Michel Gondry, January 14, 2014, in Aubervilliers. – A. Gelebart / 20 Minutes / SIPA
A homage full of animation. The director Michel Gondry unveiled this Tuesday on YouTube an unpublished clip of The song of Prévert by Serge Gainsbourg. The director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind wished to salute the memory of the singer on the occasion of the thirty years of the death of the man with the cabbage head on March 2, 1991.
The title, released in 1961, was itself a tribute to the song Dead leaves (1949) by Jacques Prévert and Joseph Kosma, notably interpreted by Yves Montand.
“It has accompanied my life, a large part of my life,” explained Michel Gondry in a short video posted on April 11 on Serge Gainsbourg’s official Facebook page. ” La Chanson de Prévert, The Poinçonneur des Lilas, are very special songs for me because I grew up with the Gainsbourg who spoke to his music. I found myself further back in his repertoire and I saw that at the beginning, he sang normally, with a deep and personal voice, an incredible voice, what! », Greeted the one who signed the iconic clip of Around the World some Daft Punk.