Screenwriters' Lectures: Charlie Kaufman

The art of failure championed by the writer of Adaptation, Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Writer and one-man genre, Charlie Kaufman, speaks lyrically about the art of introspection and failure. Critiquing a culture of mass-production and how it has spilled over not only into the creative mindset but that of the world at large, he calls for the death of conformity by originality and risk, all in the cause of artistic liberation.

A writer whose name has become something of a genre, Charlie Kaufman speaks lyrically about the art of introspection and failure. Critiquing a culture of mass-production and how it has spilled over not only into the creative mindset but to the mindset of the world at large, he implores for a resistance to conformity and to celebrate the differences between people. He provides a call to arms for originality and risk in the cause of artistic liberation.