toblix Posted November 8, 2008 http://www.sonyclassics.com/synecdocheny/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted November 9, 2008 This is playing downtown in my city. I think I may go see it today or tomorrow. I love Kaufman films but Phillip Seymour Hoffman gets on my nerves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted November 9, 2008 Phillip Seymour Hoffman gets on my nerves. Holy shit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted November 9, 2008 Holy Fuck! I wish I could see that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted November 9, 2008 This is/was my most anticipated movie for the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted November 9, 2008 It looks mind-breakingly good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted November 9, 2008 On the other end it might be 2 wholly inaccessible pretentious hours of Hoffman flopping around. That's pretty unlikely, but you know, just tempering things a bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyroid Posted November 10, 2008 On the other end it might be 2 wholly inaccessible pretentious hours of Hoffman flopping around. That's pretty unlikely, but you know, just tempering things a bit. It's... Well. It's depressing. But good. But not fun. How do I explain this film? Two hours of frustrating entertainment. It's a very ambitious film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted November 10, 2008 I'm really psyched. My girlfriend and I are huge fans of both Kaufman and Hoffman so we'll be checking this out as soon as it hits theaters in our city. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted November 10, 2008 It's depressing. But good. But not fun. How do I explain this film? Sounds like my kind of film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted November 10, 2008 Man I've been waiting a long time for some new Kaufman movie to do nasty things to my mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) This might have been the most disappointing film I've seen in a long time. I was expecting wonderful things, instead I got some derailed movie similar to what Jake described earlier in the thread (whether he was serious or not) where I was checking my watch to see if it was over yet. The only amazing thing about this movie is that somehow it stretched two hours of real time out to three and a half. Oh well... I WAS a huge Kaufman fan, I even collected all his National Lampoon articles from Ebay, but I don't know now. I heard he was quiting screenwriting though, so we'll see. I had a similar experience when I saw Tideland, but Gilliam's track record is too good for me to care that much, and I could at least make sense of Tideland until maybe the last 10 minutes. Edited November 11, 2008 by syntheticgerbil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted November 11, 2008 Heh, Kaufman is a genius, but it sounds like he works best with the guidance of someone like Spike Jonze or Michel Gondry. Fun fact: I used to live damned close to Charlie Kaufman. I used to see him in Ralph's -- I really wanted to go and say "I LOVED Adaptation!", but I never got the guts to do it. Idiot that I am. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted November 11, 2008 From reading many interviews with him over the years I really doubt he would have liked that as he seems sort of perpetually ornery, but it would have made a good story. I'd like for him to make another movie after this by himself that is hopefully less purposefully(?) difficult, but since you mentioned Spike Jonze, I'd really like for someone in the industry to shine some light on whether or not Where the Wild Things Are will ever see a release. The test clips I've seen look promising, even though I hear they had problems with putting CG mouths on people in giant costumes. Also it has a brilliant screenplay written by resident Thumbs forum member Metallus83. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) Also it has a brilliant screenplay written by resident Thumbs forum member Metallus83. Metallus is a professional screenwriter McSweeny's Dave Eggers?!?!? Edit: I'm so confused. Please explain yourself! Edit edit: No, Metallus is a completely different Dave Eggers. Edited November 12, 2008 by ThunderPeel2001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) Metallus83 will rise again! http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dnyC0x0jeos/SPcTiSO3vZI/AAAAAAAAAD4/nkq261W3SDc/s1600-h/wildthings_javits_061008.jpg (couldn't get the image to insert into my post!) (MTV can lick balls though.) Edited November 13, 2008 by syntheticgerbil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted November 13, 2008 Metallus is called Dave Eggers, but he's not responsible for that script, Gerbil... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted November 13, 2008 Yeah, but he could certainly make use of having the same name as a famous author. Maybe even unscrupulous uses... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
