synecdoche
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Charlie Kaufman's films — "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation.," and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," which he wrote, and "Synecdoche, New York," and "Anomalisa," which he directed — are cheeky and depressing headscratchers.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2020
Much of Charlie Kaufman's work - from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to Synecdoche, New York, his 2008 directorial debut - features male protagonists enduring internal suffering, but under darkly funny circumstances.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2016
Kaufman’s first film as both writer and director, Synecdoche, New York, ostensibly takes place in a live-action world of flesh-and-blood people.
From Slate • Dec. 31, 2015
"Anomalisa" is Kaufman's first film in six years since his critically acclaimed but commercially disappointing directorial debut, "Synecdoche, New York."
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2015
And apparently various causes might produce this Synecdoche.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing synecdoche
Poetry: Literary Devices
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Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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