Synecdoche, New York

Recently, I made myself a giant bowl of popcorn. To accompany my popcorn, Synecdoche, New York was put on. Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), I was soon taken on an unexpected mental journey. The film created an amazing sense of life. The fullness of a single life in a universe of time.

The film drew me in and had me following Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) on his blurred journey between reality and dream-state on his effort to create something vast, pure, and authentic. As my housemate proceeded to pass out halfway through the incredibly long movie, I couldn't leave. I couldn't let go of his character and his suffering. And his obsessions with life truths.

I didn't necessarily enjoy the movie, I just love how it made me think. It was truly a mental journey. And its pieces came together in a way that made me forget I ever had popcorn in my lap.