Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut with this comedy starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, and Michelle Williams. Hoffman stars as theater director Caden Cotard, a man whose talent takes him from upstate New York to the Great White Way, but the transition isn't an easy one. Kaufman was the mind behind such original fare as ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and ADAPTATION, so film fans are sure to see something innovative with SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK.

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Synecdoche, New York marked the directorial debut of iconoclastic, cerebral screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Caden Cotard, an eccentric playwright who lives with artist Adele Lack (Catherine Keener) and their daughter Olive in Schenectady, upstate New York. Prone to neuroses, misgivings and enormous self-doubt, Caden also begins suffering from accelerated physical deterioration - from blood in his stools to disfigured skin. Upon receiving a prestigious MacArthur grant, Caden decides to use the money to concoct one gigantic play as an analogue of his own life; he builds massive sets am...
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id a New York City warehouse, casts others as his friends, family and acquaintances, and casts others to play the ones he's casting. After Adele whisks Olive off to Europe but demonstrates no sign of returning soon, Caden drifts into a series of relationships with lovers - first with box office employee Hazel (Samantha Morton), who purchases and moves into a house that is perpetually on fire; then with Tammy (Emily Watson), an actress assigned to play Hazel in the theatrical project; and subsequently with others. Unfortunately, the play itself grows so big and unwieldy - and rehearsals go on for so long, taking literally decades - that it becomes unclear if the production itself will ever launch.
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Theaterregisseur Caden is druk bezig enkele lastige zaken in zijn leven op orde te krijgen. Zo probeert hij een levensechte replica van New York voor zijn nieuwste theaterproductie te realiseren, de diverse vrouwen in zijn leven onder controle te houden en op het einde van de dag alles te bespreken (waaronder de reden waarom hij denkt dat hij sterft) met zijn therapeute.

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