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Tuesday, October 21
Paramount Theater (713 Congress Avenue)
7:30pm; $9 30 mins. prior to show; Badge & AFF Film Pass holders have priority
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Our advice? You may as well see it Tuesday, because you're going to need one viewing under your belt before you try to figure it out. It could be that there's not much to "figure out," that a character living in a literal house on fire has no meaning beyond the viewer's interpretation; no explicit message by the filmmaker—or at least none he's willing to explain.
So, unlike Kaufman's efforts with Spike Jonze, this one offers few, if any, pieces of plot that are there to be resolved by the end of the film. Instead, after a twenty minute opening sequence that seems roughly based in "reality," you follow the brilliant Phillip Seymour Hoffman down the rabbit hole.
All the film's performances are a pleasure to watch, even in its infinite meandering. The cinematography is clever and illuminating (small hints abound, if you peel your eyes).
Theater fans, screenwriters, anyone with an affinity for the arts, (and questions of authorship, the creative process and autobiography) will find wonderful fodder for theorizing. For Kaufman fans, everything he does is a "must-see." But for Synecdoche, it's one you must see twice.
From the Synecdoche press release, a definition:
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which:
A Part is used for the Whole
The Screen for Movies
A Whole stands for a Part
The Law for Police
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