..He wasn't really fat? - Adaptation. (2003) Discussion

[–] hollie909 11 years ago

I just read it as another of his neuroses and elements of self-loathing coming through?

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[–] callawright 11 years ago

Yeah... he wasn't all that fat - kind of chunky, but not that much heavier than Nic Cage is normally, but from what I could tell it didn't actually matter whether or not he was actually fat, just that he thinks he's fat.

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[–] AfroGeek 10 years ago

I agree. The guy had some definitely self-confidence issues and I thought that was to reinforce how the author felt about himself. Remember, this a guy who lives/works in Hollywood and is surrounded by beautiful people every day.

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[–] jlird808 11 years ago

Definitely outta shape and flabby...in scenes without a shirt on.

He's in LA too....by Hollywood standards, he's kinda fat unfortunately :(

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[–] belthazzar 10 years ago

He is fat. He just isn't obese.

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[–] Jantonini 10 years ago

At the end the VoiceOver says "who should play me? Someone not too fat". Maybe the fact that Nic Cage isn't too fat is just another example of the meta-creation here. I.e. the movie is about the making of itself

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[–] DwightFry 10 years ago

And then he suggests Gérard Depardieu, who's definitely fat. Nice touch I thought, it represents how Charlie pictures himself (as much fatter than he really is).

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[–] Elliot1976 10 years ago

And then he suggests Gérard Depardieu, who's definitely fa

The movie is from 2002 though and back then Depardieu wasn't as fat as now. I just saw a Depardieu movie from 2002 and he was sort of Nicolas Cage in this movie.

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[–] MonkeyBoyPaladin 10 years ago

He obsesses about being fat and bald in the movie, yet Charlie Kaufman is neither of these things in real life. I think I read an interview where he said those were just place-ins for his real insecurities.

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[–] nephihaha 9 years ago

Because his brother's quite buff.

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[–] LionInWinter 9 years ago

It's one of Kaufman's own self confidence issues, or it was at the time.

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