VIDEO: Subtitles ON #1: Adaptation with Hayes Davenport
Added 2023-07-03 05:48:10 +0000 UTCWelcome to Subtitles ON! Each episode, Sean talks to writers about movies about writers. For the first episode, Sean chats with Hayes about the film Adaptation (2002). They discuss Charlie Kaufman’s depiction of the highs and lows of the writing process and share personal stories inspired by the movie.
Next week’s episode will be covering The TV Set (2006).
Every episode will be on the Patreon with selected episode available for free here.
Comments
Brilliant! I love comedy Sean, and I love smart drop-the-act Sean too.
Michael Cutting
2023-07-18 07:58:24 +0000 UTCExcellent
Art Matt
2023-07-12 15:02:49 +0000 UTCAdaptation's been on my watch-list for ages and this finally got me to watch it. Excited to see what else this pod gets me to watch!
Travis Clark
2023-07-10 12:35:08 +0000 UTCThis rocked
Zac
2023-07-06 00:34:22 +0000 UTCLoved this! Such a great surprise in the feed
Mike Clyne
2023-07-05 13:43:33 +0000 UTCThinking about Sean's question of why it's a *twin* brother, about the way plants adapt in the first place, and of course about the phrase "push, push, in the bush"... Rewatching today i noticed Charlie laments Donald as having the same DNA as him ("Is there anything more lonely than that?") Earlier, Laroche explained how certain orchids look exactly like certain insects which are drawn to them, resulting in the species level adaptation via pollination (increasing genetic diversity and ultimately fruit production). Now, does Donald's influence count as self-pollination, and can that really help Charlie adapt even though he and Charlie have no genetic diversity? Idk I'm not a f#cking botanist, but I'll take a stab that D is at least metaphorically pollinating C, due to mixing in his other personality differences (and latching onto the thing that looks just like him), which ultimately helps C adapt both professionally and personally (he stops worrying about what others think and finally kisses the girl). Charlie's agent, on the other hand, provides no such pollination benefit, because if we know anything about him at all, it's that his interests do NOT lie in the life-sustaining, gene-splicing, evolution-enabling act of bush pushing. Rather his particular passion dwells somewhere tantalizingly closeby, though definitionally incapable of being anywhere near as fruitful (i.e. 'up the ass').
Sean
2023-07-04 22:02:58 +0000 UTCPlease keep making these :)
Larry
2023-07-04 19:26:31 +0000 UTCThis is a very good podcast episode, I liked it a lot.
Björn Unnar
2023-07-04 18:37:56 +0000 UTCi loved this and im in love with it
tenby
2023-07-04 10:34:41 +0000 UTCThanks to your comment, I just realized that THIS is the true hollywood handbook. This podcast, which is called something else entirely (too high up to scroll to from here..Noises Off?). This turnabout from the boys is delicious, devious, and .... Kaufmanesque 😳😳😳😳🤯
Sean
2023-07-04 04:55:53 +0000 UTCCool Beans, Funny as Fuck!
Scott Hatch
2023-07-04 04:12:03 +0000 UTCVery interesting and enjoyable episode. Nice to get this Hollywood insider content. There aren't many places to get it!
Jordan
2023-07-04 02:51:30 +0000 UTCabsolutely loved this can’t wait to hear more. thanks for putting it out
Jack Philbin
2023-07-04 01:58:19 +0000 UTCHell yeah. 500 of these LFG
Joe Duran
2023-07-04 00:39:41 +0000 UTCWe all fell in love with the characters that Sean and Hayes portray and it’s really endearing to see them talk so candidly and openly as themselves. I’m all about this.
Steven Shaw (AKA Shubben Steen)
2023-07-04 00:20:21 +0000 UTCAll for more ‘act dropping’ … truly insightful and engaging conversation from two writers I respect about a filmmaker I now realize I need to re-evaluate
Tyler Barton
2023-07-04 00:14:50 +0000 UTCi do believe the ghosts of when went boo, and I would like to respect their right to boo
I Heard This Smells Eloquent
2023-07-03 23:52:36 +0000 UTCNo boos were booed. It was great, so crazy specific and accurate.
dan
2023-07-03 23:35:35 +0000 UTCLove this! Can't wait to hear more.
Sam
2023-07-03 22:01:29 +0000 UTCHello, Dan. I understand whst you are going through. A lot of referential dots Im sorry you had your memories boo-booed. They booboo my memories too. I am the bad guy who doesnt want to be the bad guy but is the bad guy. It doesnt enrage me. Bleak is the way it goes.
I Heard This Smells Eloquent
2023-07-03 21:05:18 +0000 UTCAlways interesting when the act is dropped. I'm a professional writer in a non-entertainment capacity and had every DVD you mentioned in that stretch of essential DVDs for indie film/writer nerds of a certain age.
dan
2023-07-03 20:04:43 +0000 UTCI dunno, Sean ... You gotta be FUNNY to do those shows. I mean, like ... FUNNY funny.
Benjamin Apple
2023-07-03 19:25:21 +0000 UTCThis was awesome. I'm sure it helps that I love the movie but I cant wait to see what you do with the rest of this series!
Matthew
2023-07-03 19:06:40 +0000 UTCThis was great! Sean I really loved your observation about how the movie adapts in order to survive the film industry, and that's the only reason we're even seeing it
Cam
2023-07-03 18:18:08 +0000 UTCThis rules.
Jimmy Sisto
2023-07-03 18:06:07 +0000 UTCI really like the injection of real stories and the exploration of writers writing writers. As an artist, It’s nice to hear about the emotional and logistical sides of someone’s creative process and career.
Jerkob
2023-07-03 16:54:36 +0000 UTCVery good and fun!
jonathan-larsson
2023-07-03 15:53:11 +0000 UTCNew favorite show. This rules!
Nate
2023-07-03 15:05:56 +0000 UTCThis is my Flagrant Ones tbh.
Chris
2023-07-03 14:50:02 +0000 UTCWelcome to my monster clamps
David Wells
2023-07-03 14:32:42 +0000 UTCMove over Blank Check, move over Scott Hasn't Seen. We got a new big dog movie podcast on the scene and this. thing. bangs.
Jacob Lewandowski
2023-07-03 14:29:31 +0000 UTCGrandaddy (the intro song)!
Pure Guava
2023-07-03 13:42:19 +0000 UTCa hearty CONGRATULATIONS to one mr. Sean Clements on inventing the first-ever Podcast About Movies that is also Funny and Smart! in all seriousness, love the pod, love the flick. a foundational text in my personal philosophy of believing I am both smarter and stupider than everyone else on the planet
Michael Esparza
2023-07-03 13:41:20 +0000 UTCThis is a delightful listen
Ross Courtright
2023-07-03 12:25:12 +0000 UTCHell yes
Alex f_c
2023-07-03 10:37:57 +0000 UTCGreat debut for an exciting new show, thanks for this, so much interesting insight and perspective
Eliot Whitworth
2023-07-03 09:32:43 +0000 UTCDang, my favorite podcast hosts discussing one of my favorite movies. I feel like I'M in the unlimited sips club - sips of JOY that is. Anygoo, if anyone's interested you can find the script to Frank or Francis (as well as some unaired pilots) here: https://www.beingcharliekaufman.com/index.php/scripts-writing/scripts-writing
Sean
2023-07-03 08:37:31 +0000 UTCReally excited to see how this new medium of movie podcasts evolves from now on. I would also love to see Bullets Over Broadway being discussed, that's one of my favorite movies about writing (the Woody Allen of it all notwithstanding).
Arthur Valladares
2023-07-03 06:39:34 +0000 UTC
