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Synecdoche NY, specifically this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PzSNy3xj0

But there is also a scene (which I cannot find online) where the main character (a playwright) is explaining that the only way to make his play work is to make everybody a main character. He realizes that everybody, everywhere, is living out a rich life and that they're the main character of that life.

It is a fantastic movie and i highly recommend it.



Oh my.

I love Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP), but I found Synecdoche, New York to be sooo incredibly anti-interesting in its multiple layers of ironically unironic self-indulgence that I really truly hated the film.

I have never had such a strongly negative reaction to any other movie. I'm having trouble thinking of a somehwat-close second. Maybe Blue Velvet?

If I heard someone else say that, I'd imagine that they had missed something, or just didn't "get it", but I don't think that's the case! :)


Wow I love both Synecdoche and Blue Velvet! What didn’t you like about Blue Velvet?


The first revulsion that leaps to mind is Dennis Hopper and the gas mask rape scene.

There are others, but it's been a while, and my memories of it are mercifully fading. I prefer to not interfere with that process!

If the goal of art is to induce thought and make an impression, these are both successful projects. :)


I watch a lot of films, mostly older ones these days, I don't want to estimate how many.

This film has haunted me with its beauty. Not as airy as Mallick's work, a little softer than Aronofsky (The fountain, black Swan are masterpieces).

I think Mr. Nobody attempts a weaker version of this film, cloud atlas also.

Gattaca, inception, 2001, kpax maybe.


Yes! I love Aronofsky's work. The Fountain is a hauntingly beautiful film. The poster from this film hangs in my children's bedroom and I can't wait to watch it with them when they're ready for that type of story.


I knew a guy who worked on that film and still didn't know what it was about. I personally enjoy the scene where she's touring a house with a broker while it's on fire.


Probably the most memorable scene and not a spoiler:

https://youtu.be/WFwS_Dqd-IU?si=A4h7BSXx90CxqvhV




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