Writer Kaufman brings directing debut to Cannes (Reuters)

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Reuters - Few filmmakers have earned the label "auteur" more quickly than Charlie Kaufman, and even fewer have gained it without having directed a feature. [link]

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Hollywood Reporter Talks to Mr. Kaufman
Published 5/19/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
... Charlie Kaufman gets to chatter away in this Q&A about his new movie Synecdoche, which will screen for all at Cannes later in the week. So what’s it about? Well, you know, it’s a simple story really: ...

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