:04:00
Can she see it dripping
down my forehead?
:04:03
She looked at my hairline.
She thinks I'm bald. She...
:04:06
We think you're great.
:04:08
Thanks. That's nice to hear.
:04:10
We all just loved the Malkovich script.
:04:13
- Thanks. Thanks...
- Such a unique voice.
:04:15
Boy, I'd love to find
a portal into your brain.
:04:18
Trust me, it's no fun.
:04:22
So tell me your thoughts
on this crazy little project of ours.
:04:27
First, I think it's a great book.
:04:30
- Laroche is a fun character, isn't he?
- Absolutely.
:04:32
And Orlean makes orchids
so fascinating.
:04:35
Plus, her musings on Florida
and orchid poaching...
:04:39
...Indians. It's just... It's great,
sprawling New Yorker stuff.
:04:42
I'd want to remain true to that.
:04:44
I'd wanna let the movie exist,
rather than be...
:04:48
...artificially plot-driven.
- Great.
:04:52
I guess I'm not exactly sure
what that means.
:04:57
I'm not sure I know
what that means either.
:04:59
I just don't wanna ruin it by making
it a Hollywood thing. You know?
:05:03
Like... an orchid heist movie
or something, you know?
:05:07
Or changing the orchids
into poppies...
:05:10
...and making it about drug running,
you know?
:05:12
- Definitely.
- Why can't there be a movie...
:05:14
...simply about flowers?
:05:16
I guess we thought that maybe...
:05:18
...Susan Orlean and Laroche
could fall in love, and...
:05:22
Okay. But I'm saying, it's like,
I don't wanna cram in sex...
:05:25
...or guns or car chases...
:05:28
...you know,
or characters, you know...
:05:32
...learning profound life lessons.
:05:35
Or growing,
or coming to like each other...
:05:37
...or overcoming obstacles to succeed
in the end, you know? I mean...
:05:40
The book isn't like that...
:05:43
...and life isn't like that.
You know, it just isn't. And...
:05:49
I feel very strongly about this.
:05:54
John Laroche is a tall guy,
skinny as a stick...
:05:57
...pale-eyed,
slouch-shouldered...