I was thinking after posting Being John Malkovich last night, and I decided that we would dedicate today to being Charlie Kaufman Day! He is one of the most influential writers of our day. His movies usually revolve around real people (Himself-Adaptation, Malkovich-Being John Malkovich, Chuck Barris-Confessions of A Dangerous Mind). He is one of the most inventive writers of all time with some of the most original stories. I give you, Charlie Kaufman. Enjoy!
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (yesterday's script, download from there)
HUMAN NATURE
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
ADAPTATION.
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
SYNECDOCHE, NY
A SCANNER DARKLY (unproduced, 1997)
I knew Richard Linklater wrote and directed A SCANNER DARKLY, but I had no idea Kaufman wrote an early draft of it.
ReplyDeleteI loved that movie. I remember it had a limited release when it came out (no Regal Cinema for that one -- at least not in my city). I can't tell you how many times I've watched it on DVD.
Yea, Kaufman had originally wrote a draft in like 1997 but it didn't go anywhere. I think Linklater took control of it in early 2000s when the project was just dead. Haven't seen it yet and want something good to see. It worth it?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. It's a very cool movie. The "scramble suits" the narcs wear are badass.
ReplyDeleteThen I will go and pick it up today. I've been waiting for a good movie. The last good movie I watched was 21 grams which was awesome.
ReplyDeleteLet me know what you think of it.
ReplyDeleteOk so I watched it earlier today. It took me a little while to get into do to the character drawing effect, but overall I thought it was good. I liked how the drug consumes him. I kinda saw the end of how he was the guy but that was no big deal.
ReplyDeleteAnd yea the scramble suits were badass. I wish those existed in our world today! lol
A friend of mine said the same thing -- he had a difficult time getting into it because of the rotoscoping technique they used.
ReplyDeleteI could be wrong, but I always thought the reason they did that was to allow the viewer to "see" the world through the Substance D abuser's eyes -- this hyper-colored hallucinogenic altered state.
Anyway, I'm glad you liked it.
Oh yea to be honest with you I didnt even think of that. That is a good point though. I thought it could have had something to do with the changing suits and stuff - make it easier on the post prod team
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