While reception to the Green Hornet trailer and Comic-Con footage has been lukewarm, it's hard to ignore the tour-de-force of talent behind the project.

Director Michel Gondry has been translating his unique visions into short films, music videos and features for over fifteen years (breaking out with Bjork's Human Behaviour video), and now he's set to turn Hollywood blockbusters on top of their heads with Hornet.

I talked one-on-one with the master of quirk, who offered me some insight into the upcoming action-comedy (and so much more):

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