Synecdoche, New York
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Synecdoche, New York is an upcoming film to be written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, in his directorial debut.
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[edit] Title
The title is a play on Schenectady, New York, where some of the story takes place, with synecdoche, which reflects a trope of the film.[1]
[edit] Summary
Caden, the main character, is a theatre director. He goes to the dentist and finds that there is something wrong with him. The precise nature of this is unknown. The movie goes into themes such as the nature of family, of home, and of male-female relationships. The movie begins to blur the nature of reality and representation in a nature consistent with the earlier work of Charlie Kaufman.[2]
[edit] Details
The film was originally set to be directed by Spike Jonze who instead chose to direct Where the Wild Things Are.[citation needed] Not much is known about the story other than it focuses on a playwright and his relationships with various women throughout his life. The film also will have questions about reality, similar to the Kaufman screenplays Being John Malkovich, Adaptation. and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The movie has been described by Kaufman as being "creepy" but not a traditional horror movie.[3]
[edit] Cast
- The confirmed cast is Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the playwright Caden, Catherine Keener as his first wife, Michelle Williams as his second wife, Samantha Morton as his mistress, and Tilda Swinton as Keener's best friend [4]
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