The movie Adaptation is meant to grab the attention of viewers on many levels. The basic feel of the movie is basically, what you think it is it isn't, and what it is its really not. This is done with such things as reoccurring images and hidden meanings scattered throughout the film. For example there is a lot of hidden meaning in the color green. Such things as the swamp, the drugs, the alligators, and the idea of nature as being new are all associated with the color green. The swamp, although not the main setting of the movie, explains many of the emotions of the characters throughout the film. The main ideas and points to the movie were constantly changing, yet eventually came to significant ending.
The color green is linked to many of the experiences and emotions of the film. Envy, the act of wanting something more than the person who has it, was represented through Charlie and Susan. Charlie describes, in the beginning of the movie, his want appearance wise, and then goes into greater detail of his social and sexual needs. Susan's wants correspond with her lifestyle. She is lonely and wanting with no passion in her life, and all she feels she needs to do fill this void is to find something to be passionate about. With envy comes jealousy; Charlie seems to have a problem with his brother, Donald, but in reality he is just jealous. Donald doesn't recognize Charles feelings, so he continues succeeding and accomplishes his goals rather effortlessly as compared to Charlie's inability to even begin to write his adaptation.
Forbidden love is the best way o describe the swamp. Susan falls in love with LaRouche because she saw something in him she couldn't find in the mass of people in New York City. He was passionate and he cared about something so much that he was willing to risk his life for it. The orchids were a sacred treasure seemingly untouchable to most, just like the love between LaRouche and Susan.
