The Donald

Donald Kaufman : 

Okay, well here's The Twist. 

We find out that, that The Killer really suffers from multiple personality disorder, right? 

See, he's actually really The Cop AND The Girl. 

All of them are him. 

Isn't that fucked up?

Charlie Kaufman : 

The ONLY idea MORE overused than Serial Killers is Multiple Personality. 

On top of that, you explore the notion that Cop and Criminal are really two aspects of The Same Person. 

See EVERY cop movie ever made for other •examples• of this.

Donald Kaufman : 

Mom called it "psychologically taut".

Charlie Kaufman : 

How could you have somebody held prisoner in a basement and... and working at a Police Station at the same time?

Donald Kaufman : 
[pause]  

Trick Photography.

Donald Kaufman : 

I'm putting in a chase sequence. 

So The Killer flees on horseback with The Girl, The Cop's after them on a motorcycle and it's like a battle between motors and horses, like Technology vs. Horse.

Charlie Kaufman : 

And they're still all one person, right?