Synecdoche: New York

[Trogdor2010]

I have in my collection, basically it's Charlie Kaufman's narccistic answer to the Fellini's significantly superior film 8 1/2. I urge you to see it (also on blu ray)

It is very similar to that film, it's about a man who is suffering from creating art, which in 8 1/2 it's about as much of a curse for him, because he is not acknowledging the world around him, and fails to embrace it. In Synecdoche New York, it turns the main character into the victim, and blames the world for it's sorrows. They both use symbolism for it's world (the burning home, the tall man in Synedoche New York), it might as well scream 8 1/2 in that film. I know some people who liked it more than I have; I actually loved it the first time I watched it, but I found it pretty self indulgent.