Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York ( ) is a 2008 American postmodern psychological drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman in his directorial debut. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as an ailing theater director who works on an increasingly elaborate stage production and whose extreme commitment to realism begins to blur the boundaries between fiction and reality. The film's title is a play on Schenectady, New York, where much of the film is set, and the concept of synecdoche, wherein a part of something represents the whole or vice versa.
Plot
Theater director Caden Cotard finds his life unraveling. He suffers from numerous physical ailments and has been growing increasingly alienated from his artist wife, Adele. He hits bottom when Adele leaves him for a new life in Berlin, taking their four-year-old daughter, Olive, with her.
Cast
- Alice Drummond
- Amy Spanger
- Amy Wright
- Catherine Keener
- Daisy Tahan
- Daniel London
- Deirdre O'Connell
- Dianne Wiest
- Elizabeth Marvel
- Emily Watson
- Gerald Emerick
- Hope Davis
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Josh Pais
- Lynn Cohen
- Michael Higgins
- Michelle Williams
- Peter Friedman
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Robin Weigert
- Rosemary Murphy
- Samantha Morton
- Stephen Adly Guirgis
- Tim Guinee
- Tom Noonan
More details
| author | Charlie Kaufman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Charlie Kaufman |
| editor | Robert Frazen |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | autonomic nervous system berlin burn cast and crew cotard cotard delusion death of a salesman doppelgänger ensemble cast gather get together grow up how to isolated macarthur fellows program macarthur fellowship magnum opus married masterpiece mimesis mimetic new life theater director traumatize unexplained |
| musicBy | Jon Brion |
| producer | Anthony Bregman Charlie Kaufman Sidney Kimmel Spike Jonze |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Classics |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | independent lgbt-related psychological drama |