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Kaufman's next film

I love Charlie Kaufman. Who doesn't? Adapation, Eternal Sunshine, Being John Malkovich, and Human Nature are all brilliant or hilarious in their own way. But what's he up to next? According to this revealing article he has a new movie ready to be shot - entitled Synecdoche, New York. Aside from the fact that the article puts the movie on such a high pedestal that it sounds like the greatest thing since film was invented it puts forth the fact that Kaufman is set to direct the film himself, as Spike Jonze is off in Australia shooting Where The Wild Things Are. Will a Kaufman directed movie be as brilliant as a Kaufman written / director collaboration film? More brilliant? Total self-indulgent? Only one way to find out...