willowz i wonder - willowz i wonder

What this video is

Released in 2004 at the precise intersection of the early-2000s garage rock revival and Michel Gondry's peak cultural cachet following Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The Willowz — a garage punk band from Anaheim, California formed in 2002 — were discovered by Gondry through their debut album, leading to song placements on the Eternal Sunshine soundtrack and this video shoot, funded personally by Gondry in…

Why it matters

A key artifact of early-2000s garage punk's brief collision with prestige art-house cinema and auteur video direction. Documents Michel Gondry's DIY ethos applied to a raw, second-generation punk act, and represents a rare case where a music video directly catalyzed a band's international record…

The director

Michel Gondry (b. 1963, Versailles, France) is a French filmmaker who began directing music videos for his band Oui Oui before his collaboration with Björk launched his international career. He is known for directing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind…