Pretend Serious Topic: Out of Control and Split with Me

Jonatan 2022-04-23 07:01:29

The film introduced today is Adaptation. (2002)

Starring: Nicolas Cage , Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep , Chris Cooper , Maggie Gyllenhaal

Screenwriters: Charles Kaufman , Susan Orlin , Donald Kaufman (fictional)

Actually, this is a funny movie

Why are twins so different in character

Some people are so sad

Some people are so optimistic

But look deeper

In fact, the screenwriter wants you to understand that polarized emotions are not split personalities

a normal response to stress

But you have to learn to complement each other

In reality, the screenwriter of this film does not have twin brothers

The brother he made up is just another personality who hopes to exist

because you need to admit

Sometimes people need positive influence

even like Charles in the movie

I will find my brother who is out of bounds very annoying all day long

Never pretend to be interested in something

because you will regret it

Female reporter Susan (Meryl Streep)

Interviewed a "flower picker" who was full of lawsuits because of his love for orchids and often stealing orchids

And processed this person's story into the biographical novel "Orchid Thief"

She took the opportunity of interviews to understand Lao Xu's life in depth

Envy and respect for his ability to be so devoted to an event

She also pretended to be interested in orchids

But the truth is she was never interested in them

Everything is for the needs of the story and the narrative

When she saw the ghost orchid with great difficulty

Apparently did not have the expected miraculous and purifying effect of the mind

she began to understand

When dreams become reality

most likely to be disappointing

It's not Jiang Lang's end

Just didn't know you from life

A Hollywood studio has bought the rights to the book "The Orchid Thief"

And invited the well-known adaptor Charles (Nicolas Cage)

to turn it into a screenplay

Helpless, Charles seems to be exhausted

He racked his brains and couldn't finish the adaptation of "The Orchid Thief"

He wants to express the beauty of orchids

I don't want to add to the storyline for the sake of dramatic conflict

Most importantly, he didn't want to ruin Susan's work.

He has a kind of

A good feeling that exists without knowing it

you are looking for change

The world is really changing

In desperation, Charles had to ask the original author Susan for help

But the introverted Charles meets the charismatic Susan

I was so nervous that I couldn't speak

He had to call in his younger brother Donald, who was very interested in screenwriting and wanted to get involved.

Donald thinks Susan is lying

The two feel that they should pursue the truth

As a result, things got more and more out of control

The two brothers discovered that Susan and Lao Xu were still in private contact

Even Susan is on drugs

In panic, Susan thought of killing

It was in that reserve that someone close to him died.

They had a heart-wrenching night

Susan says she wants to start over

But life is like a drama

How do you know how another version of the world will play out your life?

get out of the pressure circle

see the beauty of life

Charles on a whim

The creative process of deciding to rewrite the script by myself is also written into the script

After a series of accidents

His screenplay adaptation is also nearing completion

Happily

The world is changing, and Charles is making small changes

He finally called his mother to tell his life's changes

He was finally able to express his affection for the girl he liked

He was finally able to complete a work that satisfied him

He finally learns to reconcile with life

less negative and closed

Awards for this film

75th Academy Awards

Nicolas Cage Best Actor (Nominated)

Chris Cooper Best Supporting Actor

Meryl Streep Best Supporting Actress (Nominated)


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Extended Reading

Adaptation. quotes

  • John Laroche: You know why I like plants?

    Susan Orlean: Nuh uh.

    John Laroche: Because they're so mutable. Adaptation is a profound process. Means you figure out how to thrive in the world.

    Susan Orlean: [pause] Yeah but it's easier for plants. I mean they have no memory. They just move on to whatever's next. With a person though, adapting almost shameful. It's like running away.

  • Donald Kaufman: [about McKee] But he says that we have to realize that we all write in a genre, and we must find our originality within that genre. See it turns out, there hasn't been a new genre since Fellini invented the mockumentary...? My genre's thriller, what's yours?