[3] The American Heritage Dictionary defines a synecdoche as a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part...
Keep that in mind while watching Charlie Kaufman’s [4] Synecdoche, New York [5] (2008).
Nowadays it’s OK for movie stars to embrace the names their parents gave them. But back in Hollywood’s heyday actors were given a full makeover by the studio publicity departments, a process that often entailed replacing their unpronounceable or funny-sounding (or just boring) names with snazzy new movie-star monikers.
[9] In this era of anti-immigration rhetoric, it’s sometimes useful to consider what a newcomer to the U.S. brings to the table — namely a sense of enthusiasm and hope.
[11] Among the higher profile DVD arrivals on the Library’s shelves this month is Hanna [12], the fourth movie by British director Joe Wright [13].
[15] A hard-nosed critic can find plenty to pick apart in Patricia Riggen’s [16] Under the Same Moon [17] (2007).
That is, if he can suppress his desperate need to blubber like a girly-man.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/wall-preview-synecdoche-new-york
[4] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442109/
[5] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+title:%22Synecdoche?+New+York%22
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14344#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/movie-quiz-stage-names
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14340#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-goodbye-solo-2009
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14331#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-shelves-hanna-2011
[12] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+title:%22hanna%22
[13] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942504/
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14328#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-under-same-moon-2007
[16] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726638/
[17] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+title:%22under+the+same+moon%22
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14323#comment-form
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=57
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=53
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=54
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=55
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=56
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=59
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=60
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=61
