Michel Gondry. Director of surreal big screen dreamscapes like "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Science of Sleep." Prolific helmer of music videos for bands such as the White Stripes, Daft Punk, Radiohead and Björk. Future boyfriend of ... Lady Gaga?
Let's ponder that one for a second. When MTV News caught up with Gondry at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin recently, we wanted to know what he thought about Gaga's brand new, pop culture-sampling "Telephone" video. At first, the "Green Hornet" director admitted he wasn't a very big fan.
"To me she represents what I don't like in modern art," he said in that delightful French accent of his. "It's just about surface, it's just about the look, and the music — if you listen to the melody, there is none. I'm sorry I have to be rude about it. You ask me, I answer the question."
But then the man who built the White Stripes out of Lego for their 2002 "Fell in Love with a Girl" video reconsidered.
"Maybe she's a very nice person," he said. "Maybe if I see her, I will want to kiss her or be her boyfriend. She's probably attractive. But to me she's like the female of Marilyn Manson."
So there you have it. To Gondry, Gaga might be the female Marilyn Manson but he hasn't ruled out the possibility of one day laying on a big smooch and taking her out for a night on the town.