Comments on: Review and Discussion of Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Synecdoche, New York’ http://www.widescreenwonderland.com/?p=574 Bill Rusnak's movie reviews and commentary! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:23:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: russell http://www.widescreenwonderland.com/?p=574&cpage=1#comment-3283 russell Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:20:53 +0000 http://www.widescreenwonderland.com/?p=574#comment-3283 I watched it for the second time last night. It made much more sense this time. I think there's a lot to derive from this film, and I definitely agree with what you say. I think there also this feeling of "I wish I was someone else" from Caden, but what the film does it show you that being someone else won't make you happy. I think they basically explain this point at the end with the pastor gives his speech and then when the woman who plays Ellen at first begins playing Caden and Caden is playing Ellen. This woman is giving Caden is every instruction through an ear phone and explaining that he is not special, that no one is particularly special. We all live our lives with plights, and the unexpected ("fate" if you will), and that happiness is what you make of life. Also, the pronunciation for Synecdoche is sih-neck-doh-kee. I watched it for the second time last night. It made much more sense this time. I think there’s a lot to derive from this film, and I definitely agree with what you say. I think there also this feeling of “I wish I was someone else” from Caden, but what the film does it show you that being someone else won’t make you happy. I think they basically explain this point at the end with the pastor gives his speech and then when the woman who plays Ellen at first begins playing Caden and Caden is playing Ellen. This woman is giving Caden is every instruction through an ear phone and explaining that he is not special, that no one is particularly special. We all live our lives with plights, and the unexpected (“fate” if you will), and that happiness is what you make of life.

Also, the pronunciation for Synecdoche is sih-neck-doh-kee.

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