Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut is exactly what you would expect from him considering his writing work in the past (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Yet, this in no way pigeonholes him because he can present such a uniquely bizarre film like this and successfully pull it off too. Casting Philip Seymour Hoffman in the lead works perfectly. You can't help but love him as his life falls apart literally and figuratively. This film is pretty depressing but in the we-all-die-someday-realization sort of depressing, which is more honest I think.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut is exactly what you would expect from him considering his writing work in the past (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Yet, this in no way pigeonholes him because he can present such a uniquely bizarre film like this and successfully pull it off too. Casting Philip Seymour Hoffman in the lead works perfectly. You can't help but love him as his life falls apart literally and figuratively. This film is pretty depressing but in the we-all-die-someday-realization sort of depressing, which is more honest I think.
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