Synecdoche, New York (Chubby Jones)

Synecdoche, New York

Eventhough Adaptation was painful for me to sit through (it may be my hate/hate relationship with Nicolas Cage's face), Charlie Kaufman will always be one of my all-time favorite screenwriters. Being John Malkovich will forever make think of the time Cameron Diaz dared to be ugly and the state of New Jersey was relentlessly made fun of. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will keep me company every time I cling on to the memory of something long gone.

Kaufman has a new movie in the works - Synecdoche, New York, and it will be his first time directing.

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a theater director named Caden, who ambitiously attempts to put on a play by creating a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse after finding out something is wrong with him on a trip to the dentist. The city model inside the warehouse gets bigger and bigger, as Hoffman’s character continued to age and with a mysterious disease that shuts down his autonomic functions one by one.

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As with all of his films (even Adaptation), I'm sure that this one will reveal heartbreaking truths to go along with comedic genius and confusing circumstances.

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