'Synecdoche, New York': Nowhere Man, By Kurt Loder

Philip Seymour Hoffman adrift in Charlie Kaufman's alternate universe. Philip Seymour Hoffman and director Charlie Kaufman in "Synecdoche, New York" Photo: Sony Classics Charlie Kaufman, a screenwriter for whom "brilliant" is the default adjective, is reported to have been displeased in the past with what some directors have done with his scripts (notably George Clooney, with "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"). Now, with "Synecdoche, New York," Kaufman has directed one himself. The re...

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