After a screening in Copenhagen, the team behind the new documentary Thank You Very Much discuss their portrait of a deeply complex man with boundlessly creative ideas
After spending years in the company of Kaufman making the film, Braverman feels that maybe the question of – who is the real Andy – is actually back to front. “Whenever people talk about Andy, they always bring up this idea that he never really broke character,” he says. “But something that really blew me away while making this film is that I came to feel like the majority of us are actually the ones who are trapped in a character.
Because if you behave in a certain way that’s considered out of character you’ll have problems. What’s really beautiful about Andy is that he did have all of these avenues to be all these various versions of himself. I think that’s fearless.” Despite being loaded with humour and bursting with Kaufman’s vast idiosyncrasies, Thank You Very Much is also a deeply moving portrait of a complex man with boundless creative ideas who died far too young. “I cry every time I watch the film,” says Safdie.
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