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 Being John Malkovich (DVD)
Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 1999 / Director: Spike Jonze / Actors: John Cusack, Charlie Sheen ... / DVD ... more  Being John Malkovich (DVD) ... released 08 May, 2006 at Uca Catalogue / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / While too many films suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy, Being John Malkovich 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.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 pièce de résistance, 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, Being John Malkovich is a wild place to visit. --Jeff ShannonNewest Review: ... clerk for Lester Corp. He works of the seventh and a half floor which can only be reached by using the emergency stop button ... more ... and using a crow bar to pry open the doors.
After shifting a filing cabinet in his ridiculously small office, Schwartz discovers a tiny door which just so happens to be a portal into the mind and consciousness of John Malkovich. This allows Schwartz to literally live through Malkovich for roughly 15 minutes before he is dumped into a muddy ditch by the side of the New Jersey Turnpike.
When Schwartz tells Maxine, his office crush about the portal she sells him on the idea of making some money by offering people th...more |
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Being John Malkovich (DVD): The Puppet Master at Work (1367 words)
by Frankingsteins - written on 10.04.04 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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In the corporate Hollywood world of big actor names and high-budget, effects-driven films leaving little to the imagination, it?s always a treat when a movie is released that manages to appeal to those who enjoy using their minds as well as their air-punching fists. ?Being John Malkovich? is not an arty or cerebral film, but certainly caters more towards the intellectual population more than the Stallone fans. BRIEF PLOT OUTLINE The film begins in a relatively low-key way that belies the bizarre developments as out-of-work puppeteer Craig Schwartz ...
Malkovich, Malkovich? Malkovich! Malkovich... (834 words)
by mo79 - written on 24.12.00 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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I'll never forget 'Being John Malkovich' for two main reasons. Firstly because I think it's one of the best films of 2000 that I saw in the cinema, and secondly because my girlie got me the DVD of it for Xmas! I also own the soundtrack which I won from a competition. Charlie Kaufman's script for this film is probably one of the most original and refreshing ideas of the year. He must've looked beyond any kind of hallucent to come up with this, as I'd be hardpressed about thinking up something so good, and then the fact that it's beautifully and cleverly directed by Spike Jonze (of music video directing fame such as Beastie Boy's ...
Being John Malkovich (DVD): Like no film youve seen before, but in a good way (336 words)
by Silent Bob - written on 23.07.00 (Very useful, 24 readings)
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What a strange film this is, Spike Jonze is a god, after directing music videos for a long time (such as the fantasic Sabotage by The Beastie Boys) and then starring in one of the best movies of last year Three Kings he goes on to direct this epic picture. John Cusack plays Craig Schwartz a puppeteer who is not to sucessful, so he decides to take on an office job has a filing clerk at LesterCorp which is based on the 7th and a half floor of an office building (built so dwarfs could work in this office and feel the right height). While working at Lestercorp he drops a file behind the cabinet, when he pulls the cabinet out he finds a door. He enters the ...
Being John Malkovich (DVD) : Being Weird and Wonderfulfrom sandrabarber
03.11.2002
Being John Malkovich (DVD) : Being a damn good film!!!from Feefo
10.05.2002
