Eric: Description: In the Directorial debut of acclaimed screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine, Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Adaptation) Synecdoche, NY follows the tormented life of a theater director (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

Eric: which displays elements of the surreal which Kaufman is notorious for. While utilizing unreal characteristics such as characters who are truly every character, scenes that take place as much in the beginning of the story as the end and a house that is

Eric: eternally in flames, Kaufman's avant garde approach is as ambitious as the play within it (a play with real life characters in a life size set of new york with a life size set of new york in it and a life size set of new york in that and so on)

Eric: His situations which blend a milieu of unreal and real create real life emotions and true questions about the nature of existence. In a world with a population of 13 million people each with their own story, the film can be as confusing and arbitrary as our

Eric: own world and yet perhaps paints one of the most accurate pictures of what it means to live as we die.

Eric: P.S. WHENYC never has any film shit, I'm trying to help it out, we need more

ryan: this looks really dope, good looks