#35 Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground- The new White Stripes video by Michel Gondry

Jack White returns home on a bus, a briefcase in hand, to find his front yard a shambles. Records and trash are strewn everywhere. He enters and cautiously surveys his empty, near-demolished flat. As he solemlny makes his way through the wreakage the events that transpired in his absence, a raucous party, fights and destruction are projected onto the walls. The images from earlier seamlessly overlap the scene, creating ghost images of a time just past.

Michel Gondry is the same director responsable for the manic Lego-animated Fell in Love With a Girl video for the White Stripes, a dream-logic trip-out clip for the Foo Fighers' Everlong (with Evil Dead II tributes!), the underappreciated Chemical Brothers promo, Star Guitar and many excellent Bjork videos, just to name a few. His debut film, Human Nature, directed from a Charlie Kaufman script, didn't quite live up to the genius of his shorter work, but I have the feeling the director's just warming up to long-form cinema.

View the video here.