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With Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson

Lauren Laverne talks to Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson about their stop-motion film Anomalisa.

Charlie Kaufman - the Oscar-winning writer responsible for Eternal Sunshine, Adaptation, and Being John Malkovich - talks to Lauren about his latest project, the stop-motion film Anomalisa. He is joined by his co-director, Duke Johnson, whose work with Adult Swim and the much-loved US TV series, Community, made him the ideal candidate to help realise Kaufman's first foray into animation.

Based around a motivational speaker struggling with the mundanity of his existence, Anomalisa sees Kaufman share directing duties with stop-motion specialist, Duke Johnson, for a characteristically left field love story. Working with just three voice actors, Kaufman adapted the story from his own radio play. The resulting film is hilarious, unsettling, and deeply unsettling - everything we've come to expect from one of the most idiosyncratic voices in modern cinema.

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Thu 3 Mar 201610:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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  • Morrissey

    Suedehead

    • HMV.

  • New Order

    Singularity

    • Mute Records.

  • M83

    Do It, Try It’ (Näive)

  • Groove Armada

    I See You Baby

    • Pepper.

  • Poliça

    Wedding

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Lush

    Out Of Control

    • Blind Spot.
    • Edamame Records.

  • Cody ChesnuTT

    That's Still Mama

  • Steve Mason

    Planet Sizes

    • Double Six Records.

  • Barry Louis Polisar

    All I Want Is You

  • Joni Mitchell

    Little Green

  • Tom Waits

    You Can Never Hold Back Spring

  • Donna Summer

    Spring Affair

  • Biz Markie

    Spring Again

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • ELO - Out Of The Blue.
    • Jet.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Freddie's Dead

    • Castle Communications.

  • Tricky

    Beijing To Berlin

    • K7 Records.

  • NZCA LINES

    Chemical Is Obvious

    • Memphis Industries.

  • The “5” Royales

    Don't Give No More Than You Can Take

  • James

    Nothing But Love

    • BMG.

  • Bird Dog

    The Ocean & The Sea

  • Them

    Gloria

    • POLYDOR.

  • White Denim

    Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah)

    • Downtown Records.

  • Karl Blau

    Fallin' Rain

    • Bella Union.

  • Beirut

    Perth

    • 4AD.

  • YILA

    Overload

  • The Stranglers

    Strange Little Girl

    • Liberty.

  • DJ Shadow

    The Number Song

    • Mowax.

  • Chromatics

    Girls Just Want To Have Fun

  • Jamie xx

    SeeSaw (feat. Romy)

    • Young Turks.

  • Sex Pistols

    Pretty Vacant

    • Virgin.

  • Iggy Pop

    Break Into Your Heart

    • Caroline International.

  • The Coral

    Simon Diamond (Live at Maida Vale 2nd March 2016)

  • Kurt Vile

    Lost My Head There

    • Matador Records.

  • School of Seven Bells

    Confusion

    • Full Time Hobby.

  • Babybird

    Candy Girl

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Mar 201610:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music