I can see why Ebert picked this as the best film of the past decade. It's the most unconventional screenplay of the past decade. As Michelle Williams states: "It's brilliant. It's everything. It's Karamazov." Personally, though, I find its deconstructing fragmented narrative distracting in the midst of moments of emotional clarity. I still think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is Kaufman's shining moment.
I can understand the extreme reactions, I was just hoping he'd do something else narratively speaking. Once we get to the part where he begins staging his life it just keeps going and going and going. Not that there wasn't anything interesting going on there. I do take issue with the time considering in the latter half he's essentially doing things immediately after they happened. I wish the story would collapse in.
I'm just a little person One person in a sea Of many little people Who are not aware of me I do my little job And live my little life Eat my little meals Miss my little kid and wife And somewhere, maybe someday Maybe somewhere far away I'll find a second little person Who will look at me and say "I know you You're the one I've waited for Let's have some fun."
Such a nice line from a great film ! I agree.. the best part of it too is that we think we are waiting for someone or something ( funeral monologue speech) but we're not we have already found in within cinema.. But the one thing we know a little bit about is that cinema carries with it just too much wealth
I can't believe I spent two hours on this pretentious film. It's boring, and to be honest, why do I want to watch a film that's boring and tries too hard?
The most powerful, life-affirming beautiful thing I've ever seen. This film is not a story, as a whole it's a metaphorical mirror of life as it is common to us all. We are each a theatre director, creating images of ourselves and other people, telling ourselves a story that may struggle with truth and fear; in the end we all have the essential in common. A beautiful tragedy happening to us all right now.
some of the best acting and writing ive ever seen and im not talking about the trippy plot
Unwatchable. Maybe a different actor from the unwatchable Hoffman could have made it work, but god, this film is crap -- over-reaching over-clever crap.
A dying director that is not dying navigates exactly the life that he lived inexactly as he attempts to stage a work of evasion through dramaturgical obedience. Not contradiction, but opposition. Not a thesis on the existential project, but a working out of its aporetic structure. Does a single voice raise the clamour of being? Not symbolic or allegorical, but how the world works.
A haven of symbolism, every little detail and movement hides messages so abundant you will interpret the movie differently with every watch.
So sad.. I think the play that is being planned would turned out a masterpiece if it was done in real life....
One of the greatest and most intense experience of modern cinema. It's simply hard to find the words to describe it.
The end is sad: there's no hope only resignation. Caden was a failure as a father, a husband, and as the creator of the show which by definition would never come to an end, given the initial idea he had. Is not easy to exist. Recreate the existence proves even more difficult. Except for Kaufman, whose portrait inevitably finds himself in Caden. The fact that he directs the film is almost metalinguistic.
Too late debut. Covering everything as usual. Some movement should be step by step.
Absolutely fantastic. Don't try to define what you see, just go with it. This film is incredibly powerful and very well directed and acted.
Yes this film unfolds itself so beautifully the second time... Way ahead of its time, this will get better with every viewing and every passing year....
I had a hard time getting through it the first time and I honestly resented it a little. During the second viewing, I suppose I understood what I was getting into and I absolutely loved it. Maybe it's not the most tightly put together film, but it satisfies something in me that I really needed. The script is beautiful, sad, and wonderfully humourous.
A beautifully woven masterpiece. Easily one of the best of the past decade. Emotional, thoughtful and detailed beyond belief.
in retrospect, this movie was way too long and drawn out. for a movie bordering on mainstream audiences, it should have been more engaging.
I think Kaufman is an alien....thats the only explanation for how this was written. Tied knots in my mind.
There is no doubt in my mind that Charlie Kaufman is indeed a genius. There is also little debate about the fact the this film is multidimensional, rich in context, meticulously crafted into a dreamlike nightmare. The cast is superb as well, however at times I felt lost and hard to comprehend the subliminal meaning of things like the significance of burning house, the Germanic accent of his daughter, etc...
