1999 · comedy · drama
Being John Malkovich
Directed by Spike Jonze1h 53m1999
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Our read: Being John Malkovich (1999) reads as a neutral, kinetic, surreal comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- surreal
- signature
- intimate
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