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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806826703321

Autore

Child Doreen Alexander

Titolo

Charlie Kaufman : confessions of an original mind / / Doreen Alexander Child

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , 2010

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-84-00-62479-7

1-282-96356-2

9786612963568

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

Modern filmmakers

Disciplina

808.2/3092

B

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - United States

Screenwriters - United States

Television writers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Growing up Kaufman and the TV years -- Why Malkovich? why not -- Human nature ain't all it's cracked up to be -- A worthy Adaptation -- George Clooney's confessions lead to the darkly unproduced Philip K. Dick -- Eternal sunshine of the Academy Award -- Hope leaves the theater and what I really want to do is direct.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Kau