In the 99th episode of The Shiterion Collection, the hosts discuss the Charlie Kaufman film Human Nature, released in 2001. The list of names involved in creating the film consists of many of the most talented people ever to exist in the film industry– including director Michel Gondry, Academy Award-winning actors Tim Robbins and Patricia Arquette, and Spike Jonze as a producer. Despite a zany plot, an A-list cast (with cameos from Hilary Duff, Peter Dinklage, and Rosie Perez) and a heady philosophical message, the film was unsuccessful at the box office and unpopular with critics. Eighteen years later, the Shiterion hosts discuss the vibrant, whimsical, beautiful and sad worlds of both Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry, the film’s bigger messages on human evolution and ecology, and, as Roger Ebert put it: “the film’s screwball charm”. 

If you can’t find the film at your local video store (support physical media!), its available to purchase on iTunes.

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