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Being John Malkovich
Craig Schwartz, a puppeteer unhappily married to a neurotic pet-shop owner Lotte, takes a job on floor seven and a half of a towerblock. There, in between the endless filing and his spectacularly unsuccessful attempts to seduce fellow worker Maxime, he stumbles upon a portal that allows him to enter the mind of John Malkovich. Soon he and Maxime are charging $200 a time to try the Malkovich ride...
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Uca Catalogue Being John Malkovich [2000]
While too many films suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy, <I>Being John Malkovich</I> is a refreshing study in contrast, so bracingly original that you'll want to send director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman a thank-you note for restoring your faith in the enchantment of film. Even if it ultimately serves little purpose beyond the thrill of comedic invention, this demented romance is gloriously entertaining, spilling over with ideas that tickle the brain and even touch the heart. That's to be expected in a movie that dares to ponder the existential dilemma of a forlorn puppeteer (John Cusack) who discovers a metaphysical portal into the brain of actor John Malkovich.<p>The puppeteer takes a job working as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a Manhattan office building; this idea alone might serve as the comedic basis for an entire film, but Jonze and Kaufman are just getting started. Add a devious co-worker (Catherine Keener), Cusack's dowdy wife (a barely recognisable Cameron Diaz), and a business scheme to capitalise on the thrill of being John Malkovich, and you've got a movie that just gets crazier as it plays by its own outrageous rules. Malkovich himself is the film's <I>pièce de résistance</I>, playing on his own persona with obvious delight and--when he enters his own brain via the portal--appearing with multiple versions of himself in a tour-de-force use of digital trickery. Does it add up to much? Not really. But for 112 liberating minutes, <I>Being John Malkovich</I> is a wild place to visit. --<I>Jeff Shannon</I>
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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
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Faber and Faber Being John Malkovich: Screenplay
Pages: 129, Paperback, Faber and Faber
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4 Front Video Being John Malkovich [2000]
While too many films suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy, <I>Being John Malkovich</I> is a refreshing study in contrast, so bracingly original that you'll want to send director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman a thank-you note for restoring your faith in the enchantment of film. Even if it ultimately serves little purpose beyond the thrill of comedic invention, this demented romance is gloriously entertaining, spilling over with ideas that tickle the brain and even touch the heart. That's to be expected in a movie that dares to ponder the existential dilemma of a forlorn puppeteer (John Cusack) who discovers a metaphysical portal into the brain of actor John Malkovich.<p>The puppeteer takes a job working as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a Manhattan office building; this idea alone might serve as the comedic basis for an entire film, but Jonze and Kaufman are just getting started. Add a devious co-worker (Catherine Keener), Cusack's dowdy wife (a barely recognisable Cameron Diaz), and a business scheme to capitalise on the thrill of being John Malkovich, and you've got a movie that just gets crazier as it plays by its own outrageous rules. Malkovich himself is the film's <I>pièce de résistance</I>, playing on his own persona with obvious delight and--when he enters his own brain via the portal--appearing with multiple versions of himself in a tour-de-force use of digital trickery. Does it add up to much? Not really. But for 112 liberating minutes, <I>Being John Malkovich</I> is a wild place to visit. --<I>Jeff Shannon</I>
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