"Adaptation"
Directed by: Spike Jonze
1) Our film starts with a monologue. The voice is that of Charlie Kaufman, a screen writer with a tendency to take every aspect of his own life into a negative, pessimistic mindset and rationalization. Set to begin in Hollywood, California just after the release of "Being John Malkovich". (A film Charlie had previously adapted into a screen play and hence, launched himself into the spotlight in the writing world.) Charlie is attempting to write a screen play that is simple and pure. A movie simply about flowers. No added drama, no special effects. The canonical of our film is that of a very surreal world. Enhanced by Charlie's neurotic voice-overs and esthetically framed day dreams, nothing seems to be working for Charlie. The canonical also seems to set the idea that every aspect of this movie we are going to see will be......
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