1.0 link 103248 <![CDATA["Being John Malkovich" Writer Kaufman Makes Directing Debut]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/23/being-john-malkovich-writ_n_103248.html CANNES, France &mdash; It seems fitting that Charlie Kaufman's directing debut, which offers enough enigmatic ideas to fry viewers' brains, should also come with a title that will twist their tongues.

Kaufman, screenwriter of "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," presented his directing debut Friday at the Cannes Film Festival with "Synecdoche, New York," the tale of a theater director who literally tries to re-create the world in all of its messy, mundane glory.

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