A screenplay about screenwriting

DVDs:

	• Adaptation (Superbit Collection) Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep Sony Pictures, 2003 average customer review:based on 320 reviews view larger image
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AMAZING

This doesn't cater to the crowd that just wants to enjoy a movie, but as a screenwriter myself whose allegiance always skirts the line between mainstream contrivance and indie banality I felt less alone after watching this movie, and that's what great art does for people. I didn't even get it the first time, but I wasn't so quick to call it "pretentious" because I don't take incomprehensible things as a shot to my ego like some of the reviewers here. Don't watch this expecting to be wowed, and you will be if you're any type of artist who's ever struggled with the choice between populism and possibly alienating self-expression.

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Adaptation, DVD

The film is nothing like the book, The Orchid Thief, but it is an amusing story with greats like Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage and the actor, Cooper. I enjoyed the scenes set in Miami, Broward county and the Everglades, swamps I had hiked in, too. I recently became interested in orchid culture and so The Orchid Thief book was recommended. Most of it set in Miami-Dade county where I live; many of the sites and people I am familiar with. I recently met people who had had disastrous dealings with the hero, John LaRoche, and was regaled with these hilarious stories. They all encouraged me to see the film, which they loved and they felt had a very satisfying ending , to them.

I purchased several copies of the DVD to give as Christmas gifts, which were much appreciaterd and enjoyed.

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A screenplay about screenwriting

Charlie Kaufman has written a movie about Charlie Kaufman trying to adapt the book "The Orchid Thief" into a movie. Get past thinking that Kaufman is egotistical for writing himself into his own script. So what if he is? It's still hilarious.

For anyone who has ever had writer's block, this is a truly hilarious portrait of an artist struggling to write a screenplay about flowers.

Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper are a perfect pair, playing the author and the orchid thief, respectively. They really do have good chemistry. Not to mention Nicolas Cage is really at his best here playing both Charlie and his twin brother Donald. The insecure Kaufman of the movie is a nervous wreck, polar opposite of the egotistical Donald. The characters are fun to watch together onscreen, and Cage pulls it off perfectly.

This is really a fun, wild film, and you can tell Charile Kaufman enjoys pushing and breaking the boundaries of the film medium, even just in his screenwriting.

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The Superbit titles utilize a special high bit rate digital encoding process which optimizes video quality while offering a choice of both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. These titles have been produced by a team of Sony Pictures Digital Studios video, sound and mastering engineers and comes housed in a special package complete with a 4 page booklet that contains technical information on the Superbit process. By reallocating space on the disc normally used for value-added content, Superbit DVDs can be encoded at double their normal bit rate while maintaining full compatibility with the DVD video format.

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