'The We And The I,' Michel Gondry's New Film, Follows High School Kids In The Bronx (VIDEO)

Michel Gondry used to have a style that was easy to pigeonhole. His "Science of Sleep," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and past music video collaborations with Bjork, The Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk suggested a magical, expansive style that took place just left of center.

But now comes "The We And The I," a simple, honest look at a bunch of Bronx high school kids taking the bus home from school. The film will premiere at Cannes, and the trailer was just released via Bleeding Cool.

In 2010 he told Cinema Blend that this film was about his own experience as a high-schooler, and "the phenomenon of people, how different they are in groups and large numbers, and how they become more interesting and complex when they are in smaller groups."

He also said it would be about "a group of school kids who travel into the future by mistake and discover a machine that keeps people younger."

Well, OK! Maybe it's both. Maybe it's everything.

Judging from the trailer, though, the film seems more in line with Gondry's work on the Dave Chappelle project, "Block Party," from 2005, and his last, underrated lo-fi comedy, "Be Kind Rewind."

What do you think Gondry's new direction, readers? Let us know in the comments.

Comments

[anothervoter]

11:39 AM on 05/21/2012

Try Bus 174

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_174

[Lisa Torres]

09:00 PM on 05/19/2012

Sorry if I act like a teenage but: OMG! It's like I'm in jr. high/high school all over again! Yo! I'm feeling maddddd old. I'm mad hype to see this, granted there never was a 66 bus running there the bronx, but I can overlook it. :-)

[ButterFlyGirlFly]

10:51 PM on 05/18/2012

I cant wait to see this it! It is raw and cutting edge. Loved the trailer.

[JDHARTIL]

02:19 PM on 05/18/2012

Simply superb!!

[Fortune27]

09:27 PM on 05/16/2012

This definitely looks worth the price of admission.

[Arthur Spooner]

07:46 PM on 05/16/2012

It seems very refreshing and interestingly mundane. I'd go see it.

[Andrea Jimenez-Rael]

06:48 PM on 05/16/2012

Count me in! I love concepts surrounding time machines and sociology and I absolutely loved "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

[powpow]

05:22 PM on 05/16/2012

Looks great. Love Gondry!

[Spencer Gallardo]

04:04 PM on 05/16/2012

I think Gondry has got it,
we'll see though, im sure anyone who rode the bus during those years is in NYC going be able to relate a bit

[tan gent]

03:54 PM on 05/16/2012

Gondry makes some of the most interesting films out there! I will definitely check out "The We And The I".

[Joe Mele]

03:28 PM on 05/16/2012

For those that some background fyi The clips for Joe Mele who is in this movie is youtube.com/user/ActorJoeMele
websites are
joemele.info
imdb.me/joemele

[NYCKitty]

03:27 PM on 05/16/2012

There's no 66 bus in the Bronx.

I rode the Bx 12 from Inwood in Manhattan to my high school on Pelham Parkway in the Bronx. Interesting ride...you had the Catholic school kids and then the anti-Christs from the public schools. Never a dull moment for 4 years (like when the kids from Kennedy climbed onto a truck to enter the bus through the back window...using a door would have been too civilized).

[redpod]

02:17 PM on 05/16/2012

I'm always willing to try the new, and Gondry has made some amazing films. IMO, "Be Kind Rewind," was not one of them. Could not get over the premise. There was one film where kids are trying to re-create a Rambo movie, which made much more sense, and even though I haven't seen it yet, also looks much more in line with what Gondry might have done.