this is so sweet...

Gondry, interviewed by Nerve

• nerve: You have no interest in tackling a sex scene?
• gondry: There's a triangle created between the viewer and the couple having sex that is very disturbing to me. If I were to do a love scene, I would try to have the point of view of the two actors, not someone who is somebody hiding and watching. I don't know; in my work, I try to be honest, and in doing a scene that shows sex, it's hard to be honest. I would be more interested in doing an entire pornographic film. Well, maybe a short film that shows sex in a real way.
• nerve: How would you do that?
• gondry: Well, the actors should have sex for real. Although that would be difficult. It's hard to keep it up for a guy when you're in front of the camera, I guess. When you're behind the camera, it's hard to keep it down. 

 

• nerve:What relationship would you erase from your memory if you could? 
• gondry: I don't think I would erase any, to be honest. The erasing happened to me. It's
  an image from the day you find out that your girlfriend decided in an arbitrary
  way that she doesn't love you anymore. It's very devastating news. There is a
  sense of denial of all the good times, of all the times she told you you were
  unique,
  and now you're not unique anymore. To me, the erasing in the movie represents
  that. I don't project myself into the position of erasing someone.