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Links for the Day (October 22nd, 2008)
The House Next Door —
... 1. "Could Synecdoche, New York Be the Worst Movie Ever? Yes!": Sexy Rexy and the Attack of The Monster Kimchi, The Sequel. (Hattip: Andrew Grant, who is currently leading the retaliatory mob to the Observer gates.) ...
Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 17, Week 8
Like Anna Karina's Sweater —
... A quick aside: Though I try to refrain from criticizing other critics, I feel I have to say a few words about Rex Reed's recent "review" (if you can even call it that) of Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York, which appears in The New York Observer under the title Could Synecdoche, New York Be the Worst Movie Ever? Yes! Rex tears into the film for nearly 1000 words, yet not a single sentence can be considered actual film criticism; in fact it's little more than endless name calling. This is the type ...
In Other Blogs: Synecdoche-mania
The Screengrab —
... to film; but they're not put together in any cohesive way. Things are jumbled, uneven. Leaving the theater, I couldn't escape the thought of what would've been if Kauffman had given things more time, allowed the form to unfold itself, gradually over time, so that we feel time slipping away from us as it slips away from Caden, so that the approach of the film's end really is that gradual approach of Death.” (If you want to read a really dissenting view, check out Rex Reed at the Observer, but be sure to wear your hazmat gear.) ...
Screenwriting News & Links! 10/26/08
Mystery Man on Film —
... Rex Reed: Charlie Kaufman. Oy vay. I have hated every incomprehensible bucket of pretentious, idiot swill ever written by this cinematic drawbridge troll. But nothing that has belched forth from his word processor so far—not the abominable Being John Malkovich, the asinine Adaptation (Meryl Streep even worse than in Mamma Mia!), the artery-clogging Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (Chuck Barris from “The Gong Show” a secret operative for the C.I.A.?), not even the jabberwocky of Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless ...
Turn Off at Synecdoche
Bright Lights After Dark —
... - Disease, Decay, and Dying - an inextricable part of all of our lives that we mostly deal with by way of the fourth D - Denial. Thus, even though the film is equally, if not more, concerned with life’s positive aspects - Love and Creation - the way it constantly reminds us of Caden’s and the other characters’ physical vulnerabilities is a turn-off. Indeed, some people are ready to leave the theater after that first shot of the protagonist’s discolored excreta. (See, for example, the hysterical reaction of Mr. Rex Reed.) If anything, reactions to the film demonstrate that, all ...
TV blog: Would a Charlie Kaufman TV series be another Twin Peaks?
Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk —
... on this side of the Atlantic, but even those who found it an awe-inspiring piece of work have remarked upon its unorthodox nature. Some have openly despised its headspinning, despondent storyline. I suspect that a TV equivalent, stretched over, say, 12 episodes, would require a firmer structure to cage its sentiments. Kaufman might find himself able to be less, rather than more indulgent, at a stage when his instincts seem to be telling him exactly the opposite. ...
