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Friday, February 07, 2003
BOOK REVIEW: THE ORCHID THIEF (2000) * * * (3 stars out of 4).
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The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean is the book that the movie Adaptation is an adaptation of. I found that movie so intriguing and confusing that I had to read the book. It turns out that the book, more than anything else, is about the history of South Florida, which is where I grew up, so that was a very pleasant and interesting surprise. It seems that South Florida was built upon one real-estate scam after another. I think Charlie Kaufman's criticisms of the book are true. It is very interesting, but there isn't really a story, and none of the characters ever really learn anything or change in a meaningful way. But, then again, that's what life is really like.
There's nothing in the book that sheds any light on the mysteries of the movie. Nothing about using orchids as a drug, nothing about killing anybody, nothing about Donald Kaufman. The book is the same mundane book that serves as a prop in Adaptation.
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