{"id":24935,"date":"2016-03-23T10:18:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T10:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=24935"},"modified":"2022-03-19T20:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T20:16:56","slug":"skwigly-podcast-anomalisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/skwigly-podcast-anomalisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Skwigly Podcast: Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson (&#8216;Anomalisa&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/254394101\/download?client_id=02gUJC0hH2ct1EGOcYXQIzRFU91c72Ea\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24939 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/skwigly46-380x380.jpg\" alt=\"skwigly46\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcasts\/skwigly-animation-podcast-46\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest episode<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skwigly Animation Podcast<\/a> we welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/anomalisa-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson<\/a>, directors of the stunning stop-motion feature film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/anomalisa-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anomalisa<\/a><\/em>, currently out in UK cinemas. Kaufman, a well-established and respected screenwriter whose filmography includes <em>Being John Malkovich<\/em>, <em>Adaptation<\/em>, <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em> and his directorial debut <em>Synecdoche New York<\/em>, originally created the story of <em>Anomalisa<\/em> as an avant-garde stage play, later approached by animation producer <span class=\"st\">Dino Stamatopoulos<\/span> to develop it as a stop-motion animation. Paired with Duke Johnson, whose own work includes the acclaimed <em>Community<\/em> animated special as well as work on the TV series <em>Moral Orel<\/em> and <em>Mary Shelley&#8217;s Frankenhole<\/em>, the boldly-realised <em>Anomalisa<\/em> has been met with near-universal praise and stands out as one of the most fascinating animation projects of the last year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anomalisa trailer - in cinemas nationwide from 11 March 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Qnc0-2VLMI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also discussed in this episode are the recent British Animation Awards, slightly-less-disappointing new <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> footage, the strange familiarity of the latest <em>Powerpuff Girls<\/em> iteration and &#8216;that&#8217; British Airways video. Stream the latest episode below or <a href=\"https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/254394101\/download?client_id=02gUJC0hH2ct1EGOcYXQIzRFU91c72Ea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F254394101&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p>To catch up on the podcast so far be sure to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcasts section<\/a> of the site and, so as not to miss out on any future episodes, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/skwigly\/id545949409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest episode of the Skwigly Animation Podcast we welcome Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, directors of the stunning stop-motion feature film Anomalisa, currently out in UK cinemas. 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