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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

2013

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IFC Films | Release Date: November 22, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Michel Gondry, Noam Chomsky

Summary: From Michel Gondry, the innovative director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, comes this unique animated documentary on the life of controversial MIT professor, philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky. Through complex, lively conversations with Chomsky and brilliantFrom Michel Gondry, the innovative director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, comes this unique animated documentary on the life of controversial MIT professor, philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky. Through complex, lively conversations with Chomsky and brilliant illustrations by Gondry himself, the film reveals the life and work of the father of modern linguistics while also exploring his theories on the emergence of language. The result is not only a dazzling, vital portrait of one of the foremost thinkers of modern times, but also a beautifully animated work of art. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Michel Gondry

Genre(s): Animation, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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100

Village Voice

Alan Scherstuhl

Nov 19, 2013

This is a film to see and then see again, to soak in and marvel at and -- like its director -- try to keep up with. Read full review

91

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Nov 18, 2013

Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? bears the stamp of Gondry quirk but allows it to feel a lot more intimate than anything he's done since "Eternal Sunshine." Read full review

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Slant Magazine

Steve Macfarlane

Nov 18, 2013

A magnificently quizzical diagram of two ceaselessly inquiring minds in perfect tandem, like a raw X-ray of atomized creativity. Read full review

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Time Out

Keith Uhlich

Nov 19, 2013

The point, of course, is to get lost. As the soft-spoken sage himself notes, “The world is a very puzzling place.” What a pleasure it is, the film suggests, to be perpetually befuddled. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle

David Lewis

Dec 5, 2013

Not so much a documentary as a rambling interview, almost all done in animation. Read full review

70

The New York Times

Manohla Dargis

Nov 21, 2013

Blissfully unconventional as a documentary and as an intellectual endeavor, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? won’t tell you everything you’ve always wanted to know about Mr. Chomsky, but its modesty is one of its strengths, along with Mr. Gondry’s entrancing, vibrant illustrations. Read full review

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Washington Post

Michael O'Sullivan

Dec 5, 2013

The film is probably of interest only to those viewers who, like Gondry himself apparently, already have an obsession with Chomsky. Read full review

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reellm

Dec 11, 2014

4/5★ Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Noam Chomsky is a man of ideas, and Michel Gondry is a man of images. Combine the two, and with a little luck something cohesive and thought provoking will happen. ITMWITH? skates the line of confusion, and Gondry's thick accent doesn't help matters, but I4/5★ Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Noam Chomsky is a man of ideas, and Michel Gondry is a man of images. Combine the two, and with a little luck something cohesive and thought provoking will happen. ITMWITH? skates the line of confusion, and Gondry's thick accent doesn't help matters, but I was left with new points of view and the feeling that Gondry is the Wes Anderson of documentary filmmaking.

Verdict: Not mindless entertainment.… Expand

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