Join us on the 7 ½ floor as we take the portal into Charlie Kaufman's mind. Explore the desire to be someone else in BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, hold on as we let go with ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, and find the truth behind the Kaufman Conspiracies. This is an episode you won’t pay a doctor to help you forget.
00:00 - INTRO - The Kaufman Conspiracy behind Christopher Nolan and the show Friends.
10:21 - BEING JOHN MALKOVICH - The portal in Malkovich’s was a prescient vision of the social media landscape.
27:55 - OUR FAVORITE PUPPETS - They scared as children and we love them for it.
31:00 - HUMAN NATURE / CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND / ADAPTATION
38:57 - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF A SPOTLESS MIND - Is our former love for this film a fantasy or reality?
01:01:53 - DOOMED ROMANCES - We love watching their on screen heartache.
01:03:36 - OUTRO - Come back next week for unadulterated Charlie as he takes on directorial duties.
Films Featured
Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, Adaptation
The Crying Game, Ace Ventura, Burn After Reading, The Dark Crystal, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Aliens, The NeverEnding Story, Mandy, Garden State, 500 Days Of Summer, The Science Of Sleep, Anomalisa, Synecdoche New York, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Blue Valentine, Never Let Me Go, Up In The Air, Nocturnal Animals, Vanilla Sky, Brokeback Mountain, Babyteeth, The Devil All The Time, Insomnia, Orlando, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
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Recorded October, 2020
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