Any film from the mind of Charlie Kaufman is destined to be a treat. Even his weakest films have inspired thought and typically are only weak because of their execution, not because of the concept. Because of that, I’ve been looking forward to his next picture, Synecdoche, New York, which not only comes from Kaufman’s mind, but also marks the writer’s directorial debut.
If the concept of the film wasn’t enough, this first poster is a pretty compelling image, apparently taken directly from a key moment in the movie. Post-it Notes haven’t been this interesting since Office Space covered a person in them.
For those who aren’t literary geeks, a synecdoche is a figure of speech where a part of something is used to reference the whole. The word serves as a play on words on the movie’s Schenectady, New York setting, but also ties in thematically with the story of a theater director (played by the always-incredible Phillip Seymour Hoffman) who, after dealing with numerous personal issues, moves his theater company to a New York warehouse and starts directing them to live out constructed lives in a mockup of the real city outside.
The poster comes online courtesy of Ion Cinema.com who has a larger version of the poster below. Click over to their site to see the poster and their speculation on Focus Features or Miramax Films putting in a bid for the movie, which is currently without a distributor.
