[blhack]

Synecdoche NY, specifically this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PzSNy3xj0

But there is also a scene (which I cannot find online) where the main character (a playwright) is explaining that the only way to make his play work is to make everybody a main character. He realizes that everybody, everywhere, is living out a rich life and that they're the main character of that life.

It is a fantastic movie and i highly recommend it.

[quesera]

Oh my.

I love Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP), but I found Synecdoche, New York to be sooo incredibly anti-interesting in its multiple layers of ironically unironic self-indulgence that I really truly hated the film.

I have never had such a strongly negative reaction to any other movie. I'm having trouble thinking of a somehwat-close second. Maybe Blue Velvet?

If I heard someone else say that, I'd imagine that they had missed something, or just didn't "get it", but I don't think that's the case! :)

[kimchidude]

Wow I love both Synecdoche and Blue Velvet! What didn’t you like about Blue Velvet?

[quesera]

The first revulsion that leaps to mind is Dennis Hopper and the gas mask rape scene.

There are others, but it's been a while, and my memories of it are mercifully fading. I prefer to not interfere with that process!

If the goal of art is to induce thought and make an impression, these are both successful projects. :)

[anotherhue]

I watch a lot of films, mostly older ones these days, I don't want to estimate how many.

This film has haunted me with its beauty. Not as airy as Mallick's work, a little softer than Aronofsky (The fountain, black Swan are masterpieces).

I think Mr. Nobody attempts a weaker version of this film, cloud atlas also.

Gattaca, inception, 2001, kpax maybe.

[blhack]

Yes! I love Aronofsky's work. The Fountain is a hauntingly beautiful film. The poster from this film hangs in my children's bedroom and I can't wait to watch it with them when they're ready for that type of story.

[tootie]

I knew a guy who worked on that film and still didn't know what it was about. I personally enjoy the scene where she's touring a house with a broker while it's on fire.

[js2]

Probably the most memorable scene and not a spoiler:

https://youtu.be/WFwS_Dqd-IU?si=A4h7BSXx90CxqvhV