Michel Gondry
Minghella, Gondry, Burke
Filmmaker Anthony Minghella tells Kurt Andersen why he wanted to direct Puccini’s classic opera Madame Butterfly at Metropolitan Opera in New York. Visionary director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Science of Sleep) muses on unrequited love and time machines. And, the soul music legend Solomon Burke talks with Kurt about his new […]
Foster, Sedgwick, Scissorhands
Studio 360 spends time with rebels, loners and romantics. Singer-songwriter Ruthie Foster tells Kurt Andersen why she leapt from folky blues to old school soul. Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick is remembered in the film Factory Girl. Movie director Michel Gondry longs for his creativity to be his ticket to romance. Edward Scissorhands, the misunderstood dreamer […]
Gondry, Silber, Baker
Studio 360 gets tough. Kurt Andersen asks author John Silber, about architecture he considers absurd. S. Epatha Merkerson tells us how she plays the no nonsense “Law and Order” character, Lt. Anita van Buren. And when 360 leaves the office early to make a movie, Kurt does his own stunts.