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Dream a Little Dream It could be SAD, it could be our massively guilty consciences, but insomnia runs rife through the Pinglepad. So thank God for Michel Gondry's Science of Sleep, which arrives in UK cinemas on 14/02/07. Starring two of our favourite actors- Gael García Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg- it is a magic-realist romantic fantasy with lots of Clangers-style stop-motion animation and a big, sweet heart. There is much to love about this playful, funny film but for now we’ll concentrate on the music. The film’s dreamy, heavy-lidded soundtrack was composed by Jean-Michel Bernard who also pops up in the film as a piano-playing policeman. Its main theme is a song called If You Rescue Me, a rewrite of Lou Reed’s After Hours adapted by Linda Serbu (a cat-rescuing, aspiring film director and presumably one of Gondry’s pals). It’s performed in the film by Bernal and some of his co-stars. And, of course, they’re dressed as cats. Gael García Bernal and pals – If You Rescue Me (Chason des Chats) [mp3] The Velvet Underground – After Hours [mp3] Unfortunately, Gainsbourg doesn’t sing. A shame because her breathy, haughty tones would sound perfect here. We fell in love with Gainsbourg last year when her album, the similarly nocturnal 5:55, was released. She told us she had screened three films for her collaborators (Air, Nigel Godrich and Jarvis Cocker) to help them capture the half-awake feel she wanted: Night of the Hunter, Los Olvidados and The Wizard of Oz. Quite a list, and Gondry’s ode to snoozing fits snugly alongside them. See Science of Sleep followed by a Q&A with Gondry at the NFT on 07/02/07. Posted by: Scott 05/02/07