Synecdoche, New York

[Machine Translation] This is the directorial debut of Charlie Kaufman, the popular screenwriter of "The Malkovich Hole" and other films. Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman gives a strong performance as the main character. Playwright Cayden Cotard lives in New York City with his painter wife Adele and daughter Olive. His plays are well received and it seems like smooth sailing, but Adele is disappointed with his lackluster stage direction, and finally leaves for Berlin with Olive. Kayden drowns his loneliness in the company of Hazel, a receptionist at the theater, but he is unable to develop a relationship with her because of his lingering feelings for Adele. One day, however, a turning point occurs to this dull man. One day, he receives the news that he has won the MacArthur Fellow Award (also known as the "Genius Award"). Cayden then comes up with an outlandish plan to use all of his prize money. He decided to use all of his winnings to create an "alternate New York" in his own mind, in a huge warehouse. He tells the assembled actors to "build and recreate their own lives in the New York of the stage," and the preparations proceed....

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『マルコヴィッチの穴』などの人気脚本家、チャーリー・カウフマンが監督デビューを果たすエンターテインメント・ムービー。主人公をオスカー俳優フィリップ・シーモア・ホフマンが好演。 画家の妻アデルと娘オリーヴに囲まれニューヨークに暮らす劇作家ケイデン・コタード。彼が手掛けた作品は一定の評価を受け順風満帆に思われたが、アデルは個性のない舞台演出を続ける覇気のない彼に失望し、ついにオリーヴを連れてベルリンへと去ってしまう。劇場の受付嬢ヘイゼルを相手に孤独を紛らわすも、アデルへの未練から関係を進展できずじまいのケイデン。だが、そんな冴えない彼にある日、転機が訪れる。マッカーサー・フェロー賞 (別名"天才賞")を受賞したとの報せが舞い込んできたのだ。すると、ケイデンは、その賞金全てを注ぎ込んだ突拍子な企画を思いつく。それは、巨大な倉庫の中に、自分の頭の中にある"もうひとつのニューヨーク"を作り上げる、という壮大なプロジェクトだった。やがて、集まった俳優たちに"舞台のニューヨークの中に自分の人生を構築し、再現せよ"と指示し、準備を進めていくケイデンだったが・・・。

メイキング、Screen Animations(本編中に出てくるアニメーション)、オリジナル予告、日本版予告 (以上予定)