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Charlie Kaufman

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Screenwriter and filmmaker referenced as representing weighty, subversive themes in populist cinema during his heyday

Mentions (7)
"Felt like the closest thing I've seen to it is *I'm Thinking of Ending Things*, since Kaufman often deals with similar themes and anxieties. The fear of living a life wasted and a vague desire for inhabiting some other version of one's own self. The difference is that Kaufman is actually a decent wr"
I Saw the TV Glow is one of the worst movies I've ever watched · u/loves2spwg · ↑272 · 2025-01-17
"I don't care if films operate under the logic of the real world, and I like the surrealism/magical realism of people like Lynch, Kaufman and Apichatpong, but I tend to check out whenever I sense that a piece of media needs me to pay attention to its 'worldbuilding' at the start."
"Most populist blockbusters don't dare to be this subversive and artsy. The 'Barbie' brand is just a Trojan horse for the weightiest themes at the multiplex since Charlie Kaufman's heyday."
Barbie is good for cinema · u/deepad9 · ↑36 · 2023-07-25
"I've seen these terms used to critique art, ranging from Charlie Kaufman's films, to Donald Glover's work, to Bjork's music, to high fashion shows, to minimalist paintings of a red square sold for millions of dollars, plays like Waiting for Gadot, and so on."
"This archetype was brilliantly satirized in Charlie Kaufman's book Antkind, and I find it to be more an more accurate the more I meet neurotic academics."
Humanities people are unbearable · u/secretguy110 · ↑167 · 2024-05-29
"The 'Barbie' brand is just a Trojan horse for the weightiest themes at the multiplex since Charlie Kaufman's heyday."
Barbie is good for cinema · u/deepad9 · ↑36 · 2023-07-25
"I've seen these terms used to critique art, ranging from Charlie Kaufman's films, to Donald Glover's work, to Bjork's music"
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