Kaufman

Blake 2022-03-22 09:01:25

Kaufman says he doesn't write stories, only life, but life shows the greatest tension and destruction in the last twenty minutes, better than any made-up story.
That's it, casually talking about a screenwriter's psychological state at work, and unreservedly exposing his deepest inferiority complex and fear. Perhaps, successful and talented writers are just as unconfident as anyone else. They think of themselves as extremely humble. They doubt whether they need to follow the so-called routines. They care about the opinions of others, but they are unwilling to make any changes. All the irrelevant, trivial, inner things. I didn't want to tell a story, but that's how it came.

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  • Clark 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    The collective explosion of acting skills actually I think Charlie's script is too dark. The Hollywood model in front of me was demoralized and the ending shyly gave a drag car and a gunfight. I guess I was driven crazy.

  • Vita 2021-10-22 14:41:51

    A movie that can despair all screenwriters who want to write simple stories. The multi-layered non-linear narrative of the nested structure is a dazzling technique, which fits well with the theme it seems to express. As a screenwriter, it is impossible to write a simple story that is similar to the real life of the self-suffering and suffocating the living. Old Mr. McGee scolded "Why do I waste time?" Even this movie is the climax of the second half. It attracted most of the audience to watch it.

Adaptation. quotes

  • Donald Kaufman: [spying on Susan with binoculars] She's crying. She's at her computer.

    Charlie Kaufman: This is morally reprehensible.

    Donald Kaufman: United... to Miami. Eleven... fifty five am tomorrow. I thought she was down with Laroche.

    Charlie Kaufman: Her parents live in Florida, Donald.

    Donald Kaufman: That was no parent phone call, my friend.

    Charlie Kaufman: Don't say "my friend".

    Donald Kaufman: A guy entering. Handsome.

    Charlie Kaufman: Must be her husband.

    Donald Kaufman: She's acting weird with him, though, right? Don't you think? What's she hiding from him? Maybe she's a lesbian and doesn't know how to tell him. What do you think?

  • Susan Orlean: [stoned] Very happy now.