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December, 13th, 2008
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Kierkegaard's Narrative:

Adaptation

Charlie Kaufman, directed by Spike Jonze

The clever joke of this movie is the way it combines experimentalism and conventionality, a union that also happens to fit neatly into the Kierkegaardian model.

Protagonist: Charlie Kaufman
Aesthetic Preoccupation: Screenwriting
Affairs: Susan's affair with John
Repetition: Charlie tries to recreate the experience of Susan Orlean's original book
Death: Charlie's twin brother
Existential Humanist Act: Charlie throws himself into the screenplay --literally --and confesses his love for a female friend.

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