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The Dreamer as Tapehead

In its sweet, lackadaisical way, Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind” illuminates the pleasures and paradoxes of movie love. Its two main characters, a pair of Passaic, N.J., loafers named Mike and Jerry, are devotees of the Hollywood mainstream, paying tribute to well-worn classics like “Ghostbusters,”“Driving Miss Daisy,”“Rush Hour 2” and “The Lion King.” The way they express this affection lands Mike and Jerry in a spot of copyright trouble, but they (and Mr. Gondry) provide a welcome reminder that even the slickest blockbuster is also a piece of handicraft, an artifact of somebody’s nutty, unbounded ingenuity and the potential object of somebody else’s innocent, childlike fascination. [...]

di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (5466 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 22 Febbraio 2008