Texas Book Festival presents author Susan Orlean (THE ORCHID THIEF) speaking on the making of ADAPTATION (loosely based on her novel) before a screening on Nov. 1 at Alamo South Lamar. (posted by vid/ed Anne Heller)
@@ceriwinfield9632 He was nominated as screenwriter. And won. But he doesn't exist. The only time I know of this happening is Joel and Ethan Coen who edit their own films under a fictional name.
Awesome to finally see Susan Orlean speaking after years of watching Adaptation and other Kaufman movies. I'm hardly surprised at all that Kaufman was able to bring out deep subtexts from the book that Orlean didn't even see herself. He seems obsessed with deeper meanings and truth and extremely well attuned to emotional expression, even if he is shy and awkward in person.
Me too! My mind is actually blown that the movie Adaptation is the true event of what Charlie Kaufman wrote when he was tasked with adapting the orchid thief and couldn’t figure out how to make it work. I really assumed that Kaufman just set out to make a movie about writer’s block and all the details were fictional, but he really did write his life into the script. Unreal
This is one of my favorite films. I’m happy she agreed to all the liberties. She seems a touch more humble than Streep’s portrayal. Deep that Charlie could see she was going through it when she was writing.
Hearing her speak, Meryl really got her particular voice down quite well. It's surprising. It's easy to copy exaggerated vocal qualities, but watching this discussion, I could hear the movie dialog right in my head.
Amazing, romantic, passionate book. Digressions, yes, but they come back around to reveal a playful curiosity detailed through her simple writing of her experiences... The movie, bizarre, genius and original, through still with all the elements; protagonist, antagonist, mentor and love interest and more. Charlie Kauffman was brilliant, as were the actors!
You like Charlie Kauffman? I think his early work is a little too new wave for my taste, but after Adaptation he really came into his own, commercially and artistically
Oh thank you so much! I have always wondered what Susan Orleans thoughts on adaptation would be! A funny interview to boot! Having only read the book and seen the film....i had wondered what Orlean looked like! Even while reading the book I always had the image of Meryl Streep in my head! Thanks for this! Very Interesting!
Amazing, thanks for this video! I never read the book, but the movie is one of my favorite. I always wanted to know how Susan must have felt in seeing it.
just started the book after recently re-watching the movie and, though I'm only about 20 pages in, Orlean's writing is exceptional. This is one case where the book and movie may be a perfect complement to one another... highly recommend reading it...
One of the more interesting parts of the movie was knowing that it was a real book, so it's interesting to hear her talk about how she was hesitant to use her real name and the producers were insistent that it had to be her actual name.
gosh... till now you know, I thought she is actually that kind of person as described in the film. So i couldn't believe how she apears as writer on google and amazon.. anyway.. her writings were so beautiful.
She is SO lucky Charlie Kaufman wrote it. She would not have been known otherwise. He wrote one of the most brilliant scripts, ever. Amazing. One of a kind.
@cairnnation "Sorry, but I don't owe David Kaufman's memory a gratuitous pass... my opinion isn't changed at all by considering Mr. Kaufman's memory." I wasn't referring to your opinion of the film. I was laughing at you for this long-winded response to someone who was making a joke. DONALD Kaufman is a fictional character. Charlie has no brother... ergo you were not actually disrespecting anyone's memory. I just thought your response to that comment made you look rather comically foolish. :)
personally.. I love Nicolas Cage as Kaufman but I don't on Kaufman and his films.. It's so...... him .. like.. killing john malcovichi.. malcovitchi? ;; etc..
