The guy is Michel Gondry, an amazing director of movies (Eternal Sunshine in a Spotless Mind), music videos ([link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llLWtvpPz7A]Foo Fighters - Everlong[/link]; my favorite music video ever, [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMpsnDxNbqQ]Daft Punk - Around the World[/link], and a couple of [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWe-7Cm1GHg]White[/link] [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWHyNnsjsJQ]Stripes[/link]' videos to name a few) and miscellaneous shorts and so on. He does very cool things, and most often uses very little special effects, or at least very low-fi effects.
The analogue, easy trick he uses in this flick is typical of his 'special effects'.
Gondry rules!!
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