:04:10
My leg hurts. I wonder if it's cancer.
:04:13
There's a bump. I'm starting to sweat.
Stop sweating.
:04:16
I've got to stop sweating.
:04:18
Can she see it dripping
down my forehead?
:04:21
She look ed at my hairline.
She thinks I'm bald. She--
:04:23
We think you're great.
:04:26
Thanks. That's nice to hear.
:04:28
We all just loved the Malk ovich script.
:04:31
-Thanks. Thanks....
-Such a unique voice.
:04:33
Boy, l'd love to find
a portal into your brain.
:04:36
Trust me, it's no fun.
:04:39
So tell me your thoughts
on this crazy little project of ours.
:04:44
First, l think it's a great book.
:04:47
-Laroche is a fun character, isn't he?
-Absolutely.
:04:50
And Orlean makes orchids
so fascinating.
:04:53
Plus, her musings on Florida
and orchid poaching...
:04:57
...lndians. lt's just-- lt's great,
sprawling New York er stuff.
:05:00
l'd want to remain true to that.
:05:02
l'd wanna let the movie exist,
rather than be...
:05:05
-...artificially plot-driven.
-Great.
:05:10
l guess l'm not exactly sure
what that means.
:05:14
l'm not sure l know
what that means either.
:05:17
l just don't wanna ruin it by making
it a Hollywood thing. You know?
:05:20
Like...an orchid heist movie
or something, you know?
:05:25
Or changing the orchids
into poppies...
:05:28
...and making it about drug running,
you know?
:05:30
-Definitely.
-Why can't there be a movie...
:05:32
...simply about flowers?
:05:34
l guess we thought that maybe...
:05:36
...Susan Orlean and Laroche
could fall in love, and--
:05:39
Okay. But l'm saying, it's like,
l don't wanna cram in sex...
:05:43
...or guns or car chases...
:05:46
...you know,
or characters, you know...
:05:50
...learning profound life lessons.
:05:52
Or growing,
or coming to like each other...
:05:55
...or overcoming obstacles to succeed
in the end, you know? l mean--
:05:58
The book isn't like that...