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The beauty of doing film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay.
Michel Gondry
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Michel Gondry
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 8
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You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.
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I'm part of the consumer culture... I'm just using the space I am given to express something that is out of the space so I'm part of the consumer system but I'm advocating stepping out. Which is a contradiction but I could be part of he consumer system and say, 'let's consume even more.'
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