Synecdoche, New York [A Soliloquy]

[kingfuraday]

I watched most of it yesterday and finished it today.  I love Charlie Kaufman's work (Being John Malkovitch, Adaptation) and this film was really something to take in.  I never get tired of seeing Katherine Keener on the screen, that's for sure.  Anyhow, this passage comes from a scene in which an actor playing a priest is given a new "scene" to

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[slothel]

Still haven't seen that movie.

Need to.

[slothel]

Hey! Wait! Isn't that "vague regret"?!

[kingfuraday]

Heheh, bingo...

It's worth seeing for sure. I might give it a second viewing down the road.

[kingfuraday]

there was a serious weight to the sadness. but I found some inspiration in it all the same.

[westcbear]

I think I should see that movie...

[kingfuraday]

it's really something... Have you seen Being John Malkavitch and Adaptation?

[westcbear]

I did. Both excellent films. He did Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind too, right?

[kingfuraday]

Yes, he helped write it along with Michel Gondry [director] (who's another fav of mine). I love that movie too.

[unpetitours]

I bought this movie so I could watch it over and over. Sometimes it feels like a hug, and other times a gut punch.

[kingfuraday]

I'm thinking I'm going to buy it as well. I've gone back to Adaptation about once a year because I just enjoy the experience of watching it so much (and that is saying a LOT because I really don't like Nicolas Cage as an actor these days). Charlie Kaufman is truly a gifted writer and filmmaker. He's able to make something complex and beautiful that's still accessible and universal.

[djmrswhite]

that was one of the best movies i saw last year

[kingfuraday]

Katherine Keener can be my baby's mama any day...