Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry
Michel Gondryis a French independent film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is noted for his inventive visual style and distinctive manipulation of mise en scène. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as one of the writers of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which is often ranked one of the greatest films of the 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth8 May 1963
CityVersailles, France
CountryUnited States of America
If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer.
I don't thrive on control. I'm not looking for control. I think I get better results when I don't control things.
I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of the movie, sometimes it's not even in the movie. The director does the movie. So don't judge the director based on the trailer. Please.
If you're not grown up enough to understand that a trailer is not done by the director, then fine. Judge the movie from the trailer.
I'm always excited to work with actors.
I want to explore new ideas and put myself in a place where I can finish a project that is more unusual or that doesn't seem doable.
I think the purpose of test screenings is different for the studio and for the filmmaker. For the studio, I think they want to know whether the film works or not.
Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.
I was sort of lazy at school, but I realize I still have something to bring to the subject which is comforting. I feel I am not as stupid as I thought I was.
I don't like movies that are too manipulative. A lot of movies thrive on really pushing your buttons and making you hate the villain.
I don't like to put people in a competition to defeat the other.
I think it's a problem when journalists have the title of their article before they do the interview, because it biases the way they conduct it.
The MTV Video Awards were never about the video, but about the song. Most of the time it was just to glorify people for the wrong reason.
Pop music is created by repression - and then the system takes it and makes even more money with it!