Synopsis
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
2013 ‘L'écume des jours’ Directed by Michel Gondry
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
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A simple romantic engagement that travels the (almost literal) rollercoaster of a relationship, dressed in an imaginative artistry that is quite indescribable with mere words, but I will try. This inventive kaleidoscope of colour and life that Michel Gondry has offered up with his latest surrealist vision is an overwhelming feast for the senses based on Boris Vian's cult French novel 'Froth On The Daydream'.
Now that I have sucked you in, be warned that there are two 'official' cuts of the film. The original 130 minute cut that was released in France, but also a much tighter, narratively focussed 94 minute cut that Gondry supervised along with a different editor in Tariq Anwar who cut The King's Speech and…
"This feeling of solitude is unfair. I demand to fall in love too!"
No one does surrealism better than the French, but unfortunately I'm not into surrealism and I usually have a hard time enjoying this genre in general. Mood Indigo is probably more surreal than any other film you've seen before, and despite the fantastic visuals and rich imagery used I had a hard time engaging with the characters and its lack of a strong narrative story. I was a huge fan of director, Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and despite the surrealism in that film I enjoyed the strong narrative along with the romance, but I guess a lot of that had to do with…
Performances: 6.7/10
Story: 2/10
Production: 6.3/10
Overall: 5/10
Hello disappointment, it's been a while!
Since first seeing the trailer for Mood Indigo what feels like years ago, I've been anxiously waiting for Michel Gondry's latest to be released in America. Now that I've finally got around to watching it I just feel nauseated.
It's not that it was "so bad it was good" it's that it was so over-the-top weird that it became painful to watch. From the very first scene it was apparent that the quirk knob was dialed up to 10 and I don't think it ever backed off once. There were numerous stop-motion sequences of moving food, strange doorbells and self-tying, leg-twisting shoes. None of this services…
First Impression: It's not often that whimsy is employed to tear your heart out.
Final review: www.larsenonfilm.com/mood-indigo
Michel Gondry must have thought he was making one of his music videos the whole time
I hyped this up a fair amount. Watching the trailer about forty thousand times a day leading up to the DVD release probably didn’t give Mood Indigo any chance of being half as good as how I perceived those two minutes of filmy-wilmy heaven to be. Not to say it was bad. Far from it, infact. I caught my mouth falling open just seconds in. Whether the shock was due to the quality of the opening or the fact that I was actually watching the proper, full, self-predicted cinematic odyssey, I can’t recall.
It’s hard to define the story when so much happens visually. It’s easy to get lost in all the morphing rooms, insect door bell, spinning food and…
Added to: Michel Gondry Ranked & 2013 Ranked
Michel Gondry is a visual surrealist of the highest order and if Mood Indigo proves anything, it’s that his inventiveness is seemingly endless. Where the story of the film tells of a rather simple, albeit unusual love story, the film as a whole is a visual clusterfuck that feels as if it wants to live a life of its own outside the film as well. There are so many little things hidden in every little frame that are a joy to behold and keep things entertaining throughout but they also tend to become little hindrances to the greater story. In fact, the film's length runs over two hours and each second is more…
A love story with some beautiful moments, heartfelt emotions and fantasy. It is a very visually striking film with the distinctive style of director Michel Gondry. Unfortunately, despite the chemistry between Duris and Tautou, it feels flat.
I love the fact that the work explores the visual stimulus to bring us closer to the characters' feelings. The aesthetics of the film change as the emotions change. The film starts out colorful and full of life. As Chloé gets sick, the film gains dark tones, tight spaces, morbidity.
My favorite part of this film are the visual metaphors. In a certain scene, the protagonist couple rides on a cable car in cloud format, just when they are feeling in the clouds, in the stasis of a first date.
The flowers of Chloé's treatment further embellish this surrealist work by creating beautiful scenes.
Without any doubts, it’s one of my favorite films.
Absolutely chaotic creativity with a non-stop barrage of hilarious inventive bullshit in the first half, not begging the audience to understand anything and just being an entertaining journey. Around the midway point it does somewhat loses itself, but in the same way that something like Brazil or High Rise "lose themselves". While there are definitely some highlights in the latter half, it rarely manages to grasp the heights that the first has to offer again, as it battles much darker and uncomfortable themes.
It's teetering between a 3 and a 4 at the moment, and I'll give it the higher rating to see if it sticks with me and maintains it after some thought. Totally respect anyone who loves this though, and I'd easily recommend it to Terry Gilliam fans as it really feels in tune with his style and humour. Would like to revisit it sometime with a group of people.
Um mundo divertido e surreal, me surpreendeu bastante e foi instigando cada vez mais, conforme a trama avançava.
One of the most aesthetically unique movies I have ever seen. When we as an audience asked "But why?" The creative team answered "But why not?".
so sad wtf and the wikipedia summary sounds like a completely different movie im so confused but i enjoyed the quasi-satirical aspects of it and the clever cg mixed in with more old-fashioned, obvious camera tricks
le plus beau film que j’ai vu de ma vie, les couleurs sont très jolies, je ne suis pas très douée lorsqu’il s’agit de donner un avis critique sur un film mais il en vaut le détour et est très beau <3
O surrealismo do Gondry é tão bom de ver! Filmes assim que fazem sentido saindo da realidade são tocantes e misturar emoções pra passar mensagens é lindo! Além de tudo, a Audrey Tautou dá um toque bem Amelie Poulain e o Osmar Sy é um ótimo ator!
3 1/2 out of 5 stars. Yes, another Gondry film with his whimsical style and storytelling! I’d never turn it down! He has the eye of an artist and real vision. This might be the best his brand of visuals and effects have ever looked, but unfortunately the film is a bit confusing and nonsensical. I see what he was going for, but I’m not sure it totally landed for me. Some good music throughout, like Boz Scaggs and it was nice to look at and experience, so extra half star for that!
Faut vraiment être débile pour essayer d’adapter du Boris Vian à l’écran.
Je dirai que tout est à chier, à part peut être le choix des acteurs, même si leur jeu correspond trop à l’univers naïf et stupide créé par le réalisateur. A éviter à tout prix, lisez plutôt le livre bande de feignasses illettrés
Utter masterpiece and one of my faves, this is the only kind of cinematic adaptation of Boris Vian’s L’ecume des jours that could ever have been
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