Synecdoche, New York (Review)

It's useful to know two things going into Charlie Kaufman's head-trip of a movie. "Synecdoche" is a literary term, referring to the part being representative of the whole — as in "Times Square is New York City." And Kaufman is very "meta" writer who knows the fourth wall in drama isn't a sacrosanct rule but merely a concept to be toyed with at will.