Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Rating: 5/5

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

A terrifying look at what happens when you spend so much time trying to build your life that you forget to actually live it.

Watching Caden build his massive, impossible set is heartbreaking because it shows the flawed belief that if we just analyse things enough, or build a perfect enough model, we can control the outcome. However, life is beautiful precisely because it defies scripting. We watch Caden miss this again and again.

It’s dense and difficult, and it deals heavily with decay and time slipping away. It’s not an easy watch, but it feels honest about the fact that we’re all just improvising until the lights go out.

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