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Made by Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York is a difficult yet wonderful film about the strangeness of existence. We look back ...
Which themes are best portrayed in each film? Was Synecdoche simply a literal re-imagining of 8½? Pardon the inevitable philosophy and psychoanalysis, but stick with me. I promise it'll be worth it.
Here's something that should interest most hardcore cinephiles. The first trailer for Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut titled Synecdoche, New York has debuted on Yahoo. The film stars Philip ...
Naturally, watching Synecdoche, New York is like experiencing all the bad days of a wasted life compounded into two and a half relentless hours — which is not to say it’s not funny, just that it’s the ...
“Synecdoche, New York” is a “typical” Kaufman movie in its bone-deep eccentricity; here, Philip Seymour Hoffman portrays a man who attempts to offer the ultimate theater experience.
Synecdoche, New York: Black comedy. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener and Emily Watson. Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. (R. 124 minutes ...
Like that film, Synecdoche is a partly confessional, partly satirical investigation into the creative process—and the notion (or the absurdity thereof) that art can lead to understanding.
Synecdoche, New York is anchored by the always remarkable Hoffman as upstate New York regional theatre director Caden Cotard, whose marriage, relationships, home, and health are all seemingly ...
I think you have to see Charlie Kaufman‘s “Synecdoche, New York” twice. I watched it the first time and knew it was a great film and that I had not mastered it. The second time because I needed to.
"It's hard to introduce Charlie" (Kaufman), said "Synecdoche, New York" star Catherine Keener. "He's like describing a dream and trying to put it into words. You have to experience it. Like his ...