Synecdoche, New York

A perfect start to a weekend with an objective to relax.
But by no means this movie is a light one! Irony!
Background: This is a film written and directed by Charlie Kauffman. For those who dont know, he is the guy who wrote Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and the cult - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind.
This is his debut in director's chair.

There are somethings which you can not describe If you ask me how was Being John Malkovich or Synecdoche New york, my first reaction is- it is different and followed by I dont know followed by very good and then its a cult :). But in reality you have to watch these movies to understand what i am talking about.

In Synecdoche,New York a play writer makes a life size replica of New york inside a big warehouse inside New York. So what is the next step, there is a replica of the replica inside the replica and you can imagine where it goes.

Charlie Kauffman loves these things and so do I. He did it in Adaptation, He did it in Being John Malkovich and now he has done it again. People playing roles of actual people and people playing roles of people playing roles of actual people. Actors falling in love with actual people and and actual people breaking up with actual people because people playing actual people expressed what the actual person was thinking. Wow! Beautiful! Its funnny, Its satirical and more importantly its intelligent. No one talks like this. No one writes this anymore. Charlie Kauffman defies all rules of film making by saying that there are no rules for making a film.

From the directional purpose, the direction is not the best. He still has a lot to learn. A better music score would have made a huge impact. But from the point of view of writing a screenplay, he is a God. He is mixing reality and fiction/fantasy in such an easy way that you can not stop.

The sad part is that i am left with only one more Kauffman movie to see untill he directs another one. But the good news is that one viewing is not enough for the rest to fully understand them.