The Science of Sleep
by Michel Gondry
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Actor: Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gael Garc?a Bernal, Miou-Miou, Pierre VaneckDirector: Michel Gondry
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Science of Sleep
Movie Review: dreamy and delightful
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this film! I LOVE Gael Garcia Bernal! I bought the dvd for my mother as I knew she would be thrilled to see the main character is portrayed as 1/2 Mexican 1/2 French- she thinks (or rather, "LIKES to think") we are the only family in the world with this mix! She enjoyed the film, although she did say it was a bit strange... maybe not her cup of "standard film" tea, however delightful none the less.
Summary of The Science of Sleep
The Science of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. Stephane pines for next-door neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), but she becomes confused by his childishness and shaky connection to reality. Unable to find the secret to Stephanie's heart while awake, Stephane searches for the answer in his dreams.The French magician and director Georges M?li?s was arguably the first master of special effects, filling the silent movie houses of the early 20th century with camera trickery that stunned and delighted audiences. A century later, Michel Gondry works very much in the spirit of his artistic predecessor and countryman, creating films and music videos that feel just as hand-crafted and visually fantastical. The Science of Sleep concerns the flirtations and misunderstandings of St?phane (Gael Garc?a Bernal, Babel), an aspiring visual artist, and St?phanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg, 21 Grams), his Parisian neighbor who creates whimsical sculptures from cotton balls and felt. As St?phane toils in a caustic office for a company that makes calendars, he retreats into his dreams and finds them increasingly hard to distinguish from reality, and vice-versa. The Science of Sleep is a trilingual film, with dialogue spoken in French, English, and Spanish by characters who are very much global citizens, crossing boundaries of consciousness as easily as they cross boundaries of culture. Gondry decorates his love story with deliberately low-tech special effects, including cellophane made to look like bath water and a subconscious television studio constructed largely of corrugated cardboard. This is filmmaking with all the seams and stitches exposed, an appreciation for the patent falseness of films that nonetheless transport and enchant us. It's dreamy. --Ryan Boudinot
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