
Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman / US, 2008 / 122 min.
A theatre director (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is struggling with his work and the women in his life while trying to create a life-size replica of New York as part of his latest play.

In 2008, Charlie Kaufman – the screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – made his directorial debut with the ambitious cinematic construct Synecdoche, New York. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a physically deteriorating theatre director who has been working for years on his ever-expanding magnum opus.
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Director
Charlie Kaufman
Production year
2008
Country
US
Original title
Synecdoche, New York
Length
122 min.
Language
English, German
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP, 35mm
Part of
Feat or Failure
Magnum opus or flawed masterpiece? No film divided opinion at the last Cannes film festival as much as Francis Ford Coppola's latest epic, Megalopolis. To accompany the première, Eye is screening a selection of other films that turned out to be way ahead of their time – in spite of not being well understood in their own era.



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