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Loading... Synecdoche, New York [2008 film]by Charlie Kaufman
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Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He instructs each to live out their constructed lives in a small mockup of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off track. His daughter, Olive, is growing up under questionable guidance. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Claire into the ground. His daughter, Ariel, is mentally handicapped. He steadily blurs the line between the world of the play and that of his own deteriorating reality. As he pushes the limits of his relationships, both personally and professionally, a change in creative direction arrives in Millicent Weems, a celebrated theater actress who may offer Caden the break he needs. No library descriptions found. |
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Strange on a level that's strange relative to other Charlie Kaufman movies. Usually when a movie is described as having "dream logic," it's code for saying they do whatever arbitrary, surreal nonsense seemed like a good idea at the time. But with this movie, it actually does use dream logic. I don't always know what's literally going on, but still at any point I could pause it and explain what's happening, and why.
Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: A
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 3.8/4 ( )