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Lev in Charlie Kaufman's Brain. By Way of Toronto.
Film Experience Blog — ... What's more important is Synecdoche, New York. Unfortunately, I'm not a gifted enough writer to properly explain why I believe that the new Charlie Kaufman picture is a masterpiece. For the first hour or so, it's the most outlandish, irreverent insanity I've ever seen. I was rolling in my seat in hysterics. Then it takes a turn and well, I truly can't properly describe the power of the last 30-40 minutes. It's like watching a genius' head put up on the screen for all to see. The amount of ideas to take in is astonishing. ...

Toronto 2008 Day 7 - Day 10: Final Wrap-Up and Recap!
FirstShowing.net — ... Synecdoche, New York - I can't write a review because I'm so confused by what I saw. I don't know what happened, I don't understand any of the themes, and I'm still trying to process the entire thing while attempting to figure out what actually took place. Charlie Kaufman might be called brilliant but also complex. ...

Must Watch: Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York Trailer
FirstShowing.net — ... Synecdoche, New York stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a theater director named Caden Cotard, whose life in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife Adele has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive with her. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his body’s autonomic functions. Worried about the transience of his life, he moves his theater company to a warehouse in New York City. He directs them in a celebration of the ...

One Final Synecdoche, New York Poster
FirstShowing.net — ... is both written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, who is making his directorial debut after writing such screenplays as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Adaptation, and Being John Malkovich. This film first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and went on to play at the Toronto Film Festival as well. Sony Pictures Classics is distributing the film and will be premiering it in limited theaters starting on ...

Synecdoche, New York - Fabulous One Sheet
Row Three — ... [image] One of the challenging delights in store for fall moviegoers is Charlie Kaufman ’s directorial debut: Synecdoche, New York (the word is pronounced si-nek’-do-kee and ...

Charlie Kaufman's Own Introspective on Making Sense of Synecdoche, New York
FirstShowing.net — ... At this point I've done my job - I've given you a glimpse into the mind of Charlie Kaufman and introduced you to some of the dynamics within Synecdoche, New York. The next step: see the film and start some discussion. You'll be even more confused trying to figure it out before you've even seen it. It's a good film, there's no question about that, it's just a matter of interpreting it (if you so choose) or at least making some sense of it. To leave you with one last little bit of wisdom to go into the film with, I'll turn to Kaufman one more time (via ...

Movie Review - 'Synecdoche, New York'
Get The Big Picture — ... Many of us have long admired Charlie Kaufman's writing; his scripts for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are among the best and most original in the past quarter century or more. All three have been given Academy Award nominations, and Eternal Sunshine won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar a few years ago. ...

Synecdoche, New York
karlhungus.com — ... Charlie Kaufman is a genius. I felt it was important to start of this review with that statement. I really do think he is a man of extraordinary talent. He is one of the few film-makers whose name guarantees a film bursting with originality, intelligence and humour. From the brilliant post-modern weirdness of Being John Malkovich to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (my favourite film of the last decade for being so emotionally engaging, technically dazzling and truly unique) his films stick out like a sore thumb in Hollywood, ...

Trailer - Paul Giamatti as Himself in the Kaufman-esque 'Cold Souls'
Get The Big Picture — ... . This is a very Kaufman-esque idea. Actually, it's kind of like two Charlie Kaufman ideas, Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ...

UK DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Monday 12th October 2009
FILMdetail — ... (Revolver): Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut (pronounced “Syn-ECK-duh-kee”) is so Kaufman-esque that it takes his ideas to another level of strangeness. The story centres around theatre director Caden Cotard ( ...

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