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Synecdoche, New York

2008 · 124 min

A haunting, labyrinthine experience that blurs reality and fiction, demanding patience and rewarding with profound existential unease.

Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams

Tagline: The end is built into the beginning.
Overview: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

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Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
death
isolation
art
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	4
Realism	4
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Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
Written by: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis
Music: Jon Brion
Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
Runtime: 124 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, German

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