Cinema Diverse: Director’s Choice – Synecdoche, New York (USA, 2008)

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Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

Event Date: 09 November 2013
Location: Auditorium, 5th floor
Cinema Diverse: Director’s Choice : a US film, Synecdoche, New York (2008) selected by Mr. Kongdej Jaturanrasmee, a renowned Thai screenwriter and director of Tang Wong, P-047, Handle Me with Care and Midnight My Love.
Synecdoche, New York is the directorial debut of iconoclastic, cerebral, Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman whose credits include Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which earns him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton and Michelle Williams.

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Charlie Kaufman
Charles Stuart “Charlie” Kaufman (born 19 November 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and lyricist. His writing works includes critically acclaimed films Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He made his directing debut in 2008 with Synecdoche, New York, which was met with positive reception as well; film critic Roger Ebert called it “the best movie of the decade” in 2009.
Kaufman is often praised for being highly original and imaginative: Being John Malkovich stars John Malkovich as a fictional version of himself, Human Nature is mostly told by flashbacks, Adaptation tells the story of Kaufman himself, trying to write the film itself and to understand the book from which it is adapted with the help of his twin brother Donald Kaufman (who was credited as a cowriter despite being a fictional character),Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind mainly takes place in the mind of the main character while his memory is erased and Synecdoche, New York is a post-modern film with many complex non-realistic elements.
He has been nominated for three Academy Awards: twice for Best Original Screenplay for Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, winning the award for the latter, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Adaptation. He also won two BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplays, one BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Saturn Award for Best Writing.

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