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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

Original title: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky
  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 28m
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7.1/10
3.5K
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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
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  • Biography

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

IMDb RATING
7.1/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Michel Gondry
  • Writer
    • Michel Gondry
  • Stars
    • Noam Chomsky
    • Michel Gondry
    • Richard Feynman(archive footage)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Michel Gondry
  • Writer
    • Michel Gondry
  • Stars
    • Noam Chomsky
    • Michel Gondry
    • Richard Feynman(archive footage)
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    • 20User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Trailer 1:24
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    Noam Chomsky in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
    Noam Chomsky and Michel Gondry in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
    Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
    Michel Gondry in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
    Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
    Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
    Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)

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    Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky
    • Selfas Self
    Michel Gondry
    Michel Gondry
    • Selfas Self
    Richard Feynman
    Richard Feynman
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Michèle Oshima
    • Selfas Self
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Beverly S. Stohl
    • Selfas Self
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michel Gondry
    • Writer
      • Michel Gondry
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    A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
    • jew
    • science and technology documentary
    • interview
    • analysis
    • epistemology
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    • Genres
      • Documentary
      • Animation
      • Biography
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Most of the film is framed in 4:3. However, some sequences extend beyond this.
    • Connections
      References The Thorn in the Heart (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Clarinet Quintet: I ANDANTE
      Written by Howard Skempton

      Performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

    User reviews20

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Perfect for What It Is
    This is a fantastic, intelligent wedding of word and image. It's like a genuine synthesthetic experience, like the animator wanted us to have a cogent, dependable hallucination of Chomsky's brilliant, eloquent statements. From time to time I would sort of "forget" whether I was hearing Chomsky or seeing what he was saying; they sometimes switched places... or (perhaps more accurately) truly merged in my mind, like finally having the image of one of those 3D "art" images pop out at you when your eyes finally settle into the correct parallax and focus mix. I found that when I was relaxed and letting the flow of ideation wash over me, my experience was "of a piece"; almost psychedelically.

    What can I say? It's just a lovely way to mainline a genius' thinking; the filmmaker succeeds in his quest to enhance and tease out the intuitive aspects to technical/scientific thinking; and that's downright inspirational!

    Check it out.

    --------Addendum

    Just want to add one more point. As much as I find Chomsky's politics to be vital and morally attuned, it STILL strikes me as a great artistic decision on the part of Gondry to 1) minimize the politics, 2) put them off 'til (largely) the end, and 3) subsume them to the task of conveying warmth (not urgency). You get a measured, requisite dose of Chomsky's politics, *without* the overwhelming sense one often gets with Chomsky that, up against so much troglodytic inertia, the task truly daunts. Bravo.
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    • Dec 12, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 25, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky
    • Production company
      • Partizan Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $137,042
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $31,800
      • Nov 24, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $137,042
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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