After a successful teaming with Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman re-teamed in a film even more willing to blur the lines between reality and fiction. Nicholas Cage plays Charlie Kaufman, a neurotic screenwriter tangling with some minor success as his script for Being John Malkovich goes into production, as he attempts to adapt Susan Orlean’s “The Orchid Thief” into a film. Cage also plays Kaufman’s fictional brother Donald, who finds easy success writing formulaic junk featuring twist endings and car chases. The events of the book unfold as the film skirts around in time – we
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