The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman

From the Academy Award--winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Academy Award--nominated Adaptation (2002) to the cult classic Being John Malkovich (1999), writer Charlie Kaufman is widely admired for his innovative, philosophically resonant films. Although he only recently made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York (2008), most fans and critics refer to "Kaufman films" the way they would otherwise discuss works by directors Woody All

Author: David Larocca
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/23/2019
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780813176215

About the Author

David LaRocca has edited three books on film and media -- The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman, The Philosophy of War Films, and The Philosophy of Documentary Film: Image, Sound, Fiction, Truth -- and is the author or editor of a half-dozen more volumes. He has taught philosophy and cinema, and held visiting positions at Binghamton, Cornell, Cortland, Harvard, Ithaca College, and Vanderbilt.

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