Michel Gondry is a French filmmaker and music-video director known for inventive, handcrafted visuals and dreamlike narratives. He directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep (L'Arte Del Sogno), Be Kind Rewind and numerous music videos including Björk's "Human Behaviour."

Started in music videos, often uses practical and handcrafted effects, frequent collaborator with writers such as Charlie Kaufman, known for blending surreal imagery with emotional storytelling.

Reviews emphasize Gondry's inventive, dreamlike visual style across films and music videos. Critics praise performances (notably Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet), handcrafted effects, and playful yet emotional storytelling. Recurring themes: memory, dreams, and the collision of reality and imagination.

For:Fans of inventive, dreamlike cinema and music-video art

 The translation of the title of this little masterpiece was done (so clumsily) to make people, drawn to the cinema believing it to be a classic Carrey comedic romp, disappointed and start fiddling with their phones.

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 "If You Leave Me, I'll Erase You."

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 the video is a little masterpiece (the first work by Gondry outside the French market that brought him to international prominence) created by mixing animation and live-action footage: the "creatures" and sets were all handcrafted, enhancing the fairy-tale effect (thus almost thriller: all fairy tales are horror stories adapted for the little ones) that perfectly complements the soundscapes of the song.

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 The film is delicate, subtle, made of the same stuff dreams are made of: it eludes interpretations, suggests escape routes, but in the end, when the end credits roll, you find yourself as in the morning when the alarm clock goes off, forcefully tearing you from your ideal world you were imagining.

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