Book Club: Adaptation
Book Club
Sun
7
Sun 7 Dec 1:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
116 Mins | Book Club at the NFSA
December
2002 | DCP | US | D: Spike Jonze
BOOK CLUB AT THE NFSA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANBERRA WRITERS FESTIVAL
Meta narratives abound in this self-reflective film about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), who’s trying to adapt Susan Orlean’s (played by Meryl Streep) non-fiction book The Orchid Thief for the screen.
As Charlie writes, he finds he’s putting himself into the script, not to mention his twin brother Donald (also played by Cage), who’s successfully writing a screenplay using the Hollywood formula Charlie is trying to avoid.
“Screenwriting this smart, inventive, passionate and rip-roaringly funny is a rare species. It's magic.” – Rolling Stone
The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film and Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief with special guest TBC.
Adaptation © 2002 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BOOK CLUB AT THE NFSA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANBERRA WRITERS FESTIVAL
Meta narratives abound in this self-reflective film about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), who’s trying to adapt Susan Orlean’s (played by Meryl Streep) non-fiction book The Orchid Thief for the screen.
As Charlie writes, he finds he’s putting himself into the script, not to mention his twin brother Donald (also played by Cage), who’s successfully writing a screenplay using the Hollywood formula Charlie is trying to avoid.
“Screenwriting this smart, inventive, passionate and rip-roaringly funny is a rare species. It's magic.” – Rolling Stone
The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film and Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief with special guest TBC.
Adaptation © 2002 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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