I finally managed to finish watching Synecdoche, NY last night. I've been trying to watch it since last week but could not watch more than half an hour or 45 minutes at a time. Important things like life came up and the movie had to wait.
It's a very weird movie, I'll have to watch it again at least twice to make sense of it. Charlie Kaufman's earlier work was easier to 'get'.
Being John Malkovich, Human Nature and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind were all much more direct and went somewhere as in you knew that there was a story, it had started, it was progressing and when it was coming to an end. S,NY just ambled along, getting unbearable at times and I kept expecting him to do something sooner. The trauma and the violence of the end of his parents was another shocking thing. Sent me on a guilt trip thinking whether I've been greedy. The distressed chronology didn't help either.
I'll have to read up more on this because it's irritating that I finished a movie a good ten hours ago and it's still in my head.
Also, for some reason I keep typing Synechdiche.
Also, for some reason I keep typing Synechdiche.
