When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream. Michel Gondry mainstreamoriginalpeople Change image and share on social
People who get to express their voice are paid by the people who make profit from it. So they're going to make you believe you have to spend your money buying these products otherwise you won't be happy. This is really wrong. Especially the implication it carries. Michel Gondry buycarryexpress share on social
Pop music is created by repression - and then the system takes it and makes even more money with it! Michel Gondry createmakemoney Change image and share on social
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. Michel Gondry awardglorifymtv Change image and share on social
There's nothing worse than a dream sequence done all in post-production. Michel Gondry badlydreampost Change image and share on social
It's very hard to say I'm surrealist. It's like saying I'm poetic. It's not something you want necessarily to be aware of. Michel Gondry awarehardnecessarily Change image and share on social
I don't want to compare myself to him - I don't want people to see me as this great genius - but when I see Charlie Chaplin's movies there is a combination of drama, naivety and social meaning that I can see in myself, at a different level. Michel Gondry chaplincharliecombination share on social
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. Michel Gondry cameracapturecase share on social
I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard to execute but I think it works on every level - the choice of the material the choice of the actor, my relationship with the actor, and so on. Michel Gondry actoraudiencechoice share on social
I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films. Michel Gondry cameracomedycreate Change image and share on social