Rightio, I've always been a bit vague about this, but actually it's not that complicated. Charlie Kaufman has written a bunch of films but only directed one before: Being John Malkovich and Adaptation (both dir. Spike Jonze), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (dir. Michel Gondry), Synecdoche, New York (the one that he also directed). Anyhow, Anomalisa worked for me and I'm very glad that I didn't know anything about it going in other than Kaufman, puppets and JJL - it felt real (reality <--> perception), Hotel Fregoli metaphorical site/syndrome and all, and I liked the kind-of coda of Lisa's letter (which was in her own voice and not Tom Noonan's, right?).
(w/ Daniel L and David)
(w/ Daniel L and David)
