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The Nightmare (2015)
Unsuccesful in both of it's goals
If you try to make a mix between a horror movie and a documentary, atleast do one of them right. Yes this has some jumspcares, bit of tension and some ok looking imageries. But with it's lazy, unoriginal attempts at creating some actual horror value make it less than an average horror movie.
Even bigger issue is the "documentary" part. You can't just have scripted interviews back to back and call it a documentary. Where is the informational side of this so called documentary?
As a horror movie, this is maybe a 3 or 4 star piece. As a documentary, a crisp 1 star. Or better said, this shouldn't be labeled as a documentary at all.
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
A movie about everyones life
Synecdoche, New York is a psychological dark comedic melodrama about a married theater director, who is trying deal with problems at home and at work, as he's trying to construct a life-size replica of New York for his new play.
The story starts quite normally, married couple with 1 child struggle to get along, while also having problems at work. But the setting starts to get weird when the main character, Caden Cotard decides to make the greatest play of all time. The project starts becoming bigger and bigger, and the line between the play and reality start to fade. The story is unique and creative but hard to follow.
The story itself isn't the main point of the movie but it creates the possibility to talk about things the movie is trying to discuss about, such as the meaning of life, depression, relationship problems, time, death, art, devotion and many more. The movie might not be for you, if you like linear and basic plots. It isn't good either if you just want mindless entertainment. It requires concentration and willingness to think about heavy topics.
The movie mostly circles around the main character, who is played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. There aren't any other significant roles, because the environment totally changes a couple of times in the movie. The whole cast of the movie did an incredible job, especially the leading actor Hoffman. The lines were delivered well, but the voiceless acting and body language was the most outstanding part of the actors' performances. Other aspects, such as sounds and visuals were great, but these aspects weren't exceptionally outstanding.
I personally consider this movie as an unique masterpiece. No other movie has been able to make me think about so many topics so deeply and in such new way. Using humor to deal with hard topics really appeals to me, and Kaufman also knows when to be serious. I would recommend it to everyone, because it has a massive impact on the viewers way of thinking.