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Adaptation. (2002)

Film
DirectorSpike Jonze
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Figures

Objects & symbols
  • The relationship between Susan Orlean's book and Kaufman's screenplay
Form & technique
  • The film's recursive narrative structure
  • The proliferation of authors within the film's narrative → The Death of the Author
  • The film's non-linear, associative structure
Tropes
  • The Charlie/Donald Kaufman twin dynamic
  • The third-act shift into a Hollywood action-thriller
  • Nicolas Cage's dual performance as the Kaufman twins
  • The Robert McKee screenwriting seminar scenes → The Soft Arm of the Law
  • The character arc of Susan Orlean from author to villain

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