Michel Houellebecq and Iggy Pop met in 2009 after having admired each other's work for a long time. Houellebecq had been a big fan of The Stooges since he was a teenager and Pop ended up recording two albums in French as a result of his meeting with Houellebecq. Director Erik Lieshout had met Houellebecq when he interviewed him for Dutch television during the promotion of the novel "The Possibility of an Island," and ended up directing "Last Words," a behind-the-scenes documentary for Houellebecq's own film adaptation. of the novel.