Make Your Own Movie- 'Be Kind, Rewind' Style

How funny/awesome is this?!

Deitch Projects in New York is hosting Michel Gondry's 'Be Kind, Rewind' exhibit, in which the gallery is recreated to look exactly like the video store in the film. Plus, if you go, you can make your own movie- though you have to make a reservation of sorts, first. Here's more info:

"Be Kind Rewind is a film about two childhood friends living in Pasaic, New Jersey, trying to make ends meet. After one of the characters accidentally gets his brain magnetized by trying to sabotage a local power plant, he visits the video store his friend is taking care of while the owner is away and unknowingly erases all of the video tapes in the store’s inventory. The characters decide to make their own homemade versions of popular films in a junkyard behind the store. These new “sweded” films—recreations using commonly available, everyday materials—prove more popular with the customers than the originals, making the two friends local celebrities.

For the exhibition, Michel Gondry will be recreating the video store in the gallery, complete with a back lot containing a variety of movie sets where visitors can make their own renditions of films. All videos created during the exhibition can be viewed in the gallery."

I love Michel Gondry's movies and music videos, so I would love to see this. And maybe make a silly movie if i wasn't such a shy, nervous nellie. I missed when Deitch had the Science of Sleep exhibition, so hopefully maybe i'll make it to this one. You should go, for sure.

P.S.- Make sure to visit the movie's website to see the internet get "erased" and to get schooled on the subject of "Sweding".