The Chomsky–Foucault debate was a debate about human nature, between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault in the Netherlands, in November 1971. Chomsky and Foucault were invited by the Dutch philosopher Fons Elders to discuss an age-old question: "is there such a thing as 'innate' human nature independent of our experiences and external influences?"

奇幻导演米歇尔·冈瑞（Michel Gondry）一向喜欢挑战观众的思维，而这部动画纪录片可视为他与现代语言学与认知科学之父诺姆·乔姆斯基（Noam Chomsky）的对话。
米歇尔·冈瑞透过动画，以独特的叙事和美术观点，呈献诺姆·乔姆斯基在语言学方面的贡献，观众将透过影片重新思考每一个语言所代表的意涵，启发性意味浓厚。

This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America's leading linguists and political dissidents. It also illustrates his message of how government and big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of the United States populous. The key example for this analysis is the simultaneous events of the massive coverage of the communist atrocities of Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodia and the suppression of news of the US supported Indonesian invasion and subjugation of East Timor.