An attraction inspired by director Michel Gondry’s film Be Kind Rewind started at Paris’ Centre Pompidou yesterday, and Gondry himself was on the scene to help kick things off. The attraction is a filmmaking workshop called L’Usine de film amateurs that allows groups of people to sign up and create their own amateur movies from scratch, just like the Jack Black and Mos Def characters from the film. The process, from conception to wrapping, takes three hours, you leave with a DVD copy of your film, and it’s all free. If I were in Paris I would go do this for sure, and if you’re going to be there any time between now and March 13th you could do just that. The coolness of the workshop wasn’t the big news that came out of Gondry’s appearance, however. While there he announced that he is to begin work on a film adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick novel “Ubik.” Anybody who has done any studying of Science Fiction literature knows something about Dick, but for those unfamiliar with this particular book, here is the synopsis from phillipkdick.com:

After delivering solid performances in three very good films in 2008, Jack Black is now looking toward the future, and it appears that he is bringing his Kung Fu Panda writers with him.

Into the seemingly endless FSR goodie bag we go yet again, folks. This time we’ve pulled out five (5) copies of the Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) film Be Kind Rewind.

Brian Gibson loves to buy DVDs. Come with him on his weekly journey into the depths of credit card debt as he tells you what to buy, rent and avoid.

Be Kind Rewind is a missed opportunity that can’t sustain any momentum for more than a few minutes.

Jack Black and Mos Def remake all of your old favorites in this brilliant comedy from director Michel Gondry.

What’s the difference between a blogger and a newspaper critic? The newspaper critic has less readers and sees more movies. No joke…

Young fans and wannabe filmmakers take to the web to show off their sweding skills just like Jack Black and Mos Def in Be Kind Rewind! Are you one of them?

New Line bags screenings of Michel Gondry’s most accessible flick all over the country. This, for all intents and purposes, is a very bad move.

Michel Gondry remakes his own trailer… And it is hilarious.

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Three movies, seven awesome posters. They say the holidays are all about sharing with others. So here you are, poster’s of plenty!

You could probably spell out the infinite ways that “Be Kind, _____” has been used all over the internet since this trailer was released by Yahoo Movies. The trailer is for Michel Gondry’s BE KIND, REWIND which stars Jack Black and Mos Def and video store clerks who erase a bunch of movies and have to remake them. In remaking films like GHOSTBUSTERS and ROBOCOP, they start something of a movement.