Random Review - Be Kind, Rewind
by Risa DickensReview Haiku:
Less heartbreak, more joy
then Eternal Sunshine plus,
Rewind has Mos Def.
Be Kind, Rewind, directed by Michel Gondry of Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and lots of lovely Bjork music videos (plus about 200 others,) is post modern joyfultragichopeful American magical realism.
Danny Glover, Fats Waller, VHS, the copyright infringement cops, and the brilliant/simple character played by Mos Def broke my heart and cracked us up and to be honest I pretty much always find Jack Black funny. The sequence of all the movies getting remade, especially when they show with music video camera fluidity how they recreate expensive visual effects, is genius on like 8 levels. Oh, and the story is an uplifting rallying call for communities to create and support independent arts production! Plus it’s sooo pretty. At the end I was clapping, singing Tra la LA! and wishing for life to be like this.
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Published on: July 2nd, 2008
Terms Used: michel gondry, movie, music video, review
About: Risa Dickens
Risa co-founded Indyish with Elran Oded.
Aside from experimenting with these monstrous/sexy formations, producing Indyish events and developing new and existing Indyish endeavors, and trying to figure out how to do it armed[...]
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i already couldn’t wait to see this movie, now i can’t wait to see this movie more. also, jack black is always funny. crazy guy…
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