Sep 26 2007Michel Gondry Nears Self-Parody with Commercial
Though the making of will tell you otherwise, I'm forced to believe this new Motorola RAZR ad is not the work of Michel Gondry but someone cleverly parodying him. With that understood, it's awesome how this hilarious spoof so accurately captures all of the quirky stop-motion, exaggerated paper items, and child-like dreaminess that embodies every Michel Gondry video ever. Man, and good thing it's not really Gondry, because he'd be looking like a real one-trick pony to create such a mundanely typical short.
Also hilarious are these AT&T ads, in which another clever prankster made commercials that you'd swear were the overtly-stylized, complexly-designed work of Wes Anderson.
Reader Comments
1. Simon - September 26, 2007 7:09 PM
The Gondry one was a little... 'meh' as you say, but the Wes Anderson ones were pretty brilliant, some really nice mechanical effects going on there, and nice subdued humour too.
2. Sean - September 27, 2007 3:18 PM
IT'S A FUCKING PHONE! NOT AN ACID TRIP! JEBUS!
3. TetterkeT - September 27, 2007 9:08 PM
I highly recommend watching the "Making Of" video. There's a point where two of the actors are discussing what the hell the commercial is about and neither one can come up with an answer.