BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29855@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Cinema Mythologica: Synecdoche\, New York (2008) DTSTAMP:20261031T212543Z DTSTART:20261202T193000Z DESCRIPTION:Love robots\, doppelgängers and tragic heroes – behind these ic onic film\ncharacters lies a mythical past. Although most films are set in the present or\nthe future\, classical myths play a significant role thro ughout Hollywood.\nCountless films are inspired by archetypal narrative pa tterns and mythical\ncharacters\, particularly when they deal with contemp orary themes such as AI\,\ngender and psychology. In the Cinema Mythologic aseries\, a collaboration between\nDe Uitkijk and classicist Koen Vacano\, we uncover the hidden mythical layers of\nfilm history\, from Oedipus com plexes to narcissistic algorithms. Each film\nfeatures a short introductio n in English\, inviting you to view the film through\na mythological lens. \n\nTheatre director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a neurotic\, tormented\nby numerous physical ailments. He is afraid of death\, afraid of life\, and\nperpetually desperate. His wife Hazel\, a painter\, finds l ife with him\nsuffocating and flees to Berlin with their young daughter. C otard’s life falls\napart. What sustains him is an unlimited budget for th e creation of his magnum\nopus: a play as ‘shockingly honest’ as life itse lf\, for which he attempts to\nbuild a lifelike replica of New York. Cotar d rents a huge hangar and hires an\narmy of actors who are free to discove r their own roles. Years pass\, during\nwhich the warehouse becomes increa singly isolated from the outside world and\nCadens’ health deteriorates fu rther. A parallel city grows up around Cotard\, the\nleading actor in a th eatre without boundaries.\n\n * Language: English\n * Subtitles: English\n * Duration: 145 mins.\n * Director: Charlie Kaufman\n * Cast: Philip Seym our Hoffman\, Samantha Morton\, Michelle Williams\n * Year: 2008\n * Count ry: United States URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinema-mythologica-synecdoche-new-york- 2008 GEO:52.36476;4.8843948 LOCATION:De Uitkijk - Prinsengracht 452\, 1017 KE Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:film,in english X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Love robots, doppelgängers and trag ic heroes – behind these iconic film characters lies a mythical past. Alth ough most films are set in the present or the future, classical myths play a significant role throughout Hollywood. Countless films are inspired by archetypal narrative patterns and mythical characters, particularly when t hey deal with contemporary themes such as AI, gender and psychology. In th e Cinema Mythologicaseries, a collaboration between De Uitkijk an d classicist Koen Vacano, we uncover the hidden mythical layers of film hi story, from Oedipus complexes to narcissistic algorithms. Each film featur es a short introduction in English, inviting you to view the film through a mythological lens.

Theatre director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a neurotic, tormented by numerous physical ailments. He is afraid of death, afraid of life, and perpetually desperate. His wife Hazel, a painter, finds life with him suffocating and flees to Berlin wit h their young daughter. Cotard’s life falls apart. What sustains him is an unlimited budget for the creation of his magnum opus: a play as ‘shocking ly honest’ as life itself, for which he attempts to build a lifelike repli ca of New York. Cotard rents a huge hangar and hires an army of actors who are free to discover their own roles. Years pass, during which the wareho use becomes increasingly isolated from the outside world and Cadens’ healt h deteriorates further. A parallel city grows up around Cotard, the leadin g actor in a theatre without boundaries.

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