Charlie Kaufman

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• He's hearing things

  November 10, 2006

  From Los Angeles Times

  EXISTENCE, identity, free will and narrative theory collide in the fanciful comedy "Stranger Than Fiction." Written by Zach Helm and directed... more

• `Science of Sleep' is clearly the vision of Michel Gondry

  September 22, 2006

  From Los Angeles Times

  MAYBE I should confess that if Michel Gondry's next directing project involved rerouting traffic, I'd buy a ticket with my own money. "The... more

• Don't freak out -- it's killer Kaufman

  September 13, 2006

  From Los Angeles Times

  Scriptland, launching today, is a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters. * I have the new Charlie... more

• 'Mind' wins over weighty matters

  November 11, 2005

  From Los Angeles Times

  Charlie Kaufman, the notoriously ill-at-ease Oscar-winning screenwriter, felt more uneasy than usual at the PEN USA Literary Awards Gala... more

• Lend an ear to Charlie Kaufman

  September 16, 2005

  From Los Angeles Times

  Charlie Kaufman -- who has written the screenplays for such merrily mind-bending films as "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation" and "Eternal... more

• Script and sound alone

  August 24, 2005

  From Los Angeles Times

  On a chilly night in April, a group of distinguished actors -- Steve Buscemi, Marcia Gay Harden, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Goodman, Brooke... more

• 'Eternal' tale that defies simplicity

  February 28, 2005

  From Los Angeles Times

  Its internal math is as complex as a graduate quantum physics seminar, yet at the heart of Charlie Kaufman's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless... more

• The truth about fiction

  May 30, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  The explosion of reality TV shows has changed the face of the entertainment business, not always in predictable ways. Some of the most creative... more

• A 'Spotless' reminder about the power of emotion

  April 25, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  I haven't taken an actual survey, but I suspect I'm the last film critic to have a say on "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," the off... more

• Love in shadow and sun

  March 19, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  In "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" love creeps under the door like a vapor. Wrapping its tendrils around Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine... more

• Another head case

  March 17, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  On Page 38 of Charlie Kaufman's script for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" -- which is to say, about a third of the way through the... more

• The writing guru is in

  February 26, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  Where there are people with dreams, there are people with instructional books. In Los Angeles, the number of people with workshops, classes... more

• Writer on film: That's me up there!

  March 23, 2003

  From Los Angeles Times

  "For the very nicest thing Hollywood can possibly think of to say to a writer is that he is too good to be only a writer." -- Raymond Chandler... more

• A few issues to work through

  January 12, 2003

  From Los Angeles Times

  The funniest line in "Adaptation," the still-resonating black comedy starring Nicolas Cage as tormented screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, isn... more

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