Michel Gondry's music videos have always been iconic within their medium, but his focus on bands has been on the back burner since Bjork's "Crystalline" video in 2011. The ever-innovative director is back, however, with a new video for the Metronomy song, "Love Letters."Gondry is always blowing our minds in his music video work, from The White Stripes' "Fell In Love With A Girl" to Daft Punk's "Around The World," the director's sui generis use of stop-motion and other creative stylizations has always blown our minds. "Love Letters" is no exception, as the clip includes a smooth, one-shot reel of the band surrounded by painted set pieces with cut-outs that frame the group in various settings (such as in a computer screen and in a lab examined by scientists).
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We wonder how many takes it took to get this piece of micro-theater so clean. Watch the video above, and revisit The Creators Project's recent documentary on Gondry's film Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?, as well as the Metronomy music video for "I'm Aquarius," which we produced in collaboration with Somesuch & Co. and Edouard Salier. Check out both below.
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