Excited by the idea of a possible Kaufman-created TV series? Ben Child is the rain on your parade. Or at least a light mist. He offers some thoughts and cautionary words on the prospect of a show run by Charlie.

It sounds like an intriguing prospect. A Kaufman TV show might be the most curious project to arrive on the small screen since David Lynch's Twin Peaks, and it's certainly true that the television market – particularly in the States – has opened up in the past decade: The Wire for instance, with its majority African American cast, scoreless episodes and slow-paced, abrasive storylines, might not have been made in the 1990s. Yet I have a terrible feeling that Kaufman would not find the challenges of his new milieu any easier to negotiate than the old.

The nascent film-maker hints in the London Paper interview that his original ending for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was far darker than the denouement which made the final cut of Michel Gondry's film. "When I watch a movie that's happy I feel ­alienated because it's garbage or a lie, and I feel isolated or lonely," he says. "I just wanted to be as honest as I know [with Synecdoche]." This is all very well, but imagine a Kaufman TV show based on these uncompromising principles, and perhaps with Synecdoche's narrative unorthodoxies in place. Fans would no doubt seek it out on DVD, just as they have made their way to cinemas to see his new film. But to achieve decent ratings, the film-maker would also need to produce something that appealed to the casual viewer. (Source)

I don't know. Given the crap that's all over TV at the moment, anything by Charlie is bound by percentages to be more interesting. On the other hand, some of what's on TV is better and more creative than what's on the big-screen. And like I said before, if he went to HBO, things could be cool.

Or here's a thought: what if Charlie turned his hand to creating some version of a reality TV show? What would that be like, eh?

Thanks to Nathaniel!