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The Science of Sleep, or La Science des rêves (literally The Science of Dreams), is a 2006 surrealist film, written and directed by Michel Gondry. The film stars Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou and Alain Chabat. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (881x1302, 706 KB) Summary Promo for Science of Sleep. ...
Michel Gondry, 2005 Michel Gondry, born May 8, 1963 (1964 according to some sources), is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial, and music video director noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. ...
Michel Gondry, 2005 Michel Gondry, born May 8, 1963 (1964 according to some sources), is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial, and music video director noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. ...
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Charlotte Gainsbourg (born July 21, 1971) is a French actress and singer. ...
Alain Chabat (born November 24, 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is a French actor who appeared in La Cité de la peur, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep. ...
Miou-Miou (born Sylvette Hery, February 22, 1950 in Paris, France) is a French actress. ...
Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976 in Paris) is a French film actress. ...
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Michel Gondry, 2005 Michel Gondry, born May 8, 1963 (1964 according to some sources), is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial, and music video director noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. ...
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Charlotte Gainsbourg (born July 21, 1971) is a French actress and singer. ...
Miou-Miou (born Sylvette Hery, February 22, 1950 in Paris, France) is a French actress. ...
Alain Chabat (born November 24, 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is a French actor who appeared in La Cité de la peur, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep. ...
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Stéphane (Gael García Bernal), a young man whose vivid dreams and imagination often interfere with his ability to interact with reality, is coaxed back to his childhood home, France, after his mother finds him a job. The job turns out to be a very mundane position at a small company that manufactures novelty calendars. He initially assumes he will be working creatively, and even prepares twelve colorful drawings, each showing a disaster, for "disasterology" calendar. However, neither his co-workers nor his boss appreciate his talents. While leaving his apartment to go to work one day, Stéphane attempts to aid two men who are having trouble carrying a piano up a flight of stairs, but by doing so, ends up injuring his hand while the piano falls down the flight of stairs. The owner of the piano is Stéphane's new neighbor, Stéphanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who invites Stéphane into her apartment where her friend Zoé (Emma de Caunes) tends to his wound. Stéphane initially forms an attraction to Zoé, though he suspects it is instead Stéphanie who likes him. In conversation, it is evident to the two women that Stéphane is somewhat shy and has trouble speaking French. Zoé uses this information to tease Stéphane, trying to trick him into believing that Zoé and Stéphanie are record executives. When Stéphanie scolds Zoé for toying with Stéphane, Stéphane becomes uncomfortable and leaves. While visiting Stéphanie's apartment on a later occasion, Stéphane realizes that she, like he, is creative and artistic. They excitedly plan to create a model of a white boat with a forest inside of it, for use in a short animated film. Unfortunately for Stéphane, Stéphanie suggests that it's best if they begin working on it on another day. Following the advice of Guy (Alain Chabat), Stéphane's sex-obsessed co-worker, Stéphane pretends that he isn't Stéphanie's neighbor, pretending to leave the building when he leaves her apartment. That night, however, Stéphane, while in his bathtub, writes a note in mangled French admitting that he is "her neighbor, a liar" and asks for Zoé's phone number; he slides it under her door. Waking up he thinks it was a dream, but wet footprints leading to Stéphanie's door show that is was real. He uses a coat hanger to retrieve the note from under Stéphanie's door, unaware that Stéphanie has already read it. Though some portions of this are surrealistic, and others are naturalistic, the viewer is never certain of which portions are real; even the seemingly realistic sections may be merely dreams. Stéphane becomes more enamored with Stéphanie as he spends more time with her and shares his many inventions with her. He gives her a "one-second time machine" as a gift. He asks her repeatedly if she will marry him, a proposal that she consistently rejects. Stéphane's dreams become more encroaching on his waking life as he tries to win Stéphanie's heart. He breaks into Stéphanie's apartment, takes her small, stuffed horse and builds a motor into it. While putting it back into her apartment, Stéphanie arrives and catches him, shocked, calling him "creepy." Embarrassed and heartbroken, Stéphane retreats to his apartment where he receives a call from Stéphanie who apologizes and thanks him for the gift she discovers: a galloping version of "Golden the Pony Boy," named after Stéphane.Waking and dreaming become even more intermixed. To Stéphane's surprise, the calendar manufacturer accepts his "Disastrology" idea and it becomes a great success. A party is thrown in his honor, but he becomes depressed and begins drinking excessively after he witnesses Stéphanie dancing flirtatiously with men. Stéphane and Stéphanie then have a confrontation in their hallway when Stéphane announces that he doesn't want to be Stéphanie's friend any longer. Stéphanie becomes very upset, offering Zoé's phone number and reciting Stéphane's note. Stéphane, still unaware that Stéphanie has read the note, assumes that they are connected through "Parallel Synchronized Randomness," a rare phenomenon he has discussed on Stéphane TV, an imaginary television program that Stéphane hosts, produces, and performs music for. Stéphanie offers that they discuss their issues on a date, but on Stéphane's walk to the café to meet her, he has a frightful and sudden realization that she isn't there and she doesn't love him. He runs back to her apartment and bangs on her door, demanding that she stop torturing him, though, in actuality, she is indeed waiting for him at the café. Angrily, Stéphane runs full speed into her door, injuring his forehead. Tired of waiting, Stéphanie returns home. Stéphane finally decides that he's had enough and prepares to return to Mexico. Before leaving, Stéphane's mother (Miou-Miou) insists that he say goodbye to Stéphanie. In his attempt to do so, he becomes extremely crass as he makes sexual jokes and makes comments about her breasts being "friendly and unpretentious" (this is perhaps to seem more sexual like Guy). She insists he leave to catch his plane, though he instead jumps on her bed. Pleading for her to touch his hair, Stéphanie tells him she can't do that, and desperately asks why Stéphane chose her. He responds, muffled under the covers, "Because everyone else is horrid, and because you're different... and you don't like me Stéphanie," with a final heartbroken crack in his voice. Stéphane then spots two items on the bedside: the boat with the forest inside of it and his one-second time machine. He falls asleep. As Stéphanie climbs to the top, observing the sleeping Stéphane, she touches his hair gently. Stéphane dreams of himself and Stéphanie riding on Golden the Pony Boy and sailing on the white boat, off into the ocean's horizon. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Imagination is accepted as the innate ability and process to invent partial or complete personal realms within the mind from elements derived from sense perceptions of the shared world. ...
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 "He's punk." Stéphane introduces Guy to Zoé and Stéphanie.
 Stéphane, Guy and Serge perform "If You Rescue Me" for Stéphanie while dressed as kittens. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x662, 82 KB)[edit] Summary From the Michel Gondry film The Science of Sleep. ...
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Soundtrack -
The score to The Science of Sleep was composed by Jean-Michel Bernard. The Science of Sleep is the soundtrack album to the Michel Gondry film of the same name. ...
The song "Instinct Blues" by the The White Stripes is featured in the film.[3] The White Stripes is an American rock music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of Jack White (principal songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). ...
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The article could be improved by integrating relevant items into the main text and removing inappropriate items. (May 2007) - The dream sequence in which Stéphane's hands become giant was inspired by a recurring nightmare director Michel Gondry had as a child. Gondry had previously incorporated aspects of this dream into the music video for the Foo Fighters' 1997 single "Everlong".
- The film features a cover of the song "After Hours" with very different lyrics, titled "If You Rescue Me". The film's trailer features the original version by The Velvet Underground (from their eponymous third album). The trailer also features the songs "Fear of Sleep" by The Strokes and "Your Heart Is an Empty Room" by Death Cab for Cutie.
- An exhibition of memorabilia, objects and sets associated with the film appeared at Deitch Projects in New York, Sept. 6-Sept. 30, 2006
- Stéphane has the record sleeve "How Soon Is Now?" (by The Smiths) above his bed. This track is dedicated to the awkwardness of shyness and its inherent beauty.
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Everlong was the second single released from the Foo Fighters second album The Colour and the Shape. ...
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The Velvet Underground (sometimes shortened to The Velvets or The VU) was an American rock band first active from 1965 to 1973. ...
The Velvet Underground is the eponymous third album by The Velvet Underground, their first with Doug Yule, John Cales replacement. ...
The Strokes are an American rock band formed in 1998 that rose to fame in the early 2000s as a leading group in the garage rock revival. ...
Death Cab for Cutie is an American band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. ...
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How Soon Is Now? is a 1984 song written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr and first released by their band The Smiths. ...
The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ...
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Lucid dreams occur during REM sleep after the person becomes conscious and aware of dreaming within the dream. ...
While people dream, they usually do not realize they are dreaming (in non-lucid dreams). ...
A false awakening is an event in which someone dreams they have awakened from sleep. ...
An hallucination may occur to a normal person in state of good mental and physical health, even in the apparent absence of a transient trigger factor such as fatigue, intoxication or sensory deprivation. ...
References - ^ Science des rêves, La (2006) - Box office / business. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
- ^ The Science of Sleep (2006). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
- ^ Science des rêves, La (2006) - Soundtracks. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
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June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...
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