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Charlie Kaufman's SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK Is "Worth The Price Of Admission"!!

Saw it already. "Masterpiece" may be suitable. by frozenhamster	Oct 6th, 2008 12:45:49 PM
I saw it at TIFF and I came out of it not knowing what I'd just witnessed. It was only upon reflection over hours and days that I realized how truly amazing the film was. I can't wait to see it again and get more out of it.
Cool by the beef	Oct 6th, 2008 12:51:32 PM
Dug the review, and am now more intrigued by it than I was yesterday.
Damn. Finally something I'm excited about... by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	Oct 6th, 2008 12:51:54 PM
Other than Nailin' Palin.
I'm so pleased for Daniel G. Dickblood... by LordPorkington	Oct 6th, 2008 12:58:05 PM
That's all I want in life, for Danny to be happy. Is that really too much to ask? IS IT?
ALL HAIL THE PORK!! by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	Oct 6th, 2008 01:18:18 PM

"this largely underwhelming year." by Scabby	Oct 6th, 2008 01:19:18 PM
Is he referring to his home life because I thought this year kicked some ass at the cinema!
good times by AllieJamison	Oct 6th, 2008 01:33:30 PM
Looking forward to Mori's review and interview.
Kaufman by enderandrew	Oct 6th, 2008 01:43:05 PM
Liked Malkovitch. Didn't like Human Nature. Loved Adaptation. Consider me curious.
love Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine by newc0253	Oct 6th, 2008 01:49:23 PM
Malkovitch was great but i don't love it like i do the others. Ain't seen Human Nature, and get the impression it wasn't worth seeing. Am i wrong?
newc0253 by the beef	Oct 6th, 2008 01:55:37 PM
I think it's worth watching, but is very underwhelming. That being said, I know a few people that couldn't stop laughing while watching it.
I thought by Harold-Sherbort	Oct 6th, 2008 02:19:15 PM
Human Nature was o.k. Repeat viewings made me like it a bit more. And Patricia Arquette is very easy on the eyes....AND THE BONER!! Hey-o!
Such Humble Beginnings: by Aquatarkusman	Oct 6th, 2008 03:15:22 PM
I think he was a staff writer on the short-lived Dana Carvey show, along with Steve Carell, Stephen Colbertm, Louis C.K. and Dino Stamotopolous (sp), who later worked on Mr. Show. P.S. Wasn't this once called Dark City?
This is the kind of movie that gets me excited by Larry of Arabia	Oct 6th, 2008 03:38:32 PM
A great artist trying something new. Sometimes they fail (Tideland) sometimes the succeed. But it's always exciting to see them try.
Why is it that... by toshiro-solo	Oct 6th, 2008 04:55:37 PM
when people are listing the people who have directed Kaufman scripts, they always leave off poor ol' Clooney? It's not like there's that many people who have directed a Kaufman script. Including the man himself, we're now up to 4. Poor ol' Clooney...
toshiro-solo by the beef	Oct 6th, 2008 05:27:55 PM
I think it's partly because Kaufman has removed himself from the film. I remember reading an interview where he stated that the Confessions film was not a representation of what he wrote. He claimed that there was no working relationship between he and Clooney, unlike the relationship he has with Jonze and Gondry, and I think therefore doesn't want to be associated with the final product regardless of whether or not the public thinks the film is good. I like the film, but I can see how a writer would be dismissive towards associating themselves with a film that they had no involvement in beyond the initial script, especially if a lot of changes were made after that. In terms of credits the film is a Charlie Kaufmann script, but to Charlie Kaufmann it's not a Charlie Kaufmann script.
VIVA LA KAUFMAN!!!!! by LORDRANDO	Oct 6th, 2008 06:27:02 PM
Im so sick of tripe being passed off as avant-garde cinema...Kaufman since Human Nature has been wonderful and inventive an a throwback to Fellini, Bergman, Godard and the other art house genuis of the past...except there are few art houses for his films to play in...everybody go see this and maybe one day the films everyone cares about wont be spiderman 11 and iron man....
OSCAR BAIT MOVIES LICK MY BALLS by SpreadLegsNotWar	Oct 6th, 2008 07:37:59 PM
Give me fried tits and scrappy skittled buttplug stapled scrotums with fuckersly hot salsa shitting assholes and a side of vulva soup oribiting a shitfire around my buttock applecock and dicktitty boners.
Truman Show turned inside out by No-Op	Oct 6th, 2008 10:18:48 PM
Huh.
SLNW by stanton29	Oct 6th, 2008 11:36:41 PM
Sounds delicious! Any vulgarity NOT combined with another in that sentence?
Tom McCarthy's Remainder by brotherbradshaw	Oct 7th, 2008 03:31:28 PM
This plot sounds suspiciously similar enough to Tom McCarthy's novel Remainder. Anyone read it?
I don't get it? by liljuniorbrown	Oct 7th, 2008 09:03:12 PM
If it's soooo subversive and almost impossible to understand why in the fuck would someone want to watch it? I stated it before, I must have shitty taste in film, but I can't see myself watching paint dry on a wall for an hour while a midget jumps rope, and then tell my friends "Yeah that latest David Lynch,Kaufman film was just awesome". I'm retarted.
People should still be talking about this movie! by Flip63Hole	Jun 4th, 2009 11:13:00 AM
What gives? Should be celebrated every day!

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