I haven't mentioned anything about The Science of Sleep, have I? Michel Gondry's new flick premiered at Sundance early this year and is set for wider release in the US around September. Written and directed by Gondry, it's been getting some neat reviews:

Ever surreal and intensely visual, director/screenwriter Michel Gondry's “The Science of Sleep” proves nearly impossible to describe in mere words… An intermingling in every sense of the word, Gondry fuses chaos with order, conscious with unconscious, reality with imagination, and emotion with humor across the uneven terrain of Stephane's mind. “The Science of Sleep” truly has to be seen to be believed. (Film Threat)

The difference between Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep is the difference between a good pop song and a great punk record, a fluid Escher-like mindbender and a kaleidoscopic Jackson Pollack drip. Messy like spaghetti, the cavernously oneiric Science of Sleep risks everything, more personal than the Gondry for Beginners production Charlie Kaufman put on with Eternal Sunshine. (Slant)

The Science of Sleep is one of those films you can watch over and over and over again, loaded with gags and gimmicks and spectacularly beautiful and memorable images. It is very imperfect. But damn, is it fun. Gondry is a master of what he does. And you can feel the passion in every frame of the film. .. You really could view any 5 minutes like its own stand alone art project. (David Poland)

Onya, Michel. More info at Director File.

Hope your weekend's going swell.