Charlie Kaufman has a new movie coming out. It’s called Synecdoche, New York. It’s his directorial debut. Charlie has never disappointed us, people. Never. He started out as a writer for Chris Elliot’s brilliant but cancelled “Get a Life,” and he’s been mindfucking us every since: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
It took him four years to finally get around to Synecdoche, but from the looks of the trailer, it’s been worth the wait. Though, really: I have no fucking clue what’s going on in the preview, but I can’t wait. I trust Charlie. You should trust Charlie, too. Plus: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hope Davis, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. White-knuckle awesome.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 19, 2008 9:18 AM
Malkovich, and the new left-heavy format sucks imo.
Good morning.
Posted by: Recondite at September 19, 2008 9:34 AM
Dear Pajiba,
Stop with the jiggery-pokery.
Love ya, mean it,
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Posted by: Girlnone at September 19, 2008 9:37 AM
I *heart* Kaufman.
I do not *heart* left side.
Ye scurvey dogs. Yarr.
Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 19, 2008 9:42 AM
New website and content formats are apparently not Changes That Pajibans Can Believe In.
Posted by: branded at September 19, 2008 9:43 AM
Blame Palin.
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Dustin
Posted by: Dustin Rowles at September 19, 2008 9:44 AM
Dianne Wiest is Weirdly Close. (I confess: I have a crush on her since In Treatment.) This looks like a great lazy weekend movie. I only hope that it has a quietly brilliant ending.
I shall always love Charlie Kaufman for introducing the weirdness of the NJ Turnpike to the world.
Posted by: Amanda47 at September 19, 2008 9:52 AM
I'm more of a centrist when it comes to Pajiba.
Posted by: chad at September 19, 2008 9:54 AM
The trailer gave me chills and I don't even know why. PSH has something going there.
He started out as a writer for Chris Elliot's brilliant but cancelled "Get a Life," and he's been mindfucking us every since...
I can't believe someone else remembers that show - fanfuckingtastic.
Somebody tell that Palin bitch that just because she can see Pajiba doesn't mean she's an expert on page layout. Left-justify sucks and makes me feel all lopsided.
Posted by: Cindy at September 19, 2008 10:05 AM
I'd like to thank whoever removed Seth Rogen's face from the header! Yay!
Posted by: io at September 19, 2008 10:08 AM
Charlie Kaufman is my personal hero. But Human Nature did happen, and it was TERRIBLE. I think truly admiring someone means accepting their flaws. No matter how left-sided they can be.
Posted by: insertclevernamehere at September 19, 2008 10:20 AM
Ya devious coont! I almost just posted a poor layout complaint while you went and changed it back, but the Preview button saved me! Can't trust you further than I can throw you. And with my bad back...
Wait a second......it's still center-justified only in Comment Preview?
Okay, fine. Is that one square ad at the top right pushing everything over? Is it just for the sake of that one spot? That creates an enormous amount of empty space and it doesn't look good at IDLYITW and Egotastic either. Who else does that? This is journalism school stuff-- bad layout. No explanation from the editors. Abused readers.
I love Charlie Kaufman. I love Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Kaufman. Hoffman. Weird, they rhyme!
But at any rate, that line about "extras" and "leads" is totally my line. I wrote that. I mean, I'm sure I wasn't the first. But damn Charlie Kaufman, always writing exactly how I think. What an asshole.
Goddamit, this movie's going to be sweet.
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Posted by: Kash at September 19, 2008 11:39 AM
Adaptation was a half-assed unintentional remake of Fellini's "8 1/2" yet nowhere near as mindfuckingly good.
Still, one can't hit it out of the park EVERY time...
Posted by: Armando at September 19, 2008 2:17 PM
Yo, Skitt, reel that bitch in, will ya?
Posted by: Cindy at September 19, 2008 2:55 PM
OK, but how do you pronounce the title?
Posted by: rlr260 at September 19, 2008 3:18 PM
WTF? Hated the trailer.
Oh, and I liked the old central position of Pajiba best. Call me old fashioned, but I'm really old fashioned. I still weave my own cloth, and I prefered computers when you had to enter this crap with punchcards with Hollerith codes.
Posted by: BWeaves at September 19, 2008 3:29 PM
Much, much love for Charlie Kauffman.
But really the layout is hurting my lady brain. But it is good to make the ads easier to ignore. It just looks very weird.
Posted by: figgylicious at September 19, 2008 4:06 PM
The more Kaufman the merrier. But Hope Davis?? She's more intolerable than Julianne Moore. She was a part of THE most unpleasant film I have ever seen, "The Secret Lives of Dentists" and ever since I can't bear to watch her.
And the new layout is awkward, but I guess I could get used to it.
Posted by: lux at September 19, 2008 7:14 PM
i'm late responding to this, but i saw this movie at TIFF.
the first half-hour was brilliant and i was really excited to be there... then it went downhill.
the last half-hour had a lot of people looking at their watches. i found it painfully boring and was thinking about my lunch.
Posted by: celery at September 20, 2008 7:10 AM
I love Charlie Kaufman, but what celery has just said totally burst my bubble!
Charlie Kaufman has a new movie coming out. It’s called Synecdoche, New York. It’s his directorial debut. Charlie has never disappointed us, people. Never. He started out as a writer for Chris Elliot’s brilliant but cancelled “Get a Life,” and he’s been mindfucking us every since: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. 
Eeeeh, I'll wait for the flick.