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Michel Gondry And Leos Carax Talk Triptych Film ‘Tokyo!’

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Tuesday night we caught new anthology film “Tôkyô!”, composed of three thirty-minute segments directed by Michel Gondry, Bong Joon-Ho and Leos Carax. The prospect of the film is pretty loaded. After all, Gondry and Joon-Ho are responsible for two of the most exciting pomo hipster and monster films of the last few years (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Host,” y’all) and Leos Carax hasn’t made a film since 1999’s “Pola X” (which Scott Walker scored).

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‘Tokyo!’ Featuring Michel Gondry Short, ‘Interior Design,’ Coming Out March 6, 2009

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:42:00 +0000

On Friday evening we revealed that Michel Gondry’s former bandmate in the French pop group, Oui Oui, guitarist/singer Étienne Charry, composed the score for the directors’ “Interior Design” segment in the triptych vignettes film “Tôkyô!”

We found something on Rotten Tomatoes that said the film was coming out November 30 and asked, could this be true? We hoped someone would write us and tell us more and our wish came true. A publicist for “Tôkyô!” saw our post and wrote us, turns out the film is coming out March 6, 2009 in the U.S.

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Étienne Charry, Michel Gondry’s Former Singer Of Oui Oui Wrote Score For His ‘Interior Design’ Segment In ‘Tokyo!’ Film Coming Out Nov 30?

Rodrigo Perez — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:04:00 +0000

We all remember that before Michel Gondry was a filmmaker he was a drummer in the French pop band Oui Oui, yes? Gondry got his start making lo-fi music videos for his band that became progressively more ambitious. Then Björk called — always one with a keen eye for up-and-coming, cutting edge artists — for her video “Human Behavior” and Gondry basically never looked back.

Well, it looks like he’s gone back to his roots a little bit by having Oui Oui guitarist/singer Étienne Charry compose the score for Gondry’s “Interior Design” segment in the three-part vignettes film, “Tokyo!” that screened earlier this year at Cannes and the Woodstock Film Festival (where we missed it by a day).

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First ‘Toyko!’ Review Hits From Cannes; Gondry’s Short “Arguably The Best”

Rodrigo Perez — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:37:00 +0000

A Variety report from Cannes has one of the first reviews of “Tokyo!” – the three-tiered vignette film featuring directors Michel Gondry, Joon-ho Bong and Leos Carax (his first film since 1999’s “Pola X,” a movie scored by the great Scott Walker).

The review says the film is “uneven, but enjoyable and likens it to a “nastier Eastern sibling to ‘Paris, Je T’aime,’ ” (another vignettes film released last year).

“First and arguably best of the bunch is Gondry’s deviously titled “Interior Design,” which opens on a dark and stormy night as young, self-deluded aspiring filmmaker Akira (Ryo Kase) and his supportive but directionless g.f.

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