Variety’s Artisans web series visited Starburns Industries where Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa was made to get in on the inner workings of how a character is sculpted for a nuanced, layered, complex dramedy.
They chatted with sculptor Carol Koch and, as you might imagine, there was a great, insightful collaboration between her and Kaufman & Johnson.
Already, Anomalisa is racking up awards buzz before its hit limited release.
As you might know by now, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s latest film takes stop motion animation to a whole new level by making an all out dramedy.
The subtlety involved in such a project is staggering as is showcased in this behind-the-scenes featurette.
If you’re already hooked, fortunately, you won’t have to wait to much longer to see it as Anomalisa will start playing in select cities on Dec. 30th.
It may not be a lot, but Anomalisa racked up 4 nominations.
Thought provoking dramas comprise the majority of this year’s field of nominees at The Film Independent Spirit Awards with such excellent entries as Spotlight and Diary of a Teenage Girl.
However, comedies, albeit thought provoking ones, found their way in.
Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa, which we have only heard praise for, is up for Best Feature, Best Director (w/Duke Johnson), Best Screenplay, and Best Female Lead (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
The brilliant Swedish existential comedy A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence from Roy Andersson is up for Best International Film.
You can the rest of the nominees here.
Hopefully, either or both will take home a statue to offer something not so sobering in the field of winners. The ceremony takes places at the end of February next year.
It’s been far too long since we’ve seen some of Charlie Kaufman’s work on the big screen (2008 to be exact) and it’s been a long time coming since we saw Kaufman’s latest movie, Anomalisa, get a nice chunk of change on Kickstarter.
After heaps and heaps of praise at festivals, there’s a full trailer that you can and should watch now. It’ll probably change the way you view stop motion animation from now on.
Look for Anomalisa in limited release on Dec. 30th, then wider release come January 2016.
(via Deadline)
Anomalisa is set for a limited theatrical release on Dec. 30th.
What started as a stop motion that received a whole lot of love on Kickstarter has gotten a whole lot of love on the film festival circuit.
The brilliant Charlie Kaufman wrote and co-directed, with Starburns Industries’ Duke Johnson, Anomalisa, which Paramount Pictures has acquired while at the Toronto International Film Festival for distribution very soon.
So, come Christmas time, we’ll get to see both Star Wars and Kaufman’s vision of “a man crippled by the mundanity of his life”. Sounds pretty great to us.