Michel gondry noam chomsky biography

As a child, French director Michel Gondry wanted to be something “between an artist and an inventor.” You could argue that he’s succeeded; with his best work—be it feature films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, (2004) or music videos for Daft Punk—Gondry pushes up against the limits of the imagination like a mad scientist.

“I was very impressed by people who were landmarked by their talents, whether it was Duke Ellington or Pelé or Janis Joplin or Picasso,” he explains. “Of course, I didn’t see myself going to this level,” he continues.

“But I was very intrigued by their creativity that fuels them like a nuclear power plant.”

Gondry’s latest film, the animated Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?, focuses on one of these landmarked minds: the extremely erudite linguist and activist Noam Chomsky.

In a series of conversations, the director asks the 84-