This was a very interesting movie. In the beginning of the movie I was really not interested because, it looked boring. The way the plot was the earth with nothing on it volcanoes, plants, communities and homes being built, and life was becoming a reality. This movie took place in New York and also some of Florida. The main characters in this movie are Charles and Donald who are twin brothers both played by the actor Nicolas Cage. John a man who is very interested in a special type of orchid flower, and Susan a reporter from the New Yorker.
In this movie, Charles is a screen writer and is trying to produce a movie for a book that has been written by Susan. Donald his brother who lives with him wants to be like him and produce movies. Suzan has written a book about the orchid flower and comes to meet John who researches about plants and has seen a ghost orchid flower before. They all share their experiences throughout the movie. Charles is so over whelmed with everything going on around him that he finds it difficult to produce the movie. So, he goes to find the writer of the book, which is Susan and comes to find out that things don’t always look as they appear. She is having an affair and isn’t loyal to her husband. Susan and John are using the plant to get high. Charles and Donald come to find these things out on the search for Susan the reporter. Once the truth is out in the open Susan wants to kill Charles. Going on an wild goose chase on the roads of Florida.
This movie ends up sadly with the death of John being eaten by a crocodile, and Donald being flown out of a car window. This movie can be compared to imagination and reality in several ways by the fact that this special ghost orchid flower grown out of dirt was used to help people fantasize and life. How the characters imagined living in fantasy worlds. And not realizing the reality of being caught for having secret affairs. Like there are always conscious for the things we do in life and, also remember that for every action there is always a reaction.