UBC Film Society

Synecdoche, New York

2008, Rated: 14A, 124min

I know how to do it now. There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They’re all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Directed by
Charlie Kaufman
Written by
Charlie Kaufman
Starring
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, & Sadie Goldstein

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