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Went for a play at the Uni theatre called 'Kaufmanesque' about a demented Charlie Kauffman fan trying to kill his hero.
South park, Kevin Costner and other pressing matters... Minzo 2005
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Went for a play at the Uni theatre called 'Kaufmanesque' about a demented Charlie Kauffman fan trying to kill his hero.
Archive 2005-02-01 Minzo 2005
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Being @Don_Draper and its Kaufmanesque cohorts are entry points to the future of storytelling.
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Being @Don_Draper and its Kaufmanesque cohorts are entry points to the future of storytelling.
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Is the whole thing some elaborate, Kaufmanesque hoax: Phoenix and Affleck's attempt to escape the straitening vacuity of 21st century Hollywood cinema?
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Part Andy Kaufmanesque (or should we start saying Joaquin Phoenixesque?) hoax and part Internet meme, the group stormed into the collective conscious earlier this year with rapid-fire raps about ninjas and Zef -- a slang term for "the ultimate style" -- and a music video with a supposed interview on their origins and a now-infamous slow motion shot focusing on, ahem, a pair of Pink Floyd-emblazoned boxers.
Hot tickets: Die Antwoord, Guided by Voices, Seth Meyers 2010
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"Jacksonisms" like the word "Kaufmanesque"... that pains me to type from his earlier films, for example the sex scene between the girl who wasn't Winslett and that guy.
The First Five Minutes of Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones | /Film 2010
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The best birthday present our president could receive today would be if Orly Taitz, Queen Bee of Birferstan, were to appear at the White House and announce that her entire months-long legal crusade against him was simply an elaborate piece of Kaufmanesque performance art, followed by a Marilyn Monroe-style rendition of "Happy Birthday, Mr. President."
Happy birthday, Mr. President Johnny Pez 2009
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Good for Kaufman that his films have been so original that similar stories can be deemed "Kaufmanesque."
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"Every submission I get is 'We have a Charlie Kaufmanesque movie for you.'"
Charlie Kaufman: Hollywood's Brainiest Screenwriter Pleases Crowds by Refusing to Please Jason Tanz 2008
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