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...wife. Invited to Berlin to mount an exhibition of her paintings, she tells Caden she'd prefer that he stay home; she'll take Olive with her. Soon, it's clear, mother and child are gone for good. That leaves Caden open to the adoring advances of Hazel (Samantha Morton), who runs the box office at his theater. Her attentions hardly distract Caden from his obsessive suspicions of a physical breakdown: a bathroom accident has left him with a scar on his forehead and the skin disease known as sycosis. Before long, even sympathetic viewers will wonder if Caden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Synecdoche: Charlie Kaufman's Dangerous Mind | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...long, increasingly demented life. Caden moves to Manhattan, rents a warehouse and in it constructs a smaller version of the city outside. Hiring a huge cast, he sets out to assemble an epic of ordinariness. His second wife, Claire (Michelle Williams), will be the star; the ever-loyal Hazel is his assistant. A stalker named Sammy (Tom Noonan) has got the job of portraying Caden; "I've been following you for 20 years," he tells the director. "So cast me and see who you really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Synecdoche: Charlie Kaufman's Dangerous Mind | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...masterpiece is the work of a moment, but this theater piece is a long time coming - decades long, as the performers sink into their roles, live in the warehouse, blur the boundary between acting and living. Caden and Hazel are nearing old age by the time a celebrated actress, Millicent Weems (Dianne Wiest), joins the ensemble, also playing Caden, who is now seen in women's clothes and hair, looking strangely Millicentish. He gives Hazel a doppelganger (Emily Watson), who's also a magnet for his desperate sexual itch. But none of this gets Caden closer to realizing his project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Synecdoche: Charlie Kaufman's Dangerous Mind | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...there are no such blanket assurances for civic authorities and other institutions that lodged their money with Icelandic banks. The Local Government Association estimates that 108 local government councils have deposited $1.36 billion in Iceland. The councils' claims will be dealt with "case by case," said Hazel Blears, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. She told the BBC that local councils had varying degrees of exposure and indicated that while some might require additional funding, others might just "need extra advice." "I'm not going to sit here today and say that in relation to individual councils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iceland: Britain's Credit Crunch Scapegoat | 10/10/2008 | See Source »

...wife. Invited to Berlin to mount an exhibition of her paintings, she tells Caden she'd prefer that he stay home; she'll take Olive with her. Soon, it's clear, mother and child are gone for good. That leaves Caden open to the adoring advances of Hazel (Samantha Morton), who runs the box office at his theater. Her attentions hardly distract Caden from his obsessive suspicions of a physical breakdown: a bathroom accident has left him with a scar on his forehead and the skin disease known as sycosis. Before long, even sympathetic viewers will wonder if Caden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finally! An Instant Cannes Classic | 5/24/2008 | See Source »

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