The State Theatre Blog

This is a blog dedicated to keeping you updated on all that is The State Theatre of downtown State College, PA. On this blog you will find info on the concerts, films, and other special events that are upcoming at The State. This site will be focused on bringing more info on the events than you can normally find at The State's regular homepage. We will be posting videos, reviews, and more overall info than you can find anywhere else.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Synecdoche, New York Starts This Sunday

This Sunday Synecdoche, New York starts its run at The State. Synecdoche, New York comes from the mind of Charlie Kaufman, Academy Award Winning Writer of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Kaufman has also penned Adaptation & Being John Malkovich (both of which were nominated for Oscars), which are considered two of the most wildly original screenplays in recent memory. A plot summary and trailer for Synecdoche, New York are below:

Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. His life catering to suburban blue-hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife Adele has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive with her. His therapist, Madeleine Gravis, is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. Worried about the transience of his life, he leaves his home behind. He gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in New York City, hoping to create a work of brutal honesty. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a growing mock up of the city outside.



Critics are praising Synecdoche, New York as a work of amazing originality. Roger Ebert proclaims, "This is a film with the richness of great fiction[c-st]." Richard Corliss from Time Magazine praises Synecdoche, New York, "No film with an ambition this large, and achievement this impressive, can be anything but exhilarating, a vital affirmation of the creative process[time]."

Synecdoche, New York is playing from Sunday 1/25 to Thursday 1/29 with shows at 7:00 PM and 9:3o PM (there is no 9:30 PM show on 1/25) each night with additional 4:00 PM shows on Sunday 1/25 & Wednesday 1/28. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors and are available for purchase both ONLINE and at The State Theatre Box Office. See you there!
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2 comments:

  1. roymlove404January 24, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    This looks like a great film. I will see it this week. I saw Slumdog Millionare Friday night fantastic film, maybe bring it around while it is still hot to the State ? I would go see it again at the State.

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  2. SLoveJanuary 27, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    I saw this last night and loved it. It's a complicated movie that I will need to see many more times but it is very enjoyable. I recommend it for anyone who has enjoyed any of Kaufman's previous works.

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