Fav Screenwriters: CHARLIE KAUFMAN

I thought it was the greatest day of my life when I found out Charlie Kaufman was writing a new movie with such an out-of-this-world cast and, oh! surprise!, him as a director for the first time.

That was until I found out this was a "Tango" (Carlos Saura, 1998) rip off all the way.

A man (with a cane) building a huge replica of New York (or Buenos Aires) inside a warehouse for his new show with an ex-wife, a new girl and his life reflected in his work? That's the plot summary for 2 movies!! "Tango" and "Synecdoche"...

I trusted Kaufman, and now, this?!

Pity.
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*S, NY: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SiSG_ijruS4
*TANGO: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nyc06Pl2gec

compare these clips: the cane... the music... the warehouse...

Hands down, one of the best movies ever made. And without a single doubt in my mind, the strongest, most beautiful, most amazing and mindblowing performance by a male actor in Film History. Sam Rockwell is simply a great ACTOR.

A more than interesting debut by director Michel Gondry. A satire about, well, human nature. A joke on humanity. A spoof on love and sex (mostly sex) and a comedy about our deepest insticts and the best (and worst) ways to supress them.

Visually, it's not as engaging as other Gondry movies and the screenplay isn't as "dreamy" and oniric as other Kaufman works but the extraordinary performances and the wicked sense of humour create a completely unique and mesmerizing film that, funny enough, it's not as "weird" as its synopsis may suggest.

Miranda Otto's character is a dream.