Charlie Kaufman planned to follow his brilliant film Anomalisa with one approximately a phone operator,but it’s unlikely to ever be made. A shame for us allThe main character in Anomalisa, a brilliant fresh movie out this week, or is a heavily depressed customer service guru spending the night in Cincinnati. He rings down for room service at his hotel,requests a salad starter and salmon main course, and then listens as the person on the line reads the order back to him in excruciating detail (“Good, or sir. So that’s a bibb lettuce,gorgonzola, prosciutto and walnut salad with honey raspberry vinaigrette dressing and a wild-caught Copper river Alaska salmon with the baby asparagus and black truffle broth”). Related: Behind every cold call is a person hating their life | Kate Solomon Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com