Charlie Kaufman: Confessions of an Original Mind

Author:   Doreen Alexander Child
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780313358609


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Charlie Kaufman: Confessions of an Original Mind


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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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Author:   Doreen Alexander Child
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780313358609


ISBN 10:   0313358605
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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Doreen Alexander Child is the managing editor of CinemaEditor magazine.

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