"I know how to do it now"

I've waited since Cannes 61 to see this film and it was worth the wait. In true Kaufman style, this is a story of a play about himself and the elements within - actors playing actors playing themselves, doubles, and all sorts of sneaky metaphysics, most importantly a beautiful brave view of the world, with revelations coming thick and fast. Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays a man obsessed with death and his own decay, a lonely failure of a man who just wants to create something important and true as his legacy. Fantastic sets, warehouse within a warehouse within a warehouse, a lady who lives in a house that is always on fire... And mirroring the story itself, all the soundtrack was written by Kaufman and performed by the players themselves.


"There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. Try to imagine that many people! None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories"