{"id":120,"date":"2009-05-21T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T12:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electricsheepmagazine.wordpress.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2014-09-07T05:29:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T04:29:40","slug":"im-ready-for-my-close-up-charlie-kaufman-bringing-interior-worlds-to-the-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2009\/05\/im-ready-for-my-close-up-charlie-kaufman-bringing-interior-worlds-to-the-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio: Charlie Kaufman"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2779\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/kaufman.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[120]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/kaufman-594x397.jpg\" alt=\"kaufman,\" width=\"594\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/kaufman-594x397.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/kaufman-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/kaufman.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Kaufman directs Robin Weigert in Synecdoche, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifilondontv.com\/audio\/realitycheck_genre_summer09.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\"><\/a> Alex Fitch talks to screenwriter Charlie Kaufman about his new film <em>Synecdoche, New York<\/em>, the challenges of directing his own script, working with Spike Jones and Michel Gondry on his previous screenplays <em>Being John Malkovich<\/em> and <em>Human Nature<\/em> and issues of post-modernism and magical realism in his work. 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