There are 30,000 kinds of orchids in the world, with different shapes. Ghost orchid is rare in orchid. Orchids, and the hunt for ghost orchids along the crocodile-infested swamp, are themselves a symbolic quest, an exploration of life.
The name of "Script Adaptation" is not translated well. Adaptation is not only the main line of the film - the adaptation of the screenplay - but also the meaning of adaptation.
The film explores several interesting themes. For example, a person who supports himself to survive, invests countless energy, and has such a treasured hobby, how can he let it go? When you love someone, does it matter whether the other person loves you or not, or does it matter how others react? And how do you find something you truly love, a lifelong commitment? I think these problems are nothing more than what you do, whether it is a quest or a destination. In some things, no matter how much you invest, it's just a transition. Some things are the fate of life.
The heroine doesn't have much liking for orchids, but she still wrote a book about orchids, even so perfect that the hero was overwhelmed. For her, the orchid is just a passing scene. What she's looking for, after all, is a sense of real presence in the world that seems like marital harmony, like a decent career as a New Yorker writer can't give. If love is seen as a journey, what about breaking up? On the contrary, if it is regarded as the fate of life, it is understandable for both to die in love.
Inner monologue, twin brothers, multiple time-lapse shots, dreams and fantasies... all suggest that this is a more intra-personal film.
McKee's 10 script commandments:
¹. ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜʳⁱˢⁱˢ ᶜʳⁱˢⁱˢ / ᶜˡⁱᵐᵃˣ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵃᵍᵒⁿⁱˢᵗ 'ˢ ʰᵃⁿᵈˢ. ᵗʰᵉ ᵃⁿᵗⁱ⁻ᵈᵉᵘˢ ᵉˣ ᵐᵃᶜʰⁱⁿᵃ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵃⁿᵈᵐᵉⁿᵗ.
ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ˡⁱᶠᵉ ᵉᵃˢʸ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵃᵍᵒⁿⁱˢᵗ. ⁿᵒᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᵖʳᵒᵍʳᵉˢˢᵉˢ ⁱⁿ ᵃ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ ᵉˣᶜᵉᵖᵗ ᵗʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ᵗʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ.
ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵍⁱᵛᵉ ᵉˣᵖᵒˢⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᶠᵒʳ ᵉˣᵖᵒˢⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ 'ˢ ˢᵃᵏᵉ. ᵈʳᵃᵐᵃᵗⁱᶻᵉ ⁱᵗ. ᶜᵒⁿᵛᵉʳᵗ ᵉˣᵖᵒˢⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵗᵒ ᵃᵐᵐᵘⁿⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ.
⁴. ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵘˢᵉ ᶠᵃˡˢᵉ ᵐʸˢᵗᵉʳʸ ᵒʳ ᶜʰᵉᵃᵖ ˢᵘʳᵖʳⁱˢ.
⁵ ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ʳᵉˢᵖᵉᶜᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵃᵘᵈⁱᵉⁿᶜᵉ. ᵗʰᵉ ᵃⁿᵗⁱ⁻ʰᵃᶜᵏ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵃⁿᵈᵐᵉⁿᵗ.
⁶. ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ʸᵒᵘʳ ʷᵒʳˡᵈ ᵃˢ ᵍᵒᵈ ᵏⁿᵒʷˢ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵒⁿᵉ. ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒ⁻ʳᵉˢᵉᵃʳᶜʰ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵃⁿᵈᵐᵉⁿᵗ.
⁷. ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡⁱᶜᵃᵗᵉ ʷʰᵉⁿ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉˣⁱᵗʸ ⁱˢ ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ. ᵈᵒⁿ 'ᵗ ᵐᵘˡᵗⁱᵖˡʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡⁱᶜᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ᵒⁿ ᵒⁿᵉ ˡᵉᵛᵉˡ. ᵘˢᵉ ᵃˡˡ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉ: ⁱⁿᵗʳᵃ⁻ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿᵃˡ, ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳ⁻ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿᵃˡ, ᵉˣᵗʳᵃ⁻ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿᵃˡ.
⁸. ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ˢᵉᵉᵏ ᵗʰᵉ ᵉⁿᵈ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ˡⁱⁿᵉ ˡⁱⁿᵉ ˡⁱⁿᵉ ᶜʰᵃʳᵃᶜᵗᵉʳˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵃʳᵗʰᵉˢᵗ ʳᵉᵃᶜʰᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈᵉᵖᵗʰ ᵈᵉᵖᵗʰ ᵒᶠ ᶜᵒⁿᶠˡⁱᶜᵗ ʷⁱᵗʰⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ ˢ ᵒʷⁿ ᵒʷⁿ ᵒᶠ ᵒᶠ ᵖʳᵒᵇᵃᵇⁱˡⁱᵗʸ ᵖʳᵒᵇᵃᵇⁱˡⁱᵗʸ.
⁹. ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ʷʳⁱᵗᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ⁿᵒˢᵉ ⁿᵒˢᵉ ᵃ ᵃ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸ ᵗᵉˣᵗ.
¹⁰. ᵗʰᵒᵘ ˢʰᵃˡᵗ ʳᵉʷʳⁱᵗᵉ.
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