Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
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Canada DVD Cover InformationActor: Brian Cox, Chris Cooper, Gary Farmer, Jim Beaver, Nicolas CageBrand: Sony Primary Contributor: Nicolas Cage Primary Contributor: Chris Cooper Primary Contributor: Streep, Meryl DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 114 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Sony Pictures Movie Reviews of Adaptation (Superbit Collection)Movie Review: Thinker"Adaptation.", on a superficial level, is a drama-comedy that is self-referential and existent in the vein of literature. At first assessment, one would suspect that Kaufman was not entirely true to the source material, as though he instead warped Orlean's work ("The Orchid Thief")as a footnote to his own. Deeper analysis indicates this couldn't be anymore wrong. "Adaptation." is about passion and about how a lack of it can make a person existentially miserable. I could make a substantial argument that the film is primarily concerned with passion at the expense of all else (which is a whole other level of irony, because isn't passion the pursuit of an end at the expense of all else?). Passion is also the central theme of "The Orchid Thief" and in this way they are bound. Just pay attention when you view this film, watch as Streep's character yearns for passion and syphons it off of the character of John Laroche (who follows his passions readily and without fear), and watch how Kaufman (the character) invests his passion in the character of Susan Orlean until the climax where he is forced to either accept it and the insecurities it is eternally bound to or to accept the bitter defeat of coming up short. Also, see if you can tell where the movie 'really' ends.
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