Synecdoche New York
Synecdoche, New York is a film written by Charlie Kaufman about a theater director who builds a model of New York City, in a warehouse, to prove himself. During an optometry exam, a psychological problem is revealed. The film follows his struggle through his illness, the project and his relationships, as they gradually merge over several decades.1
Fast Facts
- Director: Charlie Kaufman
- Executive producers: Ray Angelic, William Horberg and Bruce Toll
- Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kauffman and Sidney Kimmel
- Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman
- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Release date: October 24, 2008 (limited)
- MPAA rating: R
- Run time: 124 minutes
- Filmed in the Bronx
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Film Title
Synecdoche (si-nek-duh-kee) is a noun defined as "a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part." Kaufman used the word synecdoche in the title as a play on the word Schenectady, a county in New York featured in the movie.2 3
Quotes
- "It reliably contains Kaufman's wondrous visual inventions, complicated characters, idiosyncratic conversations and delightful plot designs, but its collective impact will kick the wind out of you."—Jay Fernandez, Los Angeles Times4
- "I don't know what it will be. I think it's gonna be creepy ... It's a movie about the break-up of a relationship."—Charlie Kaufman in March 20043
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