DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP RECAP: ANOMALISA’S CHARLIE KAUFMAN AND DUKE JOHNSON EXPLORE HEARTBREAK IN MINIATURE1 min read

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It’s been a remarkable year for independent movies overall, but no film this awards season was quite as unusual as Anomalisa-Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s adults-only, stop-motion animated exploration of loneliness and existential crisis. Anomalisa’s unique journey from stage play to multiple Film Independent Spirit Award nominated tour de force was the focus of Film Independent’s second 2016 Directors Close-Up panel, held February 10 at the Landmark in Los Angeles.

Moderator Jason Segel returned to the stage for his second DCU panel in as many weeks, following his turn as panelist on February 3’s discussion of The End of the Tour. Anomalisa co-directors Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman joined Segel, who wasted no time expressing his admiration for the film and its directors, opening the conversation with a question about the movie’s origins. Kaufman, acclaimed screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, explained that the script began in 2005 as a stage play featuring minimalist sets, real-time Foley work and live orchestral accompaniment from Carter Burwell at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

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