The Memory Police, a 1994 Yōko Ogawa novel, already feels like a Charlie Kaufman-esque project, concerning the elusive nature of memories and the surreal oppression of forces beyond our controls. So why not make the movie version official? Per Deadline, Kaufman will be adapting the work into an Amazon Studios film, with director Reed Morano coming aboard to helm. [caption id="attachment_638970" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Hulu[/caption] The novel concerns an unnamed island in a dystopian reality in which people are starting to forget things. At first, innocuous things like hats or birds. But when …