A lost masterpiece.
Told through the eyes of Caden Cotard (a brilliant Philip Seymour Hoffman), we learn of his tragedy. Life. Life is his tragedy thus it becomes his play. Re-creating life in a warehouse for his new play, after winning the MacArthur Genius Grant, Cotard enables us to see how life really is.
Boasting a stellar cast (look out for Keener and Williams in this too), this definitely takes dedication, and threatens on loosing the audience on first viewing (its difficult to totally immerse yourself in the 'oddisies' of Kaufman's script), but the result is more than worth the wait. Definitely weird, but 110% wonderful. This is a brilliant film, so underrated.
That's the thing. No awards, varied reviews, low rankings on imdb and rotten tomatoes. What is the world coming to!? That's the main reason for this post. Not to just rant about my opinion (though that's never stopped me before), but to give this film its more than due credit. If this was mentioned in the same breath as 2001 or Raging Bull, I would not question it. A truly amazing film, that should be admired for decades to come.
Ebert compares Kaufman to auteur's like Bergman (see below) and after this, you can't help but agree. A true masterpiece, not to be missed.
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