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Uploaded on Oct 23, 2008

Screenwriter/director Charlie Kaufman discusses his latest film Synecdoche, New York, the differences between writing films vs. theater, and offers words of encouragement for writers who want to tell stories outside the Hollywood norm.

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  • SkyFace Bear

    Synecdoche was freaking amazing, it threw me into an existential depression!

    :D

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  • Conway Kelly

    Synecdoche..... definitely in the top ten most brilliant films ever made!!

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  • Lance Turner

    I love him.

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  • sam smith

    How about talking about the blacklisting of screenwriters?

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  • ajaakola

    It's been so long since I've been in grade school that I've forgotten the rebuttal for this insult. Was it, "Go fornicate yourself?" No, that's not it. Was it, "Consume genitalia?" No... Oh, that's right! It was "NO, YOU ARE!" ps God Bless You

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  • rousseau2020

    You're ugly.

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  • ajaakola

    Okay. Well you just "wrote" something so you must be ugly? Useless comments!

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  • bbone610

    Charlie, if you're reading this....people are afraid of you because if you get your way, you're going to put a lot of people out of jobs. You are a genius. I'm your fan, through and through.

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  • bbone610

    Synecdoche........

    you understand.

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  • rousseau2020

    Writers are so ugly.

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  • Gerard Calloway

    Agreed. What's your rank of the top ten?

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