Showing posts with label Synecdoche New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Synecdoche New York. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Wild ideas for Lauren R.

Lauren I love your ideas about character and Im looking forward to talking more about them with you tomorrow.  As I was looking back at your blog posts one of your ideas caught my attention. This is from your "Teaching others to love what I love" post:

" Iago changes so seamlessly from character.  It brings up the question of identity.  Actors dive into their characters, but how does that factor into when those characters dive into a disguise.  How far does it go? Is the character ever lost?  These questions fascinate me and I find that I am looking for a central idea, but I have a point at which to dive off!"

When I read that for some reason I thought of a wild movie written by Charlie Kaufmen called Synecdoche NewYork.  In it, a crazy play write gets insanely lost in a play he is writing and the character he is playing. The boundaries that separate the identity of the actor and the identity of the character are extremely blurred.   If you are still looking for ways to flesh out your thesis watching this film might help to give you some direction.