Next Film Club - 18th May!

by Harriet on 12-May-09 10:02

It's the moment you've all been waiting for.... Finally, Charlie Kaufman places his pen hand behind the camera for the first time with his trademark quirk as he brings us Philip Seymour Hoffman as a gritty theatre director struggling with various physical and emotional afflictions.  If that isn't enough of a tease, it's all set against the backdrop of my old stomping ground, New York, and the contrasts of suburban roots, urban sprawl, and Hoffman's growing mental usease.  I'm sure you'll agree that anyone who has written about John Marlkovitch as a lounge singer is entitled to have his surreal field day with the place - an aptly titled reflective romp round the inner workings of Kaufman, Manhattan and Synechdoche. Yum!

Check out the trailer below and whether it's ogling Michelle Williams, to have a giggle, or to cluck about depressive cinexperiences, it all happens on Monday 18th May at 8.30 in the Watershed - I'll see you there!

Tagged:sws film club, synecdoche, new york, south west screen film club

nortonia - said on Tue May 12, 2009, 11:05:31:

and before kaufman...

... you really should start your evening with the talk by maths marvel marcus du sautoy at the old at bristol science thingameejig just a few short steps away. 6pm. £6. what a bargain. prime-number-obsessive nortonia will be there and lovin' it.

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