filmbrain.com - 11/16/2008
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Why couldn't the world that concerns us be a fiction? And if somebody asked, "but to be a fiction there surely belongs an author?" -- couldn't one answer simply, why? Doesn't this "belongs" perhaps belong to the fiction, too? -Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil ...
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Links for the Day (November 16th, 2008)
The House Next Door —
... 1. Bookending Synecdoche on Links today. First, Filmbrain with "The Life of the Mind: On Synecdoche, New York (Part 1)." Bring us Part 2 soon, my friend! ...
Synecdoche Review (plus)
The Listening Ear —
... a blueprint. Kaufman has always packed in his literary allusions, almost as tight as Eliot and company. That might make a subject for a post... But not this one. No: because while I enjoyed the film enough, I didn't find it to be anything special - clever, a bit obvious, a bit of a gimmick. The odd thing is, the more praise I read for the film, the less I liked it. And I saw a lot more praise than abuse, from all over the place - Ebert, Walter Chaw - and most of all, Filmbrain - twice! Maybe that will change - the film will go into wider release and start ...
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 45 - Movies That Changed The Way You Live (GUEST: Dan Trachtenberg)
/Film —
... joins us for a discussion about video games as art. A big thanks to Josh for sending in the best e-mail we’ve ever received, and also thanks to all the /Filmcast listeners who sent in e-mails about Synecdoche, New York. Be sure to check out Filmbrain’s spectacular essays on the film, part 1 and ...
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