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Fact: Too much has been made about Kaufman's persona and that of his characters. Aside from being a genius, Kaufman is also clever enough in an everyday sense to write outside his life. Not every element of his films is a literal representation of his person. He is there, there is no doubt. But he does not have a twin brother.

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.