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Synecdoche, New York (DVD, 2009)
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SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK focuses on the wiles of Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a regional theatre director who has won a MacArthur grant to help produce his next project. Cotard's artist wife, Adele Lack (Catherine Keener), subsequently departs with their daughter to Berlin, and he begins a flirtation with box office clerk Hazel (Samantha Morton). Much of the movie revolves around Cotard's ambitious next project, based around his life, which is being constructed in an enormous industrial space in New York City. As the years pass and the project is mired in endless rehearsals that replicate Cotard's existence, the tortured director obsesses over Adele, Hazel, his daughter, his health, and myriad other topics.Product Identifiers
ProducerSpike Jonze, Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Sidney Kimmel
EAN5060018490366
eBay Product ID (ePID)72567963
Product Key Features
ActorEmily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Williams, Dianne Wiest, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan, Samantha Morton
Film/TV TitleSynecdoche, New York
DirectorCharlie Kaufman
LanguageEnglish
Run Time119 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2009
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreDrama, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerJon Brion
Additional InformationObsession and identity are recurring themes in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's work, and he draws on them again in his directorial debut, SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK. Kaufman's film focuses on the wiles of Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a regional theatre director who has won a MacArthur grant to help produce his next project. Cotard's artist wife, Adele Lack (Catherine Keener), subsequently departs with their daughter to Berlin, and he begins a flirtation with box office clerk Hazel (Samantha Morton). Much of the movie revolves around Cotard's ambitious next project, based around his life, which is being constructed in an enormous industrial space in New York City. As the years pass and the project is mired in endless rehearsals that replicate Cotard's existence, the tortured director obsesses over Adele, Hazel, his daughter, his health, and myriad other topics.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>The complex and often highly inventive narrative of SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK is typical of Kaufman's screenplays for features such as BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and ADAPTATION. The film draws heavily on the kind of visual trickery that director Spike Jonze has often used in his adaptations of Kaufman's works, and features a strong performance from Hoffman as Cotard. Occasionally the film is abstract and surreal: Hazel lives in a house that is permanently on fire, while the actors Cotard casts in his play often blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Moviegoers will theorize about the true meaning behind Kaufman's feature: it offers no easy answers. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK is a film that requires as much work from its viewers as it does from the resolutely excellent cast that brought it to life, and as the film careers from hilarity to sadness in the blink of an eye, there's little doubt that this is another superlative entry in Kaufman's canon.
ReviewsRolling Stone - Kaufman provides juicy roles for his actors, including Michelle Williams, Dianne Wiest and Tom Noonan, who get caught in the time war as art imitates something resembling existence, Empire - Astonishing. Kaufman has surpassed himself with a film that will delight and confound. You will want to see it again. And Again, New York Times - SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK is as much a cry from the heart as it is an assertion of creative consciousness. It's extravagantly conceptual but also tethered to the here and now..., Uncut - Extraordinary, Los Angeles Times - SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK is beautiful....It makes an irrefutable case for the universality of the individual human experience
ScreenwriterCharlie Kaufman
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleSynecdoche, New York
Director of PhotographyFrederick Elmes
Consumer AdviceContains strong language, sex references and nudity
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- 01 Oct, 2017
Synecdoche Life
It is not a Smash-hit comedy as the cover advertises. It is a Charlie Kaufman film instead. Everytime I watch this film I discover new things and are left reflecting about my own life. Look up the meaning of Synecdoche and you’ll agree that this film attempts exactly this on life. The performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman is captivating and makes this film as special as it is. It is a rollercoaster journey into surrealism that may leave you wondering at first. Watch it twice and it will show you a different face the second time round.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Jun, 2021
Miserable arty angst
There is a reason why budget $20mn/Box Office 4.5mn - it is self-indulgent twaddle that no audience wanted to see. Don't waste your time on it, is my tip.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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