Synecdoche, New York - We Are Your Beautiful Mistake

The movie is a puzzle, a near impossible amalgam of random pieces and crazy characters, spanning lifetimes, bridging insane gaps, twisting and turning in the middle of the metaphor so you’re not sure whether you were on a roller coaster ride or waiting in line for Portishead tickets. Kaufman’s first attempt to direct his own writing is as would be expected: insanely ambitious and challenging, wildly original, and an incredible creative skullfuck. I just wish it were better.

NVDL: Life is precious, life is short. On close examination, life is tragic and miserable. So step lightly through it, and stay lively, and try to enjoy the moments you can without judging them. Life will judge you anyway, so make the most of every confusing, fucked up moment and push away the awaiting madness and chaos and darkness for as long as you can...

clipped from www.pajiba.com Charlie Kaufman is a genius when it comes to crafting a story. He works on levels that some artists aren’t even aware exist. Trying to map one of his films is a little like trying to comb Medusa’s hair. Only he would name his film and base the concept on a synecdoche (pronounced si-nek-duh-kee) which is defined as the following: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made. Read back over it, because I had to mumble “whatthefuck” a few times before it made sense to me.