Funeral Monologue from Synecdoche, New York.

Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Written/Directed by Charlie Kaufman
http://www.sonyclassics.com/synecdoch...

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  Film & Animation

[thehuddler]

I adore this film. But I've yet to hear someone really articulate what it means, so that I go "yeah, you know what, it is about that". I just think it's too complex and personal. I don't think I could even begin to explain the things I think and feel when I watch it, let alone in a Youtube comment. So I won't. I'll just say that it's a damn, damn good film.

[Gavin Drake]

RIP Roger Ebert

[seb moore]

this films feels like a summation of everything Kaufman has been building towards (like Malick's Tree Of Life). i think he's really got a lot off his back with this movie, so i think his follow-up will definitely be a lot lighter. like when the Coens followed up No Country For Old Men with Burn After Reading.

[Keith A]

I believe the term "synecdoche" means "a part of a whole." My interpretation of the film is not one of dispair, isolation, and self-loathing. I see it as a message of hope. Like the characters, we exist in own universe, are "lead characters" in our own play. Our miseries and hopes seem unique to us. But the fact that we each have them makes our experiences not unique, but universal, which ulitmately should bring us together since we're all just "a part of "a whole."

[twi5tedlemonz]

I've only seen the film once, but don't think I'd be able to sit through another. By far the darkest film I've ever seen. It makes such a personal connection to everyone who watches it, regardless of who they may be. Undoubtedly the "realest" movie made.

[herpderpmonkey]

I'm 22 and this video scared the hell out of me since I've always lived a life of regret, of waiting for that phone call.

Srsly, I'm going to go ask this girl out for the first time in my life this week. Time to grow some balls.

[mojojojo787]

Why do you watch it? There is a reason that you are here and that I am here... again. Can you articulate it? Or is it just the human condition? Is this the definition of despair, or is this the definition of hope?

[robhartjr1993]

I don't know the actor who plays the minister, but this scene alone deserves a damn Oscar. I watch it over and over and over. It's so powerful!

[MrTomkinz]

I try to avoid making comments like this, as they sound extremely arrogant and unfounded, but if someone doesn't like this movie then they just don't get it.