After conquering the keyboard, Charlie Kaufman takes on directorial duties, and we suffer through mortality in SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, get lost in the sea of faces in ANOMALISA, and watch our identity fracture into infinity with I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS. If that sounds depressing, don't worry, your hosts, the Maggot-Infested Pig and The Japanese Sex Doll, will help you find the humor in the cosmic joke of existence!
00:00 INTRO - Duncan sees a film in theaters for the first time since Covid!
03:47 SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK - Time flies past you, when you're focused on the potential of a perfect future that may never come.
21:31 ANOMALISA - Find your soulmate! And then lose them after you watch them eat eggs.
27:42 I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS - Has anyone in history ever had an original thought?
39:17 ANT KIND - Charlie writes a book about a failed film critic. This feels personal...
40:44 WRAP UP - Our Top Charlie Films, what else we are watching, and a mental health check in.
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Notes
Listen to our previous episode for more on Charlie’s writing career. Our next episode will be on the films of Chloé Zhao, and the Tilda Swinton episode we referenced will be coming out soon.
All the Films & Filmmakers we mentioned.
Synecdoche New York, Anomalisa, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Tenet, Inception, a serious man, 8 ½, Birdman, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Anti-Christ, Green Room, The Shining, Beast, Hereditary, Parasite, Oklahoma, A Beautiful Mind, A Woman Under The Influence, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Last Of England, A Field In England, Young Adam, Gandhi, Salaam Bombay, Killer Of Sheep, Ash Is Purest White, Isle Of Dogs, Snowpiercer, We Need To Talk About Kevin,
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Recorded October, 2020
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