Why does the movie "Adaptation." have a period in its title?

distro_dave

I noticed on IMDB that Adaptation. has a period at the end of its title. This can also be seen on its poster. Usually titles and headlines don't use periods except for abbreviations, so why did they use one here?

Originally asked by Kruga on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Adaptation is an adaptation of the nonfiction book The Orchid Thief and is a "metafilm" . Adaptation. is a 2002 American comedy-drama metafilm directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. The film is based on Susan Orlean's non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, with numerous self-referential events added. The self-loathing Charlie Kaufman is hired to write the screenplay adaptation for Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief. Kaufman is going through depression and is not happy that his twin brother, Donald, has moved into his house and is taking advantage of him. Donald decides to become a screenwriter like Charlie and attends one of Robert McKee's famous seminars....

Full answer by Darth Locke: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/90210 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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