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
When I saw The Matrix and other movies of this type, I wished I had been given the opportunity to express myself with all this technology and do something sort of big in scale, but the right material never really came my way.
I think some people feel that if you are going to have 3D, then you have to shoot in 3D, but they shoot 3D, so of course they're going to say 'my way of doing a film is better.' I'm not telling anyone how they should do their film, so why should anyone tell me how I should do mine?
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.
When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.
All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.
In a way, putting actors deep into this sort of complicated universe frees them from thinking about who they should be. They just are somebody.
The beauty of doing film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay.
I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as discreet as possible, and flexible enough to be able to capture the moment when it happens. I know from documentary how to not have a preconceived idea of what the scene could be.
There's nothing worse than a dream sequence done all in post-production.
We were hoping to define an era and a community without being too lecturing - to show people having a good time. On camera and off, Dave is charming. I thought it would be good to follow him around with a camera because he generates so much warmth.
I think it was interesting not to lie about it and see that it's actually their work to entertain people and they have their own way to do it.
It is not pretentious. It just gives you the feeling you could do it yourself.
I always had disturbing dreams from when I was a child. Seeing that they disturb me, I might as well make money from it.
He doesn't believe he loves his relationship until he dreams it.