The science of sleep

Wednesday, 6 June 2007

The science of sleep
I didn't know what to make of this movie, thought at first from the title and my intitial impression hearing the director Michel Gondry did music videos for thefoo fighters, I was expecting a science fiction drama. What I certainly did not expect was this kind of a movie, I don't know where to begin, it is a psychodelic enchanting vision through the main lead, played by Gael Garcia Bernal (unrecognisable from the angry mexican in Babel). He plays Stephane, staying in his mother's apartment in France as he starts a new job, Stephane sees and interpretes the world around him through his vivid dreams, and this is the magic of the movie, it involves animation, special effects and psychodelic images to bring those dreams vividly to life, not to mention it is also a love story with Stephane having a crush on his neighbor (Stephanie), played enchantedly by Charlotte Gainsbourg, who Stephane realises is the only one who truly understands him and his dreamy take on life. I haven't seen anything quite like it, and you may either love it or loathe it, but what is clear is it captures vividly the dreamy world we have been to.

Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) in one of his dreamy episodes

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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre
I Wanted to see this movie particularly because of Charlotte Gainsbourg(The Science of Sleep), she has one of the softest, yet commanding angelic voices on the screen.

This is an adaptation of one of the Bronte's sisters' famous Jane Eyre Novel, Gainsbourg plays the title lead, an orphan mistreated by her aunt and eventually becomes a governess to the child of a very moody and unrecognisable by his upper class english accent William Hurt(The Accidental tourist).

She takes the role of governess in her stride, strict but firm as governesses in those era were. Her soft doe vulnerable eyes, surrounded by an english reserved masked by an expressionless face; makes her perfect for this role.

It is a love story as told from the 19th century, the scenery and acting reflects the book and this is widely acclaimed to be one of the best adaptations of the book. There are superb performances from the stellar cast, and one would be hard pressed to believe Charlotte Gainsbourg is conscious about her english, seeing she lives and spends most of her life in France, and is to all effect French.

It also stars the lovely Anna Paquin(Rogue in X-men) as a young Jane Ayre.


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