I've not, but I love the movie Adaptation beyond words. Its writing-workshop related. Highest recommendation.
I missed that in 2002 - wow Nick Cage, Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep... thx I'll check it out. Also congrats on teaming up with theadvancedapes - literature philosophy AND science!!
Chris Cooper, too. Its a masterful showcase of what a screenplay can be. Its a fictional autobiography (or partially fictional, we don't ever really know) of the screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman, and, in my opinion, his best movie (if you're not familiar, his other movies are Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Synecdoche, probably others that I'm forgetting). He's a brilliant writer, and in Adaptation, he tells the story of struggling to write. Its awesome.
Hopefully we will get to read b_b's thoughts on consciousness soon.