These days, Michel Gondry is into numbers. For his latest film project, the “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” filmmaker is using truncated running times to explore familiar concepts, especially his trademark affection for whimsical and surreal romances. Alongside his brother Olivier, the pair have now crafted six brand-new “micro-short” films built on the concept that the human attention span has now dropped to just 8.2 seconds, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still time to find love.
“8.2 seconds is the attention span of a new generation,” Michel Gondry said in an official statement. “This is the time to fall in love. This is the length of our movies. It’s a bold concept.” Of their filmmaking process, brother Olivier added, “I like to work touch by touch, making things better each time we add something new. This time, it would be Michel’s touch then my touch, then Michel’s,...
“8.2 seconds is the attention span of a new generation,” Michel Gondry said in an official statement. “This is the time to fall in love. This is the length of our movies. It’s a bold concept.” Of their filmmaking process, brother Olivier added, “I like to work touch by touch, making things better each time we add something new. This time, it would be Michel’s touch then my touch, then Michel’s,...
- 9/25/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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