Charlie Kaufman
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Charlie Kaufman

Confessions of an Original Mind

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Charlie Kaufman

Confessions of an Original Mind

About this book

This revealing study looks at the influences and creative impulses that shape one of today's most progressive, thoughtful filmmakers. Charlie Kaufman got his start in television, but it was his first film, the eccentric Being John Malkovich, that won notice for his unique storytelling style. With the aid of a plethora of contributions from those with whom the writer has worked, Charlie Kaufman: Confessions of an Original Mind presents the intriguing story of that movie and others as it examines one of the most innovative voices in modern film. This exhaustive study of Kaufman's life and work is organized chronologically to cover his early influences as well as his most-recent ventures. Highlights include explorations of Kaufman's collaboration with Being John Malkovich director Spike Jonze—who stood him up for their first meeting—and the writer's conflict with George Clooney (about whom Kaufman says, "I can tell you that George Clooney is my least favorite person"). There are analyses of Human Nature, Adaptation, and the hauntingly beautiful Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which led to an Academy Award. The book also studies Kaufman's sound plays for Theatre of the New Ear and his directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780313358609
eBook ISBN
9780313358616

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series Foreword
  4. 1. Growing Up Kaufman and the TV Years
  5. 2. Why Malkovich? Why Not
  6. 3. Human Nature Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
  7. 4. A Worthy Adaptation
  8. 5. George Clooney’s Confessions Lead to the Darkly Unproduced Philip K. Dick
  9. 6. Eternal Sunshine of the Academy Award
  10. 7. Hope Leaves the Theater and What I Really Want to Do Is Direct
  11. Notes
  12. Index