Cold Hard Cage, Week 2 - Adaptation (2002)
About this episode
The episode discusses the film 'Adaptation' featuring Nick Cage in dual roles and its significance in modern cinema.
Episode 140 - What's better than a movie with Nick Cage? How about a movie with 2 Nick Cages? This week we get meta with the story of Charlie Kaufman (played by Nick Cage) as he struggles to adapt the screen play for the novel The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (played by Meryl Streep). Directed by Spike Jonze, this one is a modern meta classic that features and additional Cage who plays his own twin brother Donald. This one also made the MRAC history books as the 4th film to make it into the prestigious MRAC honors society, receiving a 10/10 from all 4 of us. Tune in as we break this one down. And tune in next week for a Cage double feature: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Color Out of Space (2019) email us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com
People in this episode
Host: MRAC Film Club
Topics covered
- adaptation
- film analysis
- meta cinema
- Nick Cage
- modern classics
Keywords
- Nick Cage
- Adaptation
- Charlie Kaufman
- Spike Jonze
- film review
- meta narrative
- Meryl Streep
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Orchid Thief, Cold Hard Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Color Out of Space
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