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The Science Of Sleep [2006] | ![The Science Of Sleep [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516PhaR%2ByHL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Michel Gondry
Actors: Miou Miou, Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 771
Format: Anamorphic, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321902137742
ASIN: B000PMGS22
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: June 25, 2007
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Science of Sleep concerns the flirtations and misunderstandings of Stephane (played by Gael Garcia Bernal), an aspiring visual artist, and Stephanie (played by Charlotte Gainsbourg), his Parisian neighbour who creates whimsical sculptures from cotton balls and felt. As Stephane 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 French magician and director Georges Melies 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 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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 Delightful June 22, 2007
Knitting Nellie
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Super film. Excellently played - good to see opportunity for Bernal's acting range here. Film toys with ideas of reality/non-reality conscious/unconscious thought and behaviour, until you do not know where you are - but hey - it doesn't matter. It's an absolute joy. Go see it for the horse and the cardboard car, if nothing else.
a great rendering of those "crepiscule" moments at dusk and dawn May 15, 2007
jrhartley
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
I'm an unashamed Gondry fan - I'd go as far as to call him a genius - I think his music videos are superb and I thought Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was pretty decent. Gondry has the kind of surreal creativity that is so often lacking from cinema - he has a knack of translating ideas into powerful visual imagery, and this is certainly the case with The Science of Sleep. Gael Garcia Bernal's character - Stephane, returns to Paris on the wishes of his mother to work as an illustrator. The story follows his life in an apartment block living opposite Stephanie - played by the ever-gorgeous and multi-talented Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Like Richard Linklater's "Waking Life" did before, and as the title suggests, this film essentially seeks to represent in celluloid those moments of intense REM sleep / vivid dreams that you get which leave you wondering "did that happen - or did i dream it". the inter-weaving of the dream world and the real world creates confusion and interferes with their friendship in the real world - or is it the dream world? The reason this film works so well is how subtlely Gondry blurs the waking world and the world of your dreams. Combined with fantastic props and lavish sets, like all good films, this works on a number of levels, making it accessible even if you just want to follow the most obvious plot line. I personally preferred this film to Waking Life, partly because I think the fusion of models, crazy sets and real life actors is a more representative approach of how muddled dreams get - whereas Linklater adopted a more uniform style of presentation through film converted into animation. I would whole-heartedly recommend this film - whether you are after a fun watch on a Saturday night, a gratuitous set-designer's visual feast of props, animation and backdrops, or something deeper, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
Beautiful! December 25, 2007
Roxy le foxy (England)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
A friend from Europe recommended me to get this film, and I had never heard of it before, but decided to give it a watch based on the amazing preview. Straight from the start I was engrossed, and yes some of the parts are slightly bizarre, but they are also wonderful. The use of props and effects in this is immense, and visually it is a treat. It is also the storyline that makes this film so great; every character is well crafted and interesting, with the plot being fast moving yet 'real' and some of the quotes are really memorable and some parts really moving. There are also moments of comedy & the film is light-hearted with indeed a lot of heart. Everyone with whom I watched this with for the first time has watched it at least a few times since, and each time it gets better and better, and more hidden gems discovered.
Whether you are looking for a deep and meaningful film, or something just visually stimulating, then I would recommend this film. It instantly became my favourite.
A rather lovely blend of the hilarious and beautiful June 25, 2007
Thomas Cooper (Essex, England)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I must begin with saying that Michel Gondry's latest effort, The Science Of Sleep, will not appeal to everyone, and I've certainly found that it can be a case of you either love it or hate it. But what I would say is it is a film worth taking a chance on. If you do you will find a film striving to provide something that little bit more individual that results in one of the most rewarding and funny films of the past few years. The visuals demonstrated in the dreams of Stephane are some of the most creative, expressive and often beautiful put to film. But it is nothing without the movie itself. The chemistry between Gael Garcia Bernal's Stephane and Charlotte Gainsbourg's Stephanie is great throughout, displaying love, or possible love in all its awkward, embarassing glory. Even with the mixing of different languages the dialogue is wonderful and often leaves you in stiches. If you ignore the bad joke, in The Science Of Sleep you really may find a film worth dreaming about.
Magnifique December 26, 2007
G. Greatorex (UK)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Got to say this film is Great!!!!!!
If you haven't seen it yet, buy it!
I love how he constantly slips in-and-out of reality, and the embarassing stuff he does is very amusing! But if easily confused, watch this with somebody clever :)
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