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Adaptation
Spike Jonze, 2002

There’s a virtuosic hall-of-mirrors quality to “Adaptation,” directed by Spike Jonze and ostensibly written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother, Donald, who does not in fact exist. It’s an adaptation of a book that’s actually about how impossible it is to adapt a book; it’s a study of neuroses and courage and obsessive passion; and above all it is an incredibly funny movie, with a delicious, dual Nicolas Cage performance as both Kaufmans