Being John Malkovich
Thu
30
Thu 30 Apr 7:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
113 Mins
April
1999 | DCP | USA | D: Spike Jonze
A struggling puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) and his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz) are stuck in a dull marriage. Craig takes a weird new job in an office on the tiny 7½th floor, where he discovers a secret portal that lets you spend 15 minutes inside actor John Malkovich’s mind before being dumped on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike.
The film, the feature debut of director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, uses fantasy to explore authorship, control, and the limits of empathy. Its originality comes from treating a wildly absurd premise with psychological seriousness, creating a story that is both surreal and emotionally grounded.
‘A film so inventive it redefines what originality feels like.’ - David Denby, The New Yorker
A struggling puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) and his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz) are stuck in a dull marriage. Craig takes a weird new job in an office on the tiny 7½th floor, where he discovers a secret portal that lets you spend 15 minutes inside actor John Malkovich’s mind before being dumped on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike.
The film, the feature debut of director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, uses fantasy to explore authorship, control, and the limits of empathy. Its originality comes from treating a wildly absurd premise with psychological seriousness, creating a story that is both surreal and emotionally grounded.
‘A film so inventive it redefines what originality feels like.’ - David Denby, The New Yorker
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