Synecdoche, New York (with Josh Custodio)

This week we're using a part to represent the whole and the whole to represent a part as Wrestling Brain's Josh Custodio joins us to go deep on the human condition with 2008's Synecdoche, New York, written and directed Charlie Kaufman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Tom Noonan, Hope Davis and Dianne Wiest. Kaufman's directorial debut, coming hot on the heels of Eternal Sunshine, is at once an absurdist comedy and a devastating tragedy, with Hoffman giving what might be a career-best performance in a life that was full of great ones. Plus: losing faith in streamers, playing the same song on repeat, Jesus on the radio, movie-going as therapy, and how to get hooked on pro wrestling. Beyond the wider screenwriting resume of Charlie Kaufman, other works discussed in this episode include Annihilation, You Springin' Springsteen On My Bean?, Pokemon GO, Fishing with John, The Leftovers, Beau Is Afraid, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Bottoms, Aquaman, Joker, The Prestige, Arrival, Children of Men, Upgrade, There Will Be Blood, Beau Travail, Napoleon Dynamite, Mad God, and Walk The Line 2: Joaq The Line. If you want to watch the movie before listening to our discussion, you will have a hard time streaming it legally. So go buy it on physical media. It's a great movie, we promise you won't regret it. And be sure to catch Josh and Zubes every Wednesday night for A-E-Double-Dudes on the Wrestling Brain channel on Twitch, those guys are the best. We'll be back next week doing lord knows what! Follow us on Twitter @ADHDDVDpod to find out.