The singular film director Charlie Kaufman
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Host Kurt Andersen and Charlie Kaufman (image: Hammad Ahmed)
The screenwriter behind “Being John Malkovich†and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind†makes his directorial debut.
Now, he is directing films, too. In his new film “Synecdoche, New York” the protagonist turns all of New York City into a theater production. It is about a stage director who turns his whole life, and the lives of everyone around him, into this vast piece of never-ending theater. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays direct, and Diane Wiest plays an actress whom he is auditioning.
To understand the city as a stage, Kurt left the studio and met Charlie Kaufman at the dog run in Washington Square Park.
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