Defamer (Free subscription) | yesterday
newVideoPlayer("/jsmicro_def.flv", 506, 423,""); In its bid to top the deceptively simple "I"m a Mac/I'm a PC" ad campaign of its rival, Microsoft went big, hiring auteur Michel Gondry to direct a...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jessica Lack talks to Pierre Bismuth, the French artist who co-wrote Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
(TrendHunter.com) Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates are working together to promote Microsoft. This 90 second commercial aired on network TV and is the work of French Director Michel Gondry. In the commercial, Seinfeld and…
Comedy Central Insider (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
A few months ago, my wife and I spent several thousand dollars to make the switch to Mac, and we did it for one reason and one reason only: They have quirky, funny commercials with a charming duo. So you...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Here it is. The first Microsoft advertisement featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld. It’s not clear yet if this is the one directed by French director Michel Gondry. But I hope not, because it’s really not very good. The advertisement is Seinfeld and recently retired Microsoft founder Bill Gates spending some time shoe shopping in a mall. I [...]
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Charlie Kaufman is the writer behind movies including Adaptation, Being John Malkovitch, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. (He also wrote two episodes of the TV classic Get a Life, though he didn’t win any Oscars for them.) In the leadup to Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York, Wired decided to write [...]
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
What is the deal Michel Gondry and Microsoft? Apparently, he’ll be one of the directors at the helm the new Microsoft/Jerry Seinfeld advertisements, Computerworld is reporting. The French director popular for films such as Be Kind Rewind, The Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has been spotted shooting scenes in Brooklyn, New [...]
Idolator (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
I'm a sucker for music documentaries, even those about acts I don't follow all that much. When those documentaries are produced by Partizan Films—home of Michel Gondry—I'm placing an Amazon preorder for the DVD before I finish reading the first paragraph of the film's description. Still, I'm not sure what to make of The Weekend Never Ends , a full-length "life on the road" look at Soulwax and their...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Film News: Company restructures business -- Senator Entertainment has slashed its full-year revenue forecast by 50% after posting a E10.1 million ($14.8 million) net loss in the first six months of the year and has announced a change of course in an effort to restructure its sagging business.
TechNology News By SeveNSize (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
For the past two-plus years, Microsoft has stood by while Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" TV commercials treated Windows Vista like a punching bag. But starting next week, Microsoft will fighting back with its own ad, starring funny-man Jerry Seinfeld. And not a moment too soon. "Microsoft let Apple have the podium and dominate the communication space," said David Graves, an analyst with
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Today on TokyoMango, I wrote about ping pong-playing fashionista Naomi Yotsumoto; pondered the question of whether soy sauce would taste good with yogurt; rocked out to a catchy 90s song with a crazy music video, and showed a sneak preview of Tôkyô!, the new triptych movie directed in part by Michel Gondry....
TOKYOMANGO (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Tôkyô!, the artsy triptych movie directed by Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax, and Michel Gondry, is just out in theaters across the city it's named after. Here's a teaser segment from Carax's segment, which is called Merde. Looks awesome, right? It...
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
We can now stop talking about the proposed Nastia Liukin reform school movie and move on to the DNC.
Appscout.com (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Microsoft is looking to get all the bang possible from their $300 advertising campaign. The software giant has reportedly hired French film director Michel Gondry for at least one of those recently announced upcoming Jerry Seinfeld Vista spots.
Computer World (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Michel Gondry, the innovative director of films, music videos and numerous TV commercials, is directing at least one of the TV spots starring Jerry Seinfeld touting Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
