Adaptation (2002)
Country: US
Technical: FotoKem/DeLuxe 115m
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox
Synopsis:
The screenwriter of Being John Malkovich scoops the job of adapting a novel by a writer for New York magazine about a Florida botanist who steals orchids for Seminole Indians. As he grapples with the task of remaining true to the author's message while building a coherent screenplay, he becomes distracted by his twin brother's more banal project and the realization of his own inadequacies thrown into relief by his subject's passionate commitment.
Review:
Amusing follow-up to Malkovich, this time boasting more than one Cage, and displaying a similarly bold attitude to conventional movie structures - as evidenced by an ill-disguised contempt for the edicts of Robert McKee (Brian Cox in a superb cameo). It doesn't quite all work, and there is certainly little in the way of pay-off: like its predecessor it rather runs out of steam in the last half hour. Nevertheless, this is vastly preferable to the bulk of Hollywood product, and the cast fling themselves on the irreverent material with relish.
Country: US
Technical: FotoKem/DeLuxe 115m
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox
Synopsis:
The screenwriter of Being John Malkovich scoops the job of adapting a novel by a writer for New York magazine about a Florida botanist who steals orchids for Seminole Indians. As he grapples with the task of remaining true to the author's message while building a coherent screenplay, he becomes distracted by his twin brother's more banal project and the realization of his own inadequacies thrown into relief by his subject's passionate commitment.
Review:
Amusing follow-up to Malkovich, this time boasting more than one Cage, and displaying a similarly bold attitude to conventional movie structures - as evidenced by an ill-disguised contempt for the edicts of Robert McKee (Brian Cox in a superb cameo). It doesn't quite all work, and there is certainly little in the way of pay-off: like its predecessor it rather runs out of steam in the last half hour. Nevertheless, this is vastly preferable to the bulk of Hollywood product, and the cast fling themselves on the irreverent material with relish.
Country: US
Technical: FotoKem/DeLuxe 115m
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox
Synopsis:
The screenwriter of Being John Malkovich scoops the job of adapting a novel by a writer for New York magazine about a Florida botanist who steals orchids for Seminole Indians. As he grapples with the task of remaining true to the author's message while building a coherent screenplay, he becomes distracted by his twin brother's more banal project and the realization of his own inadequacies thrown into relief by his subject's passionate commitment.
Review:
Amusing follow-up to Malkovich, this time boasting more than one Cage, and displaying a similarly bold attitude to conventional movie structures - as evidenced by an ill-disguised contempt for the edicts of Robert McKee (Brian Cox in a superb cameo). It doesn't quite all work, and there is certainly little in the way of pay-off: like its predecessor it rather runs out of steam in the last half hour. Nevertheless, this is vastly preferable to the bulk of Hollywood product, and the cast fling themselves on the irreverent material with relish.