Adaptation - Robert Mckee vs Charlie Kaufman scene 

Brian Cox here is just phenomenal

“Don’t you dare bring a deus ex machina”. With this, McKee gives Kauffman the solution for his script. But McKee himself, giving the solution, is the deus ex machina for the film.

That "I need more." is sublime.

A lovely movie about screenwriting and the deconstruction of screenwriting.

Watching this while procrastinating and McKee’s Story lies in front of me

ironic, adaptation might be one of the finest screenplays ever written when it all comes down to it

This shot of Charlie in the crowd is one of my favorites ever

People don’t seem to get that the film is satirising Mckee’s screenplay fomula.

Cool, I've been waiting for this. _Adapation_ is one of the first screenplays I ever bought. I wish Kaufman had more of an output, though....

One of my favorite movies ✨

I'm so glad I pushed for Charlie's screenplay to be made by the studio. They were almost not going to make the film, but luckily I helped sell it by saying the ending was really, really cool.

A great sequence in a great movie.

Great scene, thanks for sharing!

Very cool, bro 🔥

I need more.

Great!

Such a good movie 🍿

When he talks about the last act, he isn't talking about movies anymore.

What a goddamn actor

Mckee is so true ❤ he is so real

Please make a video on Martin mcdonagh

I don't know why but, this movie is so good. I did not like the flower part, but the acting, the mood of the film was very Pleasant

nice

...I feel attacked

ok thanks

Cage looks absolutely haggard here. It's my favorite role of his.

only screenwriters get why this scene is so great

Isn't Adaptation basically saying McKee is full of BS? and that in then end, you just need to write for yourself and not worry about what the audience or Critics may think of it.

The sad thing is that nowadays, there are more movies, TV shows, comic books and novels that don’t have characters who struggle and don’t have anything that happens to them, and it shows their creators need to read the real McKee’s book, or at least sit in on his seminar.

nick cage KILLED introvert kaufman role. peopme dont like him. damn he was Oscar on this

1st viewer

Some people may disagree with me on this but I never took this character of Robert Mckee seriously, either in the movie or in real life. What he writes about are things we're all already aware of by the time we're 14, it's common sense. He's kind of a scammer, who sells this dream while pointing out obvious things about screenwriting. It's not that he's wrong necessarily, but he's very shallow in how he perceives the art of cinema, and always ends up circling around certain stereotypes, like saying "Casablanca is one of the finest scripts ever written". Which is exactly the sort of thing that someone who only understands cinema on a shallow level would say. It pisses me off how he's a bully to this poor guy who is 100% right in how he sees things as well. Meanwhile despite being a bully, Mckee himself isn't a successfull screenwriter, one of the telltale signs of a "scammer". Much like the fake gurus we find all over the internet these days saying they can make millions in a few hours, then why would they need to be selling courses if they can make that much money? Why would Mckee be writing about writing if he knows so much about it, why not do the writing himself? I love this film so much because it shows this struggling writer caving in on his own insecurities, and being manipulated by the world around him, into going against what he really believes in artistically, which may give someone a temporary feeling of relief, but will undoubtely not satisfy him artistically in the long run. Not that many films can portray this kind of dilemma as well as this one.

Well, I must say McKee is completely wrong