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State of Mind: FFC Interviews "Synecdoche, New York" writer-director Charlie Kaufman
State of Mind: FFC Interviews "Synecdoche, New York" writer-director Charlie Kaufman
October 26, 2008 | I meet Charlie Kaufman in a dark little passage beneath Denver's Hotel Monaco, both of us surveying a spread of cold-cuts and a nice salad of greens and gorgonzola on the final day of a gruelling month-long junket in support of Kaufman's new film and hyphenate debut, ...
Could Synecdoche, New York Be the Worst Movie Ever? Yes! | The New York Observer
observer.com — Running Time 124 minutes Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle... Williams, Emily Watson, Samantha Morton, Dianne Wiest The word of the week is contrast. Decorating the top of the cake: a ... (more) Could Synecdoche, New York Be the Worst Movie Ever? Yes! ...
Movie Review | 'Synecdoche, New York': Dreamer, Live in the Here and Now
Movie Review | 'Synecdoche, New York': Dreamer, Live in the Here and Now
movies.nytimes.com — To say that Charlie Kaufman’s “Synecdoche, New York” is one of the best films of the year... is such a pathetic response to its soaring ambition that I might as well pack it in right now. > (more) Movie Review | 'Synecdoche, New York': Dreamer, Live in ...
You Say Synecdoche: Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York
You Say Synecdoche: Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York
greencine.com — By Jonathan Marlow [and his id] "There is little precedent, cinematic or otherwise, for Synecdoche, New York... ," writes Michael Joshua Rowin in the L Magazine . "Sure, early on in his directorial debut, maestro screenwriter Charlie ... (more) You Say Synecdoche: Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York
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Whoa is Me Redux
The Film Freak Central Blog — ... the way; surprised no one got the third one, since I assume the film is quite popular around here as an '80s horror movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis. (I hadn't seen it, ironically, until excerpts from it in the terrific Aussie exploitation doc Not Quite Hollywood inspired me to rectify the situation. Truthfully? I was kinda disappointed, especially as an ardent fan of Richard Franklin's other Hitchcock shrine, Psycho II .) One other bit of business before I scram: Walter Chaw's interview with Charlie Kaufman just went up at the mothersite, and I'm tempted to say it's the ...

Links for the Day (October 28th, 2008)
The House Next Door — 1. At his new site Hollywood and Fine, Marshall Fine reviews Dear Zachary. And House contributor Fernando Croce plays catch-up with two columns: the first on Miracle at St. Anna, Towelhead, and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist; the second on W., Rachel Getting Married, and Body of Lies. ["Kurt Kuenne’s “Dear Zachary: A Letter to A Son About His Father” is the most shattering documentary since “Capturing the Friedmans.” Kuenne takes an intensely personal topic and pulls the audience in, ...

The Trim Bin #73
Cinevistaramascope — - A must-read: Walter Chaw's interview with Charlie Kaufman, who articulates (better than I could hope to) about a dozen things I've been thinking/feeling/worrying about lately. I've talked to people who've loved everything Kaufman has done and hated Synecdoche, New York, so I really have no idea what to expect, ...

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