Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Directed by Charlie Kaufman · Cinematography by Frederick Elmes
R124 min61 frames
Drama
The end is built into the beginning.
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What is Synecdoche, New York about?
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.
Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 American postmodern psychological drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman in his directorial debut. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as an ailing theater director who works on an increasingly elaborate stage production and whose extreme commitment to realism begins to blur the boundaries between fiction and reality. The film's title is a play on Schenectady, New York, where much of the film is set, and the concept of synecdoche, wherein a part of something represents the whole or vice versa.
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What does the cinematography of Synecdoche, New York look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Synecdoche, New York leans on medium shots (57% of the sample) and wide compositions (21%). Cinematographer Frederick Elmes keeps 48% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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