GIFF 2011: Charlie Kaufman master class

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  • Göteborg International Film Festival 2011:
    Master class: Charlie Kaufman
    Moderator: Marit Kapla
    Production: Aveny Production
    www.avenyproduction.se
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  • @Instig8iveJournalism
    @Instig8iveJournalism 12 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I like how the Q&A ended up just being a series of mini counseling sessions between Kaufman and people who are even more nervous than him.

  • @SubActuality
    @SubActuality 13 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    an awkward, halting interview with odd camera work which is nevertheless completely mesmerizing. A perfect fit for Charlie Kaufman!

  • @MrLiam241
    @MrLiam241 12 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    "If what you're doing does not have the possibility of failing then, by definition, you're not doing anything new." I think he says something really valuable at 25:00.

  • @persenaamarit
    @persenaamarit 8 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Kaufman´s writing is unique and so personal. He is showing through his scripts the person who he really is. And that makes him great.

  • @cinemabon
    @cinemabon 11 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    For being someone who is basically shy in public, Kaufman has plenty to say that relates to a wide audience. Whether it is relevant or not, you are loved and admired by many Charlie, including myself.

  • @samus323
    @samus323 13 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    You gave me the courage to major in screenwriting despite my parents discouraging me, Charlie Kaufman. Thank you for everything.

  • @JHallenbeck
    @JHallenbeck 11 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Charlie Kaufman - keeping the side up for awkward & uncomfortable in public writers everywhere!

  • @maulcs
    @maulcs 9 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    He seems more confident with the beard

  • @Twisttheawesome
    @Twisttheawesome 13 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I adore Chalire Kaufman. Still waiting for him to write a cript that isn't about how much he hates himself though.

  • @theactorjohnlarroquette
    @theactorjohnlarroquette 11 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    when she asks what authors he reads, I was like: "hes gonna say kafka, hes gonna say Ionesco" and WHDDYA KNOW?!
    I love it

  • @PogieJoe
    @PogieJoe 12 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This man is one of my heroes. He is absolutely genius. This is an amazing interview. Thanks for uploading!

  • @RikiB004
    @RikiB004 11 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    They both make eachother nervous.

  • @EGarrett01
    @EGarrett01 13 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    @ERoBB1
    I think he was going to say that he didn't like Inception and it wasn't like his work for certain reasons. But he didn't want to publicly bash another movie.
    It's funny that they said Inception was like a Bond premise written by Kaufman...when in actuality I think it's a Kaufman premise written by a Bond writer. I mean it's totally opposite of the way he goes with things and does all the things he says he doesn't like in movies...super-good-looking clean people, perfect romance, etc.

  • @LittleDesertFlower78
    @LittleDesertFlower78 13 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Loved listening to his sweet, awkward, brilliance.. As he humbly discussed writing movies (Being John Malkovich/Adaptation/Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind/etc.) -- Such a wonderfully nerdy/sexy mixture of intelligence, imagination, & wit.. With a heavy serving of unabashed no-bullshit honesty, & 'balls of steel' vulnerability. (To write, & jst 'be', that open & raw & real.. Takes more guts than most folks got.) ♥

  • @iwazused
    @iwazused 12 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "If you know what it is that you're doing and/or you've seen it done before, you're not really doing anything."

  • @nathanhth
    @nathanhth 9 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    You can't over analyze everything. Some times creativity is just spoken and expressed with out really any reason. Even if and when it ends up having a very meaningful result.

  • @BearWindAppleyard
    @BearWindAppleyard 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    love this guy

  • @migol1984
    @migol1984 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Sometimes I watch these interviews and look through the books once again and realize most of my inspiration really often comes from long walks and stimulating music. I often go back and forth between them and have to force myself to just write. Strange how writing something good never happens magically. But I do try to find the magic in letting my creativity and imagination flow without thinking too much. It's an unending loop. Fuck.

  • @KnivesMonroe
    @KnivesMonroe 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The interview starts at 4:15
    Kinda...
    Enjoy!

  • @MehdiHusain
    @MehdiHusain 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Everytime Charlie answers, I get the feeling it's going to end up like in "It's always sunny in Philadelphia" when Dee's standup is filled with micro-vomits.

  • @SamuelDaram
    @SamuelDaram 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thank you so much to 'avenyproduction' for uploading this Charlie Kaufman interview. What I love about this talk is that it is mostly about the processes of writing and directing. Charlie Kaufman rarely gives interviews. So, it is wonderful that this one was filmed for posterity.

  • @klacker47
    @klacker47 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had goosebumps listening to that speech, it think ive listened to it 10 times+ since!

  • @celondelon
    @celondelon 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved his BFI session it was inspiring and insightful everything he says resonates with me.

  • @avidcontententhusiast
    @avidcontententhusiast 12 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    this is so meta, he's playing robert mckee in relation to his own screenwriting ideology(!)

  • @xEaW137
    @xEaW137 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    he's an effin genious!!!!!!

  • @herpderpmonkey
    @herpderpmonkey 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    man, he really is like his Charlie persona on "Adaptation". Genuine writing :)

  • @MattieCooper10000
    @MattieCooper10000 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great question Emma!

  • @UnclePhilTheProducer
    @UnclePhilTheProducer 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i was just about to say that, kaufman's a genius.

  • @jonathansefcik473
    @jonathansefcik473 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That Yogi Bear story was the best, lol

  • @adrianoyorkshire
    @adrianoyorkshire 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    movies are supposed to bring you into all sort of worlds...mainly those which are not that predictable - that's what he means I believe!

  • @gregorygumpas
    @gregorygumpas 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i want a nother movie with euphoric dream scenarios in stead of depressing scary night mare scenarios please thanks from your bigest fan

  • @AndreyEvermore
    @AndreyEvermore 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    great

  • @whiteteethfanatic
    @whiteteethfanatic 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Even at 72 minutes, I wish this was longer :)

  • @SamuelDaram
    @SamuelDaram 12 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Agree. I love the way Charlie Kaufman stayed reticent about his own views on 'Inception' 1:07 I also found 'Inception' wildly over-rated and absurd.

  • @kingcole55
    @kingcole55 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I want to know what happened to these projects he mentions at 45 minutes

  • @BloodyMer
    @BloodyMer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    genius

  • @anthonydc50
    @anthonydc50 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @LoveLuckCouture I think he means when a text displays some sort of objectivity about something that is going on in it, like how in Synecdoche Caden keeps having to change a play about his life in order to reflect his life as it continues outside of the play, i.e. Caden is perpetually trying to 'step outside' of his play, to see it objectively. Hope that makes sense (it was really hard to articulate).

  • @ehhhhhhhhhh
    @ehhhhhhhhhh 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was just thinking this. This is so meta.

  • @TheChuckFactor
    @TheChuckFactor 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd love to see the amusement park ride.

  • @ApoliticalApologist
    @ApoliticalApologist 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's probably my favorite TH-cam comment ever.

  • @linguatonica9782
    @linguatonica9782 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    the mega dis-adapted genius of Charlie Kauffman ,second in negativity only to Harvey "the freak" Pecker from American Splendor, enlightens us with a monster class.Thanks for this video,really loved it

  • @caseyallen11
    @caseyallen11 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Check out the new stop-motion animated project from CHARLIE KAUFMAN, DAN HARMON, and DINO STAMATOPOULOS on Kickstarter: 'Anomalisa'

  • @SpeakLikeAColombian
    @SpeakLikeAColombian 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At first I thought his shyness and his akwardness was a bit false, but my god he is very shy and socially akward. Must have been a real chalenge for him directin Synecdochte NY.

  • @samsdayfuss
    @samsdayfuss 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want him to write a character study starring Charlie Sheen.

  • @joker3411
    @joker3411 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "You know"

  • @omarhiam9656
    @omarhiam9656 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice accent that woman has. And Charlie seems really funny. Good job, @avenyproduction. Thx!

  • @ezrablock3218
    @ezrablock3218 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    dereck0093 years ago
    "He's definitely sweating. :)"
    Eh, maybe a little...

  • @WritersandFilmmakers
    @WritersandFilmmakers 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he is talking about the 'fourth wall' in filmmaking/screenplays and theater. Think about Purple Rose of Cairo, or when John Cusack talks directly to the audience in high fidelity, or Ferris Bueller does the same.

  • @Themonkeymartin
    @Themonkeymartin 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    U' know

  • @Pimp-Master
    @Pimp-Master 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably, but he used many of the same actors that have been on his movies, and he used the same crew as on "Eternal Sunshine..." so that's at least some familiarity.

  • @SamuelDaram
    @SamuelDaram 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As much as I love Charlie Kaufman, I don't get this bit bit 1:08 where he says he writes and directs movies because he has "a mortgage to pay". And he said it in a serious tone. Surely, he must have made enough money to not worry about stuff that unsettles most of us?

  • @ERoBB1
    @ERoBB1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What the fuck was he going to say about Inception??? I can read a thousand things into that reaction.

  • @PabloKMorillo
    @PabloKMorillo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9:45 i've always wondered why that was, interesting explination

  • @JensenVisualEffects
    @JensenVisualEffects 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    :)

  • @MehdiHusain
    @MehdiHusain 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pay attention. Between every answer and every question, listen to the wind in Göteborg.

  • @dereck009
    @dereck009 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's definitely sweating. :)

  • @AlexanderSchollar
    @AlexanderSchollar 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    he wrote inception. i know it. look at him when he hears the question. he doesnt want to rat out chis nolan

  • @chaycollins
    @chaycollins 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    :L his anecdote of yogi bear

  • @ColourForARebel
    @ColourForARebel 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    55:15 . man with overly american accent

  • @froimovi
    @froimovi 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Supernovae04
    i bet you're more socially awkward.

  • @Jantonov1
    @Jantonov1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is a terrible audience. It's so serious. They're not reacting. The poor guy. They're really putting him through the grinder.

    • @roger8654
      @roger8654 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Rockfish they are swedish what do you expect?

  • @TomReeseqazwsx
    @TomReeseqazwsx 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol awkward.

  • @yojoeo9067
    @yojoeo9067 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spectre had some bad romance. To be fair

  • @nickagunter
    @nickagunter 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a part of everyday life. This man's job is to put himself in another person's shoes. It's hard to advocate Republican policies when you can conceptualize being somebody else like that.

  • @HotPocketsBoy
    @HotPocketsBoy 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I kinda disagree with mr. kaufman. aren't movies supposed to bring you into a different world?
    we have enough of reality bashing in our faces already with the news and everyday life.
    the point of a movie is to bring the audience out of there seats into this fantasy world for 2 hours and make them forget about their crummy lives