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Agree with the depressing element that you all are averse to. I don't watch movies to look at life. I see life everyday, all around me. Which is exactly why I look towards films to temporarily escape from it. I don't mean that I like trivial, baseless films, but I don't want to be bogged down in melancholy more than I already am in my day-to-day experience.
@sageyash I would NOT recommend this movie to anyone. Nothing is to be gained from it- not entertainment, knowledge, insight, a thrill, a laugh, or even cinematography. Can't see how anyone could like this.
@sageyash Ive never seen it but from the trailer it looks pretty fucking depressing. but i a good way, you know? like youre not the only depressed one.
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i dont know why this movie didnt win the academy award and black swan did. It didnt even get nominated. Or slumdog millionaire did, not that they are bad movies but compared to this masterpiece those movies that won are a steaming pile of shit. The only criticism i've heard about this movie is "i dont get it" or, "its depressing", and the best one i got was "its like a film school student film with a massive budget".
The whole daughter situation fried my brain... I was screaming in my head and I wanted to beat her and Maria and the mother and myself... It was just to much for my mind to comprehend.... must drink less coffee!
As with Donnie Darko, I had to watch this over and over to get a better grasp of it. Who knew Sammy had popped up all those times LOOONG before he ever turned up in Caden's bedroom & shortly thereafter auditioned for the role of Caden? lol
@jackslasho1 I didn't understand Donnie Darko until a did a bit of internet research, read "The Philosophy of Time Travel," listened to all the commentary tracks, eventually bought the Director's Cut (the DD "cheat sheet"), watched interviews, etc. It's a movie that requires that the viewer be committed enough to spend some time delving into the subject matter via multiple sources, lol. And I *still* don't grasp every aspect of DD! A decent resource on Youtube is "Donnie Darko EXPLAINED 100%."
It's Ebert's top film of the decade. THE MOTHERFUCKIN EBERT. Some I came to check it out and now I'm completely mindfucked. FUCKING EBERT, I trust Roger for everything in movies and the BEASTLY EBERT led me here and now I'm intrigued and fucking confused. FUCK YOU EBERT. Why is your fucking name EBERT? FUCK, I was only looking up an article about the Hurt Locker and how it is EBERT's second best film of the decade, so I look at his first and its this...EBERT YOU FUCKED ME UP. FUCKING EBERT.
@noddis911 hurt locker is number two? interesting. all i heard about that so far is that it's supposed to be an ode to american exceptionalism. if that was really the case, i wonder how somebody who could have "synecdoche" as his number 1 enjoy it that much...
I don't get all of it. It can seem inaccessible at points but what I did get from it made it worth watching, and rewatching and watching again in 6 months. I think it's the type of movie to grow on you, as you grow. Pretty amazing.
@pastah1988 this movie doesnt make any sense to me. i stopped watching it after 2/3rd. i literally got a headache and became nauseous. yeah why was the house burning? lol
@pastah1988 I have an idea. The house may project the inner pain of it's inhabitant, first Derek after his divorce, then Hazel. The fire's still burning when Hazel and Derek marry, so that leaves room for thought.
@pastah1988 I have only seen it once, but I believe the house burning symbolizes Caden's inner turmoil. Despite him getting into a new house, a usually happy event, he still can't shake his inner devolution, unhappiness, and confusion. Its like he is burning down with the house.
@LightSaltFilms the trailer is boring but the movie is a masterpiece. Its nothig like the matrix and nowhere near as popular but its so much more of a movie!
I appreciate the people who feel it's pretentious, but I think there's so much down-to-earth heart in this movie and Kaufman gets the execution so incredibly right (especially for a first-time director) that everything just clicks together into a masterful, quirky, soul-achingly depressing tapestry of a man's life and his struggle for meaning. I've probably seen this movie 20 times and there are scenes that still break my heart.
It's about everything. It's about you. About me. About that guy down the street, and about that lady he's trying to pick up, too. Everybody's a star to themselves, and everybody's an extra to somebody else. I'll never meet anybody else who comments on this video, yet we are connected. As you read this comment, we are connected. Fleeting human contact. I'm your extra and you're mine.
And anybody who doesn't like this film can screw off, they don't belong in my play.
@RebornLegacy The words are mine in entirety. Of course, aren't all our quotes the work of those who shaped us? If so, this quote belongs more to Kaufman than myself.
So delighted that you responded to my message. My decision to buy this movie was based entirely off of your poetical comment. Btw whose kaufman, if it's a character then don't ruin the plot for me!
@RebornLegacy Fret not. Charlie Kaufman is the writer and director of "Synecdoche, New York".
He is most famous for writing "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Being John Malkovich", both of which I highly recommend- although "Synecdoche" remains my favorite, perhaps because it was the only one Kaufman himself directed.
"Eternal Sunshine..." is freaking brilliant, however, and I would reccomend seeing it before "Synecdoche", so as to get your feet wet to Kaufman's penchant weirdness.
I've already seen Eternal Sunshine and I loved it, one of my all time favorite movies. I had no idea it was directed by this same guy at the time. I must say though, this movie gave me the blues. Never have I connected with a character a on such a deep and interpersonal level. That being said, it's really depressing!
@RebornLegacy It's minor, but as I'm an enormous film nerd, I feel I must mention that Kaufman didn't direct "Eternal Sunshine"- he wrote it, it was directed by Michel Gondry, who's "The Science of Sleep" is another wonderful film. "Synecdoche, New York" is Kaufman's first, and so far only, directing effort. Kaufman has, however, a huge influence on any film with his name attached to it. I would recommend perusing movies with the work of Jon Brion, a composer and long-time associate of Kaufman.
"EXTREMLY FUNNY"?! I almost kill myself after I watched this movie!.... well, it has some bizarre hilarious moments (like the burning house, so absurd!) but all in all, this film is pretty sad. Anyway, I just fell in love with the whole thing. It was kinda depressing, but at the same time I felt so happy while watching it because I knew how good this movie was... This trailer kinda lies you, 'cause it seems like the typical melodramatic bore, and it's not! The movie is a surreal beautiful trip!
I give Charlie credit for pushing the envelope once more, and Phillip gave a great performance, but this film just seemed a little TOO strange and depressing for me. Just one of those films that's not for everyone.................but I DID really like Adaptation (one of Nic's best performances) and Being John Malkovich. Some advice for Charlie: keep doing what you're doing, man.
I can't decide if this movie is amazing and brilliant or depressing to the point of making me want to off myself. Maybe both. I have very mixed feelings about the thing as a whole. PSH's character just didn't deserve most of what happened to him.
the whole idea of the movie its...billiant, but the movie its too short for so many story you just are still getting this thing when it splash another one and another one, so its kinda overcondensed and super weight drama so, i mean, i throw back all my dinner watching this movie...literally, but the idea is good so im going to watch it again, so my broken mind could process it. :D
Why does it seem that Kauffman films alway revolve around lonely, disillusioned men and their relations with crazy, off-their-rocker women? Not to say it doesn't work, Adaptation and Being John Malkovich were insanely original plotwise.
My biggest problem with this trailer is how they only focus on the humor of the film, which, while being some of the cleverest most hilarious jokes I have heard in a while, does not even scratch the surface of such a masterpiece. Then again, how can one even try to explain such beauty in a three minute video?
This film is very similar to Fellini's 8 1/2. I can't decide whether by homage, direct influence, or by blatant rip-off. I suggest to anyone who loves this film or holds it in high regard to see 8 1/2 or do a bit of research into it. I know that Kaufman was greatly influenced by Godard in writing his Eternal Sunshine, so it makes a lot of sense that he would also look to works such as Fellini's for inspiration.
@shinigami1966 Ha. I'm 17 you fool I don't have a degree. I do however have an understanding of how closeminded 90% of the general public is when it comes to film. Have you even seen this fucking movie?
@blackbyrd93 you mean OVERrated, right? simply put, this is the worst movie i have ever seen. the only thing worse than it are the pseudo-intellectuals who think they "get it," and I didn't, and that's why I don't share their view of it. kaufman's a con-artist of an artist, and anyone who thinks this movie is of a higher order fell for his shtick hook, line and sinker.
@Rageagainsttm1 over 101 movie critics can kiss my ass, i'm not going to let them do my thinking for me like you have. and don't even get me started on how bad some of roger ebert's favorite movies are. the guy is a good writer but his taste is horrendous at times.
@fheisk I gotta say... Kaufman's writing is too disturbing for my taste. He's not making movies as a form of entertainment, more of an expression in art. Which depending on what you like is ok. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is pretty much his only film that I truly loved.
It's like the people who enjoy Lynch's Mullholland Drive. Surrealism sometimes seems to bring some pretty know-it-all audience members, and honestly that's not my crowd.
@Sirthatguy it's not the surrealism or the fact that it's unsettling that puts me off... it's the highfalutin' attitude with which he presents his art, which is not art in my opinion. i think there is a huge portion of america who (no thanks to the oversimplified lit. courses in our schools) thinks that art is the about overusing metaphor to a disgusting degree, and kaufman and his audience are all victim to that misconception. his bad aesthetic and his this-art-is-real-art attitude put me off.
Es milagroso que el cine siga teniendo esa capacidad de poner en sintonía tantas cosas, fotografía, música, interpretación; y como en esta película: VIDA. Sencillamente genial, vería esta película una y otra y otra y otra vez.
@destroyerdreams Lo sé, no le veo ningún defecto a la película excepto que quizás para ALGUNAS personas pueda ser lenta... por eso dudo a la hora de compartirla con los demás, temo que no la amarán como yo... y hasta ahora, sigo sin conocer a alguna persona irl que le guste. Desde la trama hasta la música está todo perfecto.
Whether in a good way or a bad way, this movie is powerful. It attempts to encompass life within it in the same way that Caden attempts to encompass his life within his play. He realizes though that it would never be complete because people are not characters, they are constantly dynamic, and human perception is an imperfect gift and a curse. But basically it's all we've got.
This is the most difficult and sad movie I've watched in a while. It's saturated with life and everything that word brings. It touched me very deeply, I can relate to this movie on many levels. However, this film is not for everyone, in fact it has probably very narrow audience who really appreciate this very true movie.
i dont think im going to watch this film, everyone keeps saying its depressing. fuck, i hate death, it sucks, dont ever wana die. so, because of this, i dont think im going to watch this film, im kind of afraid to watch it to be honest
@jukio02 It has nothing to do with death, its about life. The main character is paranoid of dying or being ill through out the movie. This fear you are feeling is a good thing, force yourself out of your comfort zone & maybe you will gain something from a 3 hour block of time.
@jukio02 possibly very wise, but you are missing out on something that is so clever because it deals with the issue that is capable of making you feel that fear ... so get over the fear and then watch Synechdoche ... I don't think I would recommend doing it the other way round!
@kettlecup i know what you mean. im fearful of death, it scares the shit out of me. just thinking about dying, something going wrong, and poooffff your gone. i dont know what im going to do when my parents pass away. i never think about it, but i know that day will come sooner or later as it scares me. life is just so precious, people take it for granted. i think one reason why im scared of it is because im scared that i wont be able to do the things i want to do before i die, like get married
Okay, here I go...I LOVE Philip Seymour Hoffman. That being said...this movie was not enjoyable to me. Confusing at times, unexplained at others and dragged out for the entire movie. For me it was way too long, and indecisive. To me it was similar to havingn a conversation with someone who is trying to make a very complex point, but can't articulate themselves, so they just ramble on for three hours.
@KrfNYC2 Or perhaps, you really don't want to listen to their point, because it would be way too far beyond you to comprehend. Maybe they are so revolutionary in their thinking that... That you simply don't want to be afraid of what they might say. That is exactly how Kaufman meant this to play out. Three hours of indecisiveness, because that is who the character is. Lost and confused. He is someone you have to be able to relate to to understand. Sorry if you couldn't.
@TheDaringInvasionOf If I watch a movie, can't follow the plot, don't understand the theme, and reach a state where I am simply waiting for it to end...it's not good to, or for, me.
@KrfNYC2 That's why I said you had to be able to relate to the character. This movie definitely is NOT for everyone that's why you probably did not take the same meaning that everyone who loved it took. Simple case of differing opinions. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I am saying that Kaufman knew what he was doing and who he wanted to relate to.
@TwoNamesJames Her mother & her mothers lover/ Olives lover, had told olive that he was homosexual & that he cheated on Olive's mother with men. & that was why she left him. Just to add another sick twist to it all.
This is the only film i've seen in theaters in which people were laughing from their gut as others were weeping out loud. The absurdity of the film leaks out into the audience as everyones experience is so completely alien to your own. This is the only movies i'e truly watched by myself. It transcends the bounds of moviedom. At a certain point SNY becomes similar to the brooms of the Sorcery's Apprentice that in that it becomes unstoppable and infinite in a way that suggest it has taken on life.
i think this film is ahead of its time, i watched it, didn't like it cause i found it hard to follow, that doesn't mean its not worthy... i think i should watch it again, i might learn something about being human. i have a lot of respect for charlie chaufman so i'm gonna try to understand his vision.
still cant decide if i like this movie... super depressing and makes absolutely no sense but it stills leaves with this strange feeling thats not good but not exactly bad.. iunno! :o i r so confused!
This is the most fucked up film I've ever seen. Eternal Sunshine and Mulholland Drive seem like normal films in front of this one. It's depressing as well.
I just ordered this movie through Amazon. Can't believe I had never heard of it. Pretty much anything Jon Brion does music for turns to cinema GOLD (okay, there was "Huckabee's", but face it, without Jon Brion's music, that would have been all but un-watchable!) My favorite movie to date is Magnolia, and this seems to be in that vein, so I hope it's as good as I'm expecting. Why am I telling YOU this? Crap, I'm missing "Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law"!!! See ya!
the movie is difficult on so many levels, to interpret, to understand, but i think everybody will take something away from it no matter how much of the big picture they actually see
No matter what other special effects they come up with, old age makeup always looks crappy
oystermind 1 hour ago
This one is the best
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talentlover 1 week ago
The fuck does any of this have to do with Schenectady?
FuckYeahPatMorris 1 week ago
more than a masterpiece
holzspatel 2 weeks ago
I breathe ur name in every exhalation!
Thats such a fucking good line
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Agree with the depressing element that you all are averse to. I don't watch movies to look at life. I see life everyday, all around me. Which is exactly why I look towards films to temporarily escape from it. I don't mean that I like trivial, baseless films, but I don't want to be bogged down in melancholy more than I already am in my day-to-day experience.
AleekahTV 1 month ago
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AleekahTV 1 month ago
Looks too long and too sad
ceamean 1 month ago
is this movie depressing in any shape or form ??
Because i can't watch more depressing shit anymore
sageyash 1 month ago
@sageyash I've watched 58 minutes so far and it's a pretty depressing movie.
MagicBoterham 1 month ago
@MagicBoterham Thx
sageyash 1 month ago
@sageyash I would NOT recommend this movie to anyone. Nothing is to be gained from it- not entertainment, knowledge, insight, a thrill, a laugh, or even cinematography. Can't see how anyone could like this.
XxHarmonicNightsxX 1 month ago
@XxHarmonicNightsxX Thx
sageyash 1 month ago
@sageyash yeah thsi film is depressing as shit. dont watch it if you;re not into that.
0TylerDurden0 1 month ago
@sageyash Ive never seen it but from the trailer it looks pretty fucking depressing. but i a good way, you know? like youre not the only depressed one.
KyUHLz 4 weeks ago
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talentlover 2 months ago
i watch this film on every birthday i've had since its dvd release.
happy birthday to me.
anononomos 2 months ago
@anononomos Me too!
JoseChung1 2 months ago
about to watch this right now. Charlie Kaufman is a genius!
ShadowsHaveShadows1 2 months ago
Human connection...your post makes me want to see at least one of us commenters crawl through the dystopia of reality far enough to emerge in your corner of the world, drop you a line, say, "Hey. I'm at the coffee shop. Are you in?" And oh...how wonderful the conversation to follow...
Ria1210 2 months ago
None of these criticisms seem legitimate i really am not surprised that the people in hollywood wouldnt support an incredible masterpiece like this.
boogiebuddy01 2 months ago
i dont know why this movie didnt win the academy award and black swan did. It didnt even get nominated. Or slumdog millionaire did, not that they are bad movies but compared to this masterpiece those movies that won are a steaming pile of shit. The only criticism i've heard about this movie is "i dont get it" or, "its depressing", and the best one i got was "its like a film school student film with a massive budget".
boogiebuddy01 2 months ago
I wonder what the song is?
cameron120587 2 months ago
This movie is really weird.Weird s good.This movie is really good.
ficko39 2 months ago
The whole daughter situation fried my brain... I was screaming in my head and I wanted to beat her and Maria and the mother and myself... It was just to much for my mind to comprehend.... must drink less coffee!
bubblegirlno1 2 months ago
As with Donnie Darko, I had to watch this over and over to get a better grasp of it. Who knew Sammy had popped up all those times LOOONG before he ever turned up in Caden's bedroom & shortly thereafter auditioned for the role of Caden? lol
FlingsPooAtTheZoo 2 months ago
@FlingsPooAtTheZoo Donnie darko :D but i still dont understand it. i guess that will come in time
jackslasho1 2 months ago
@jackslasho1 I didn't understand Donnie Darko until a did a bit of internet research, read "The Philosophy of Time Travel," listened to all the commentary tracks, eventually bought the Director's Cut (the DD "cheat sheet"), watched interviews, etc. It's a movie that requires that the viewer be committed enough to spend some time delving into the subject matter via multiple sources, lol. And I *still* don't grasp every aspect of DD! A decent resource on Youtube is "Donnie Darko EXPLAINED 100%."
FlingsPooAtTheZoo 2 months ago
i saw it and a part of me died of boredom and depression, luckily i fast forwarded most of it, i wanted to see the scenography work.
Daveracoon 2 months ago
@Daveracoon Well go watch Barney or something. Loser.
ThePlop43 2 months ago
Saw this last night. Holy. Shit.
Mind blown.
IgnitionUnlimited 3 months ago
The speech that the lady does as he is hearing her on the earpeice at the end is really sad about how we all die alone
Pentdad 3 months ago
I feel so sorry for people who don't see/dont like this movie. It simply does not have a word that describes...... How perfect it is
lemonsthemelon 3 months ago
This is probably the greatest movie I'll ever see.
AStopMotionChannel 3 months ago
2:31....Anyone remember her?
Lace's out, mother fucker. It was all Dan Marino's fault.
TheWhiteDevilll 3 months ago
@TheWhiteDevilll she also played the librarian in Ghostbuster!
funkyk 3 months ago
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2900lindi 4 months ago
I first watched this trailer on my step brothers unrated dvd. i was intrigued, so i bought the dvd used on amazon.... Im so glad i found this movie.
nightman117 4 months ago
It's Ebert's top film of the decade. THE MOTHERFUCKIN EBERT. Some I came to check it out and now I'm completely mindfucked. FUCKING EBERT, I trust Roger for everything in movies and the BEASTLY EBERT led me here and now I'm intrigued and fucking confused. FUCK YOU EBERT. Why is your fucking name EBERT? FUCK, I was only looking up an article about the Hurt Locker and how it is EBERT's second best film of the decade, so I look at his first and its this...EBERT YOU FUCKED ME UP. FUCKING EBERT.
noddis911 4 months ago 11
@noddis911 oh man, I loved that
ntgufe 3 weeks ago
@noddis911 Shut up you sound like a 12 year old
XxDavo93xX 3 weeks ago
@XxDavo93xX Please...I'm not a homosexual...
noddis911 3 weeks ago
@noddis911 hurt locker is number two? interesting. all i heard about that so far is that it's supposed to be an ode to american exceptionalism. if that was really the case, i wonder how somebody who could have "synecdoche" as his number 1 enjoy it that much...
notthere83 3 weeks ago
@noddis911
so... you're saying you didn't like the film?
95Godfather 2 days ago
I don't get all of it. It can seem inaccessible at points but what I did get from it made it worth watching, and rewatching and watching again in 6 months. I think it's the type of movie to grow on you, as you grow. Pretty amazing.
fabittyfab 4 months ago 4
MIND FUCK????..........i'm so glad i found this movie, too good for a movie, its more than that...
vasinstreet 4 months ago
@PoshEnglishTwit I thought I was alone O:
GamingWithMVJ 4 months ago
I hope that this film will get the recognition it deserves in a few years time.
outerlimits007 5 months ago
does anyone got a clue why the house was burning? i surely have to re-watch this movie
pastah1988 5 months ago
@pastah1988 this movie doesnt make any sense to me. i stopped watching it after 2/3rd. i literally got a headache and became nauseous. yeah why was the house burning? lol
shellbsd23 5 months ago
@pastah1988 I have an idea. The house may project the inner pain of it's inhabitant, first Derek after his divorce, then Hazel. The fire's still burning when Hazel and Derek marry, so that leaves room for thought.
ChristopherspaceWaid 5 months ago
@pastah1988 I have only seen it once, but I believe the house burning symbolizes Caden's inner turmoil. Despite him getting into a new house, a usually happy event, he still can't shake his inner devolution, unhappiness, and confusion. Its like he is burning down with the house.
HBMAN1995 4 months ago
This looks.. beautiful. I need to see this now!
GwaziCoasterFan 5 months ago
Please could you guys check out my take on a monologue from this film? Bit of a different spin, I'd really like some constructive criticism, Thanks!
claregoose 5 months ago
I've just seen the film. I thought it was great but I can hardly make any sense out of it! Is this normal for a first sit through of this film?
outlettered 6 months ago
ever since i saw this movie, I'm afraid of my faucet.
RalphCQ 6 months ago
because everything is a remix....
KokoTalula 6 months ago 6
Why does even the trailer to this film make me want to cry?
WeatherwornGentleman 6 months ago
@WeatherwornGentleman Great minds think alike
drakejoseph25 6 months ago
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Ugh, that trailer was boring. Can't believe this was mentioned in the same breath as The Matrix
LightSaltFilms 7 months ago
@LightSaltFilms the trailer is boring but the movie is a masterpiece. Its nothig like the matrix and nowhere near as popular but its so much more of a movie!
qjularm 7 months ago
@LightSaltFilms I didn't saw this movie, but I think comparing it to The Matrix is like comparing tomato soup with a parking spot.
Dodec84 6 months ago 2
@Dodec84 i laughed so hard when i read that. so true too.
bbdsmith88 6 months ago
I appreciate the people who feel it's pretentious, but I think there's so much down-to-earth heart in this movie and Kaufman gets the execution so incredibly right (especially for a first-time director) that everything just clicks together into a masterful, quirky, soul-achingly depressing tapestry of a man's life and his struggle for meaning. I've probably seen this movie 20 times and there are scenes that still break my heart.
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I'll watch this movie just to see Jennifer J. Leigh.
rerite2 7 months ago
100 years from now, no one will remember Twilight, but they will remember this...
789123456789 7 months ago 2
It's about everything. It's about you. About me. About that guy down the street, and about that lady he's trying to pick up, too. Everybody's a star to themselves, and everybody's an extra to somebody else. I'll never meet anybody else who comments on this video, yet we are connected. As you read this comment, we are connected. Fleeting human contact. I'm your extra and you're mine.
And anybody who doesn't like this film can screw off, they don't belong in my play.
MrEdLoop 7 months ago 86
@MrEdLoop > And anybody who doesn't like this film can screw off, they don't belong in my play.
That's the spirit of connectedness and humanity! You grokked the movie perfectly.
jgrab1 5 months ago
@MrEdLoop I'm glad I'm nowhere near your play!
Tinytacohead 3 months ago
@Tinytacohead Ah, but you are! For isn't that what "Synecdoche, New York" is about? We are all each in the same play, and each of us a main character.
Perhaps not. I wax. It is late.
MrEdLoop 3 months ago
@MrEdLoop I dunno, but according to you, I don't belong there if so.. haha.
Tinytacohead 3 months ago
@MrEdLoop
I never expected to find something so beautiful on youtube. Is this your quote entirely or is it the work of someone else.
RebornLegacy 2 months ago
@RebornLegacy The words are mine in entirety. Of course, aren't all our quotes the work of those who shaped us? If so, this quote belongs more to Kaufman than myself.
But thank you anyway.
MrEdLoop 2 months ago
@MrEdLoop
So delighted that you responded to my message. My decision to buy this movie was based entirely off of your poetical comment. Btw whose kaufman, if it's a character then don't ruin the plot for me!
RebornLegacy 2 months ago
@RebornLegacy Fret not. Charlie Kaufman is the writer and director of "Synecdoche, New York".
He is most famous for writing "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Being John Malkovich", both of which I highly recommend- although "Synecdoche" remains my favorite, perhaps because it was the only one Kaufman himself directed.
"Eternal Sunshine..." is freaking brilliant, however, and I would reccomend seeing it before "Synecdoche", so as to get your feet wet to Kaufman's penchant weirdness.
MrEdLoop 2 months ago
@MrEdLoop
I've already seen Eternal Sunshine and I loved it, one of my all time favorite movies. I had no idea it was directed by this same guy at the time. I must say though, this movie gave me the blues. Never have I connected with a character a on such a deep and interpersonal level. That being said, it's really depressing!
RebornLegacy 2 months ago
@RebornLegacy It's minor, but as I'm an enormous film nerd, I feel I must mention that Kaufman didn't direct "Eternal Sunshine"- he wrote it, it was directed by Michel Gondry, who's "The Science of Sleep" is another wonderful film. "Synecdoche, New York" is Kaufman's first, and so far only, directing effort. Kaufman has, however, a huge influence on any film with his name attached to it. I would recommend perusing movies with the work of Jon Brion, a composer and long-time associate of Kaufman.
MrEdLoop 2 months ago
@MrEdLoop
Will do, I just bought the soundtrack of Synechdoche, New York.
RebornLegacy 2 months ago
@MrEdLoop please, explain the movie!! haha its hard to understand
epicnidhogg 2 months ago
@epicnidhogg It gets much easier to digest the more you watch it.
MrEdLoop 2 months ago
@MrEdLoop i watched it, and its very hard haha. I think i'll watch again some time
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The saddest and best movie I've ever seen.
kakarooku 7 months ago
what is whit the scar on a forehead? it disappeared in some part of the film.
ImJmI 7 months ago
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I wanna see it.
RisGerb 8 months ago
wow.... im from Schenectady
MrDCNO53 8 months ago
Is this film more hilariously depressing or depressingly hilarious?
newmantopia 8 months ago 16
This is the saddest movie I have ever seen but I loved it
TheEliseAnn 8 months ago 2
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This is probably one of the greatest films ever made... but this trailer is... well... it doesn't do it justice.
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TrentonAddison 8 months ago
"EXTREMLY FUNNY"?! I almost kill myself after I watched this movie!.... well, it has some bizarre hilarious moments (like the burning house, so absurd!) but all in all, this film is pretty sad. Anyway, I just fell in love with the whole thing. It was kinda depressing, but at the same time I felt so happy while watching it because I knew how good this movie was... This trailer kinda lies you, 'cause it seems like the typical melodramatic bore, and it's not! The movie is a surreal beautiful trip!
tediumless 8 months ago 3
@tediumless maybe the accent is on 'extremely'. Its so EXTREMELY funny, that its actually scary :)
highvoltaged 7 months ago
I give Charlie credit for pushing the envelope once more, and Phillip gave a great performance, but this film just seemed a little TOO strange and depressing for me. Just one of those films that's not for everyone.................but I DID really like Adaptation (one of Nic's best performances) and Being John Malkovich. Some advice for Charlie: keep doing what you're doing, man.
lurch321 8 months ago
I can't decide if this movie is amazing and brilliant or depressing to the point of making me want to off myself. Maybe both. I have very mixed feelings about the thing as a whole. PSH's character just didn't deserve most of what happened to him.
hvitekristesdod 9 months ago 3
the whole idea of the movie its...billiant, but the movie its too short for so many story you just are still getting this thing when it splash another one and another one, so its kinda overcondensed and super weight drama so, i mean, i throw back all my dinner watching this movie...literally, but the idea is good so im going to watch it again, so my broken mind could process it. :D
paulafer485 9 months ago
Does this movie have the same score as Waking Life??
cantsaycindy 9 months ago
One of my favorite movies ever, in the whole world <3
at3am 10 months ago
Why does it seem that Kauffman films alway revolve around lonely, disillusioned men and their relations with crazy, off-their-rocker women? Not to say it doesn't work, Adaptation and Being John Malkovich were insanely original plotwise.
Grey249 10 months ago
My biggest problem with this trailer is how they only focus on the humor of the film, which, while being some of the cleverest most hilarious jokes I have heard in a while, does not even scratch the surface of such a masterpiece. Then again, how can one even try to explain such beauty in a three minute video?
TheDaringInvasionOf 10 months ago
68% rotten tomaties, 67% metacritic.... seems even the critics didn't like this film. (majority that is)
AUSNick87 11 months ago
@AUSNick87 random fact : roger ebert said it was the best film of 2009
MyUsername156 11 months ago
@MyUsername156 minority vs majority
AUSNick87 11 months ago
@AUSNick87 yeah that's true but ebert is generally correct with his reviews so I'd still watch it.
MyUsername156 11 months ago
@MyUsername156 yeh, i like 7 out of the 10 movies of egbert's favourite...
AUSNick87 11 months ago
does anyone about the last song?
kemosabe73 11 months ago
@kemosabe73 Just A Little Person
Griffin1082000 11 months ago
This film is very similar to Fellini's 8 1/2. I can't decide whether by homage, direct influence, or by blatant rip-off. I suggest to anyone who loves this film or holds it in high regard to see 8 1/2 or do a bit of research into it. I know that Kaufman was greatly influenced by Godard in writing his Eternal Sunshine, so it makes a lot of sense that he would also look to works such as Fellini's for inspiration.
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isudhfjdqweiyghd 11 months ago
This film is not for the fucking simpletons. They are not ready for it. Maybe they never will be.
Fendertastic 11 months ago
@Fendertastic
Really ?
You're going to pull this shit...here? There are no simpletons, only "educated" deuches like you and people who don't care.
shinigami1966 11 months ago
@shinigami1966 Ha. I'm 17 you fool I don't have a degree. I do however have an understanding of how closeminded 90% of the general public is when it comes to film. Have you even seen this fucking movie?
Fendertastic 11 months ago
looks like a complex movie..
johancakep 11 months ago
The last line of the trailer right before the title gave me such goosebumps when i first heard it. I HAVE to see this movie sooner or later.
coasterkid345 11 months ago
the best movie that nobody has ever seen
Anactofgod 1 year ago
this is one of the greatest films of the 21st century. So underrated
blackbyrd93 1 year ago 58
@blackbyrd93 you mean OVERrated, right? simply put, this is the worst movie i have ever seen. the only thing worse than it are the pseudo-intellectuals who think they "get it," and I didn't, and that's why I don't share their view of it. kaufman's a con-artist of an artist, and anyone who thinks this movie is of a higher order fell for his shtick hook, line and sinker.
fheisk 7 months ago
@fheisk Damn, calm down, what did Kaufman ever do to you?
davemeidinger 7 months ago
@fheisk wellfuckingsaid!!!
"pseudo-intellectuals" indeed
au25 7 months ago
@fheisk so over 101 movie critics who put it on their top 10 list of 2008, including Roger Ebert who said it was "the best film of the decade"
Rageagainsttm1 5 months ago
@Rageagainsttm1 over 101 movie critics can kiss my ass, i'm not going to let them do my thinking for me like you have. and don't even get me started on how bad some of roger ebert's favorite movies are. the guy is a good writer but his taste is horrendous at times.
fheisk 5 months ago
@fheisk I gotta say... Kaufman's writing is too disturbing for my taste. He's not making movies as a form of entertainment, more of an expression in art. Which depending on what you like is ok. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is pretty much his only film that I truly loved.
It's like the people who enjoy Lynch's Mullholland Drive. Surrealism sometimes seems to bring some pretty know-it-all audience members, and honestly that's not my crowd.
Sirthatguy 5 months ago
@Sirthatguy it's not the surrealism or the fact that it's unsettling that puts me off... it's the highfalutin' attitude with which he presents his art, which is not art in my opinion. i think there is a huge portion of america who (no thanks to the oversimplified lit. courses in our schools) thinks that art is the about overusing metaphor to a disgusting degree, and kaufman and his audience are all victim to that misconception. his bad aesthetic and his this-art-is-real-art attitude put me off.
fheisk 5 months ago
@fheisk You'll get no argument from me.
Sirthatguy 5 months ago
this film for me tried to be soooooo important, but completely failed.
tomes55moon 1 year ago
I just came back from a awesome date with an equally awesome guy, and he recommended this movie. So, I'll give it a try.
nezneon 1 year ago
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tomes55moon 1 year ago
The director must be sick. Life is about to find joy in it not sorrow and depressing.. FFS. Very "kafkian"..
kafka27 1 year ago
i didn´t knew what to do with my life after i see this movie
borrachoconpiojos100 1 year ago
Es milagroso que el cine siga teniendo esa capacidad de poner en sintonía tantas cosas, fotografía, música, interpretación; y como en esta película: VIDA. Sencillamente genial, vería esta película una y otra y otra y otra vez.
destroyerdreams 1 year ago
@destroyerdreams Lo sé, no le veo ningún defecto a la película excepto que quizás para ALGUNAS personas pueda ser lenta... por eso dudo a la hora de compartirla con los demás, temo que no la amarán como yo... y hasta ahora, sigo sin conocer a alguna persona irl que le guste. Desde la trama hasta la música está todo perfecto.
VxForxVendetta 11 months ago
der beste film der welt bis jetz
tubbie89 1 year ago
It's one of the best films I've ever seen, overwhelming... the kind of movie I'll surely re-watch. All of us should...
76selene 1 year ago
this movie reminds me of LSD.
AYSAMO 1 year ago
great movie .. but depressing
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qeerasffinas 1 year ago
Hey does anyone know the next film Charlie Kaufman is? It doesnt say on I.M.B.D and I really want to know.
Koolio131 1 year ago
Whether in a good way or a bad way, this movie is powerful. It attempts to encompass life within it in the same way that Caden attempts to encompass his life within his play. He realizes though that it would never be complete because people are not characters, they are constantly dynamic, and human perception is an imperfect gift and a curse. But basically it's all we've got.
insertclevername14 1 year ago
Amazing ambience at 2:30. What is it?
CERNOBE 1 year ago
@CERNOBE watch the film's final scene
seanoreillyfilm 1 year ago
@CERNOBE Transposition, off the movie's soundtrack.
Neonman78 1 year ago
"I'll never know....the truth of it."
kilibot 1 year ago
I love me some Charlie Kaufman!
RottenAppleSeeds 1 year ago
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josssibarandr 1 year ago
i love all of kaufmans stuff its so original and interesting
HalloweenEve1030 1 year ago
This is the most difficult and sad movie I've watched in a while. It's saturated with life and everything that word brings. It touched me very deeply, I can relate to this movie on many levels. However, this film is not for everyone, in fact it has probably very narrow audience who really appreciate this very true movie.
atemlos2585 1 year ago
It makes more sense on second viewing, Jennifer Jason Leigh is brilliant in this,
unspeakable28 1 year ago
i dont think im going to watch this film, everyone keeps saying its depressing. fuck, i hate death, it sucks, dont ever wana die. so, because of this, i dont think im going to watch this film, im kind of afraid to watch it to be honest
jukio02 1 year ago
@jukio02 It has nothing to do with death, its about life. The main character is paranoid of dying or being ill through out the movie. This fear you are feeling is a good thing, force yourself out of your comfort zone & maybe you will gain something from a 3 hour block of time.
ZaidNitsua 1 year ago
@jukio02 possibly very wise, but you are missing out on something that is so clever because it deals with the issue that is capable of making you feel that fear ... so get over the fear and then watch Synechdoche ... I don't think I would recommend doing it the other way round!
kettlecup 1 year ago
@kettlecup i know what you mean. im fearful of death, it scares the shit out of me. just thinking about dying, something going wrong, and poooffff your gone. i dont know what im going to do when my parents pass away. i never think about it, but i know that day will come sooner or later as it scares me. life is just so precious, people take it for granted. i think one reason why im scared of it is because im scared that i wont be able to do the things i want to do before i die, like get married
jukio02 1 year ago 2
@kettlecup but your right, i need to get over this fear.
jukio02 1 year ago
Okay, here I go...I LOVE Philip Seymour Hoffman. That being said...this movie was not enjoyable to me. Confusing at times, unexplained at others and dragged out for the entire movie. For me it was way too long, and indecisive. To me it was similar to havingn a conversation with someone who is trying to make a very complex point, but can't articulate themselves, so they just ramble on for three hours.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2 Or perhaps, you really don't want to listen to their point, because it would be way too far beyond you to comprehend. Maybe they are so revolutionary in their thinking that... That you simply don't want to be afraid of what they might say. That is exactly how Kaufman meant this to play out. Three hours of indecisiveness, because that is who the character is. Lost and confused. He is someone you have to be able to relate to to understand. Sorry if you couldn't.
TheDaringInvasionOf 10 months ago
@TheDaringInvasionOf If I watch a movie, can't follow the plot, don't understand the theme, and reach a state where I am simply waiting for it to end...it's not good to, or for, me.
KrfNYC2 10 months ago
@KrfNYC2 That's why I said you had to be able to relate to the character. This movie definitely is NOT for everyone that's why you probably did not take the same meaning that everyone who loved it took. Simple case of differing opinions. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I am saying that Kaufman knew what he was doing and who he wanted to relate to.
TheDaringInvasionOf 10 months ago
This is the most depressing comedy Ive ever watched, but somehow its beautiful in so many ways.
In the film, I didn't understand the scene in which Olive accuses Caden of being a homosexual, can anyone explain?
TwoNamesJames 1 year ago
@TwoNamesJames Her mother & her mothers lover/ Olives lover, had told olive that he was homosexual & that he cheated on Olive's mother with men. & that was why she left him. Just to add another sick twist to it all.
ZaidNitsua 1 year ago
This is the only film i've seen in theaters in which people were laughing from their gut as others were weeping out loud. The absurdity of the film leaks out into the audience as everyones experience is so completely alien to your own. This is the only movies i'e truly watched by myself. It transcends the bounds of moviedom. At a certain point SNY becomes similar to the brooms of the Sorcery's Apprentice that in that it becomes unstoppable and infinite in a way that suggest it has taken on life.
bensterism 1 year ago 23
i think this film is ahead of its time, i watched it, didn't like it cause i found it hard to follow, that doesn't mean its not worthy... i think i should watch it again, i might learn something about being human. i have a lot of respect for charlie chaufman so i'm gonna try to understand his vision.
partycats 1 year ago
This trailer makes the movie look way lighter than it is
CaptainKrauser 1 year ago 4
I'm really glad that I watched the movie before watching the trailer.
mastashaker916 1 year ago
I guess I am too stupid to understand this movies, because I absolutely didn't get it... Turned off after watching half of it...
MrDoctorTomas 1 year ago
ROFL... "you're very welcome young lady"
OhhEmGeez 1 year ago
still cant decide if i like this movie... super depressing and makes absolutely no sense but it stills leaves with this strange feeling thats not good but not exactly bad.. iunno! :o i r so confused!
dimiii1 1 year ago
This film is so depressing.
Jon Brion's "Little Person" is such an amazing song. It's an extremely powerful song with nearly no lyrics.
RyanTyler88 1 year ago 3
This is the most fucked up film I've ever seen. Eternal Sunshine and Mulholland Drive seem like normal films in front of this one. It's depressing as well.
marinos1977 1 year ago
When he's daughter died I cried. I felt so fucking depressed, I couldn't believe this was happening to him.
FacelessOnlooker 1 year ago
@FacelessOnlooker
Thanks man for spoiling the movie in the comments under the TRAILER of said movie. Bravo!
Demotivated now to watch it, nvm.
Ziekheid 1 year ago
@Ziekheid
So the lesson I just learned is to never read the comments on YouTube ever.
meric2 1 year ago 2
I just ordered this movie through Amazon. Can't believe I had never heard of it. Pretty much anything Jon Brion does music for turns to cinema GOLD (okay, there was "Huckabee's", but face it, without Jon Brion's music, that would have been all but un-watchable!) My favorite movie to date is Magnolia, and this seems to be in that vein, so I hope it's as good as I'm expecting. Why am I telling YOU this? Crap, I'm missing "Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law"!!! See ya!
victordemise 1 year ago
I thought its a really nice film, but not quite as good as 'Demolition Man'. That movie was way more awesome than this one.
harr1s0nF0rd 1 year ago
the movie is difficult on so many levels, to interpret, to understand, but i think everybody will take something away from it no matter how much of the big picture they actually see
kilibot 1 year ago
whats the name of the song towards the middle?
Yekitha94 1 year ago
@Yekitha94
Little Person by Jon Brion.
imthestunt 1 year ago
ive never seen this film, but based on this one line out of this trailer, i have to give it a shot:
"Caden, when are we going to get an audience in here? its been over 17 years."
idk why, but that line strikes me as heartbreaking and brilliant
DarkProphet94 1 year ago 2