Adaptation: The Self-Proclaiming Rhetoric of Charlie Kaufman and of the Apostle Paul.

From: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture | Date: June 22, 2006 | Copyright information

Matthew Anderson, Department of Theology

Concordia University, Montreal

Abstract

In his screenplay Adaptation, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman took the inventive step of writing himself by name into what would become a hit movie. By so doing, he escaped the virtual anonymity that characterizes even the most successful movie writers and ensured his name, his "branding", and the reception of his future writings. Yet the very nature of Kaufman'...

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