Charlie Kaufman Thinks It’s “Disgusting” That Studios Won’t Pay the .026% Fee for Writers

Speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival, Charlie Kaufman weighs in on the WGA strike regarding the dangers of AI on the Hollywood, why he thinks CEO’s are doing damage to the industry and why he made a short film with Samsung.

Variety Lounge presented by Sarajevo Film Festival and BH Telecom

[solidsnake]

He’s just mad he’ll never write a screenplay as good as his brother. The 3 is a masterpiece.

[xam.yo.]

Kaufman is just my favorite screenwriter ever
Love this person so much

[andrewamundson]

“Studio execs don’t do anything — well, they do damage.”

[despotz]

mastermind Kaufman and also a great interviewer from variety, bravo!

[T-sl]

Very informative and interesting, I don't know Charlie's work but I am going to seek it out. Thank you.

[sianspherica]

The man who wrote the utter masterpiece that is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind I will always trust to be right

[dwaynesbadchemicals]

Kudos to a bs channel like Variety to give voice to a true artist.

[berkeskaya]

“I really needed this idea that I am an asshole.” -Charlie Kaufman, 2023

[Technique]

Cinema is dying, art is dead. Now not paying writers is more painful.

[mikegalactic]

His book ANTKIND is a work of genius, seriously.

[aldiergreen]

Impressive how he's able to mantain eye contact with the floor

[waffletube]

I think he’s found his next film; A.I. 2: Artificial Intelligence 2

[privateprivate]

Ai is worse than the end of creativity..
Its the end of peace

[Spix_Weltschmerz-Pucket]

I wish the world could see what I see in Charlie's creation :(

[harshsharma]

Let them hire AI, if it will make garbage then the human writers can charge even more than they do now

[briansimerl]

Big Tech blackboxes the data. Like no soup for you.

[nihalh]

he should learn a thing or two about structure from his mom and his brother.

[nunyanunya]

movies are failing due to 1) over reliance on CGI 2) pandering to EVERY minor demographic 3) no new ideas just steal from the producer's child hood. 4) lacking storyline (see 1 3 and 2 ) 5) over saturation with peacock. hulo, netflix, amazon, ad nosium.

SURE blame the writers.

[imfa-cinema]

To dumb people: "Tarantino is the best writer"

To true cinephiles: "hands down its Charlie Kaufman"

Synecdoche, New York is greatest film of all time, hands-down.

[cornishsea]

😂 "learn to code" or retrain as school drama teacher 🤔