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Kaufman first came to mainstream notice as the writer of Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze, earning an Academy Award nomination for his effort and winning a BAFTA. He wrote the script on spec in 1994, sending it to many companies and studios, all of which turned it down.
Jul 2, 2020 · The story was a profile of him: Charlie Kaufman, the 61-year-old Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for films so rich with surreality and self-referential lunacy that they feel as if they might be...
- We All Like to Pretend to Be Experts, Even Though We Know We’Re not.
- Understand What Drives You to Write in The First place.
- Don’T Be A Zombie to Formula.
- Don't Be Afraid of Ambiguity.
- A Screenplay Is An 'Exploration'.
- Failure Is A Badge of Honor.
- Don't Limit Your Understanding of Story to Simple Definitions.
- The Medium Is An Important Part of The message.
“I don’t know anything. And if there’s one thing that characterizes my writing it’s that I always start from that realization and I do what I can to keep reminding myself of that during the process. I think we try to be experts because we’re scared; we don’t want to feel foolish or worthless; we want power because power is a great disguise. I even ...
"I do believe (people) have a wound too. I do believe it is both specific to you and common to everyone. I do believe it is the thing about you that must be hidden and protected, it is the thing that must be tap danced over five shows a day, it is the thing that won’t be interesting to other people if revealed. It is the thing that makes you weak a...
“When I first started to work in series television I didn’t need to take a course in how to write a half hour comedy. I knew what to do because I had been raised as a consumer of TV series. I understood the rhythms, I understood the types of jokes that were acceptable, I understood the stock characters. And of course all of this was in service of t...
"It’s always a mistake to settle on any explanation for anything, because whatever you settle on you will be wrong, even if you’re right. Everything is ephemeral; everything is in a constant state of flux. Thinking past any conclusion you’ve drawn will reward you with a more complex insight and a more compassionate world view. This is something I’m...
"So what is a screenplay, or what might it be? Since we’re talking specifically about screenplays tonight. A screenplay is an exploration. It’s about the thing you don’t know. It’s a step into the abyss. It necessarily starts somewhere, anywhere; there is a starting point but the rest is undetermined. It is a secret, even from you. There’s no templ...
"Allow yourself the freedom to change as you discover, allow your screenplay to grow and change as you work on it. You will discover things as you work. You must not put these things aside, even if they’re inconvenient. Let’s not disregard all the little voices in order to simplify. Do not simplify. Let’s not worry about what it looks like, let’s n...
"Don’t let anyone tell you what a story is, what it needs to include or what form it must take. As an experiment, go out of your way to write a non-story. It will still be a story, but it will have a chance of being a different story. Our brains make stories. It is as basic to us as breathing; we cannot do otherwise. Free yourself – and by extensio...
"I’m probably reaching here to say this, but I do think that when you’re doing a movie, when you’re doing a screenplay, you have to know why it’s a movie. And if it doesn’t have to be a movie then you shouldn’t make it. It’s very important that what you do is specific to the medium in which you’re doing it. And that you utilise what’s specific abou...
Sep 30, 2011 · Screenwriters' Lecture: Charlie Kaufman transcript. One of modern cinema’s most celebrated writers, Kaufman’s work includes surreal fantasy Being John Malkovich, cerebral sci-fi Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and comedy drama Adaptation.
Feb 15, 2020 · The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director on his singular approach to filmmaking. Now 61-years-old, Charlie Kaufman still exhibits a bit of that social reticence. Donald Clarke. Sat Feb 15...
Writer: I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Avid reader Charlie Kaufman wrote plays and made short films as a young student. He moved from Massapequa, New York to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 where he attended high school.
Sep 9, 2020 · This summer brings us two new, very different Kaufman offerings. One is a Netflix feature as writer and director, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, based on a novel by Canadian writer Iain Reid.
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