Adaptation

 The movie Adaptation that we watched in class is based on the non fictional book "The Orchid Thief" by:Susan Orleans. The main character in the movie was known as Charlie Kaufman played by the actor Nicholas Cage.  In the movie, he has a lot of problems stacking up on him.  He has a really low self esteem, and when he tries to talk to women he ends up messing up.  He at the moment had to start writing a screen play for the book "The Orchid Thief" but is having a hard time writing it.  He wanted to change the way he does movies normally to a different style for this book.  As he goes on he realizes that it's harder than it seems and can't get himself to come up with anything.  In the movie he has a twin brother named Donald Kaufman and he was on the other hand a complete opposite of him.  He became a screen writer as well and became successful  on the first one he wrote and had a girlfriend as well.
The way that this movie represents imagination and reality is the way Charlie thinks about how things are going to happen in his mind, but when he tries to make it work it goes against him.  On the other hand, his brother tends to do the same but it goes right for him, and the reason for that is that Charlie has such a low self esteem and believes too low of himself.  As they go on they talk and figure out their true difference, which was that one cared too much about what others believed, and the other didn't care at all.  The way his brother Donald thinks about things is that he doesn't have to worry about everyone else thoughts and it works out for him, while Charlie stresses himself out just thinking about what they would say of it.  Donald's imagination turned into reality because of him believing in himself and having a positive outlook while Charlie's imagination troubled him too much of how peoples reaction to him would be.

Painting Description

The Furniture of Time
Yves Tanguy (American, born France. 1900-1955)

1939. Oil on canvas, 46 x 35 1/4" (116.7 x 89.4 cm). James Thrall Soby Bequest. © 2012 Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
1256.1979

In the painting "Furniture of Time" you see an image of several pieces of furniture scattered around in an open area.  The painting is Oil on canvas like several of the other paintings and it isn't that small.  The pieces of furniture that are on the painting are kind of hard to see but when you look closer you see a small bench and some chairs that are just shaped differently.  the color of the floor that the furniture is on is a straight gray color, making the color of the furniture pop out more.  The furniture is colored in several bright colors and makes it pop out more.  The furniture are casting shadows and if you look more to the back there seems to be more furniture at the back of the painting.  The painting uses a lot of depth and you feel as if there is no limit to your view.

The reason I chose this painting was because it stood out to me the most out of all the others.  Most of the other paintings where impressive as well, but i think the depth of the painting and the colors it used made me get more attracted to this painting.  The painting here is hard to understand but I don't mind the extra work I need to understand to be able to see the true meaning behind the painting.