:04:11
My leg hurts. I wonder if it's cancer.
:04:14
There's a bump. I'm starting to sweat.
Stop sweating.
:04:17
I've got to stop sweating.
:04:19
Can she see it dripping
down my forehead?
:04:22
She looked at my hairline.
She thinks I'm bald. She...
:04:24
We think you're great.
:04:27
Thanks. That's nice to hear.
:04:29
We all just loved the Malkovich script.
:04:31
- Thanks. Thanks...
- Such a unique voice.
:04:34
Boy, I'd love to find
a portal into your brain.
:04:37
Trust me, it's no fun.
:04:40
So tell me your thoughts
on this crazy little project of ours.
:04:45
First, I think it's a great book.
:04:48
- Laroche is a fun character, isn't he?
- Absolutely.
:04:51
And Orlean makes orchids
so fascinating.
:04:54
Plus, her musings on Florida
and orchid poaching...
:04:57
...Indians. It's just... It's great,
sprawling New Yorker stuff.
:05:01
I'd want to remain true to that.
:05:02
I'd wanna let the movie exist,
rather than be...
:05:06
...artificially plot-driven.
- Great.
:05:11
I guess I'm not exactly sure
what that means.
:05:15
I'm not sure I know
what that means either.
:05:18
I just don't wanna ruin it by making
it a Hollywood thing. You know?
:05:21
Like... an orchid heist movie
or something, you know?
:05:26
Or changing the orchids
into poppies...
:05:28
...and making it about drug running,
you know?
:05:31
- Definitely.
- Why can't there be a movie...
:05:33
...simply about flowers?
:05:35
I guess we thought that maybe...
:05:37
...Susan Orlean and Laroche
could fall in love, and...
:05:40
Okay. But I'm saying, it's like,
I don't wanna cram in sex...
:05:44
...or guns or car chases...
:05:47
...you know,
or characters, you know...
:05:51
...learning profound life lessons.
:05:53
Or growing,
or coming to like each other...
:05:55
...or overcoming obstacles to succeed
in the end, you know? I mean...
:05:59
The book isn't like that...