Esquire's advice to people who've seen "Synecdoche"

Their headline is "Read This Article After You Watch Synecdoche, New York." So, you know. Read on or don't read on.

If you read this now, you'll spoil Charlie Kaufman's mind-bending new movie, so print it out and take it to the theater.

This month, Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York. It's the story of Caden Cotard (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman), a theater director in upstate New York who tries to understand life by having it acted out onstage. As you'd expect, Kaufman plays with your perception of reality in a way that's both challenging and amusing. And unsettling. Hopefully, this'll make you feel better:

You're not meaningless. You can make a difference while you're alive, and people will remember you after you die. If you're thinking of all the people in your life that you might be taking for granted, good. Call them. Tell them you love them. If you're worrying about everything you've done wrong, stop it. Kaufman just spent 124 minutes showing you that is a bad idea. Unlike Hoffman's character, you aren't doomed to repeat your mistakes, especially if you don't get trapped in examining them. And don't wait for things to get better. Make them better. No, you should not go back and reread No Exit. And no, no one else knows why that house was always on fire, either. (Source)

Words to live by. That's the whole article.

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