Bolide - Michel Gondry

What this video is

"Bolide" exists at a singular intersection of biography and art: it is a music video made by Michel Gondry for his own band, Oui Oui, a French pop group he co-founded with guitarist Étienne Charry, with whom he had been friends since secondary school in Sèvres. Released in 1988, the video predates Gondry's international recognition by nearly half a decade and represents the genesis of his visual language —…

Why it matters

As one of Gondry's earliest directorial works, "Bolide" is a foundational document in the history of the auteur music video. It predates the internationally recognized Gondry style but already demonstrates his instinct for practical, in-camera ingenuity and rhythmic editing. Its later inclusion in…

The director

Michel Gondry (born 1963, Versailles, France) is a French film director, screenwriter, musician and producer noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. A former drummer, he was a founding member of Oui Oui. He later won an…