just the basic colors and pieces from 30 years ago. They didn't even use green or orange." (credit)
The video has won many, mostly technical, awards, including an MVPA Award, and 3 MTV Video Music Awards. Jack and Meg accepted the MTV Breakthrough Video award on Michel's behalf.
"Girl" is available in America on a companion DVD issued with new copies of White Blood Cells. You can also find a Quicktime copy on #2 of a 2-CD single set released by Third Man/XL Recordings (UK).
Excellent copies of this video are at sputnik7.com. 'boards mag has a MOV here.

his other works can be found here [try not to kill it]

Here, you can watch them online... (QT format, sorry Taco, I think they ARE worth it tho')

The video for Windowlicker, a commentary on rap videos that times in at 11 minutes

The video for Come to Daddy, perhaps the finest music video ever. It has a deep meaning to it too, about the media

Boy, that site is gonna go down quickly. They're worth it tho'. (and legal, I believe)

Here, you can watch them online... (QT format, sorry Taco, I think they ARE worth it tho')

The video for Windowlicker, a commentary on rap videos that times in at 11 minutes

The video for Come to Daddy, perhaps the finest music video ever. It has a deep meaning to it too, about the media

Boy, that site is gonna go down quickly. They're worth it tho'. (and legal, I believe)

Luckily, the movie is still supposed to come out... Check here and especially here for more information on it...

Going through some bumps, though...

The site wasn't an official site (sanctioned by Seven Arts)... Check out Director File for more information on the movie...

A little-known fact about A.I. is that Kubrick was initially working with Chris Cunningham on it. Cunningham (a film prodigy who designed creatures for Clive Barker's Nightbreed at age 16) is best-known for directing several music videos, including ones for Aphex Twin (Come to Daddy and Windowlicker), Bjork (All is Full of Love), Madonna (Frozen), Squarepusher (Come on My Selector), Portishead (Only You), Leftfield (Africa Shoxx), and several Auteurs videos.

Cunningham was working with Kubrick on A.I. for about a year and a half, and now he's working on a film version of Gibson's Neuromancer. Personally, I can't think of anyone who I'd rather have work on Neuromancer, especially since I'm sure Cunningham would kill anyone who even suggested he make it like that POS Johnny Mnemonic. It's too bad that he didn't continue work on A.I., as his artistic style could have doubtless made it a mind-blowing experience.

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