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LFF 2008: Synecdoche, New York

by Ambrose Heron on 17/10/2008

In the last decade Charlie Kaufman has become one of those rare screenwriters whose work has even overshadowed the directors he has worked with.  This is quite a feat given that he has collaborated with Spike Jonze (on Being John Malkovich and Adaptation) and Michel Gondry (Human Nature and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).  [...]

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Cannes 2008 Reactions: Synecdoche, New York

by Ambrose Heron on 23/05/2008

Charlie Kaufman is best known as the screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. His directorial debut is Synecdoche, New York and it screened today in competition at Cannes. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a theatre director in Schenectady, New York who has to cope with his wife [...]

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