Michel Gondry’s latest film project, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, captures a conversation he had with Noam Chomsky:
[W]hile it really is just a conversation between Gondry and Chomsky, the ever-innovative visual stylist found ways to make that particularly compelling. The key word is “animated,” as the ideas presented by Chomsky–who’s known for big ideas–get depicted in bright colors, in a loose, doodling style on-screen. When Chomsky talks about the way humans learn, we don’t stare at his face, we watch as the metaphor he uses comes to life.
It’s a clever, and visually interesting, way to capture Chomsky–whose speaking voice is, to put it plainly, kind of like the audio equivalent to a glass of warm milk–as the fascinating thinker he is. We should expect nothing less from Gondry.
The Dish 