Being John Malkovich [DVD] [2000]

Mad story by Charlie Kaufman. Well directed by Spike Jonze. I watched 'Being John Malkovich' in the cinema 18 years ago with my ex-girlfriend. I remembered that I loved the film as a quirky, unique story, with brilliant visual work, fantastic script and excellent acting - so seeing it again on DVD, I was suprised to find that none of my memories were falsely exaggerated - this is a great film.9/10PS. My ex-girlfriend did not enjoy the film.

My husband had never seen this, though I have seen it at least 3 times. As I wanted him to watch "Adaptation" by the same screenwriter, I made him watch this first, as you sort of have to know the references back to it, to get the "inside jokes" of "Adapation". I still absolutely loved it, and my husband did, too. It's clever, funny, disturbing, and sad, with stellar performances all round.

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In my top five films of all time.Having read the negative reviews it seems they fall into two categories "difficulty in understanding a plot", and "unlikeable characters". Indeed none of the characters are your typical hollywood heros, but that's because this isn't a typical hollywood film. The characters have depth in multiple dimensions of human nature, and so they are not clearly definable as good or bad, as most people are used to in hollywood.As for plot, again it doesn't follow a straightforward hollywood plot line, the narrative, point and symbology is complex and intricate.The philosophical points being made are probably far too deep and confusing for the average person of our idiocracy. Concepts such as shared consciousness, the notion of self, life after death, self direction, free will, etc.

There's one thing for certain, you haven't seen anything like this before! John Malkovich is a very good sport, He takes on the personality of the person in possession of him while he himself is pushed into his own subconscious. haha confusing yes, but you do have to love the guy for having the guts for this movie. The gender issues and storyline are amusing, funny yes I did laugh.

This film must be unique in just about every way, nearest comparison I can think of is, a bit like Alice going down the rabbit hole. Very imaginitive movie, cannot begin to explain it, but it has John Cusack and Cameron Diaz and, obviously, John Malkovich and is brilliantly directed by Spike Jonze.

This film is crazy and really funny. Its a fairly surreal comedy, imaginative and examines the experience of being in a kinda perverse way! Just wish the sound wasn't so sh*t could hardly hear it had to hold my laptop up to my face and there were no subtitles.

Bizzare, Mental, Crazy, FunnyNot sure how on earth someone came up with this, fair play to Malco for doing this too! Must watch at least once.

What would you expect from a movie in which someone finds, in the seventh and a half floor of a building, a kind of portal to the mind of the actor John Malkovich that makes it possible, for those who enter, to see the world through John Malkovich's eyes, for fifteen minutes? A lot of creativity, isn't it? That's it! I'm not kidding! This movie really exists and it is called "Being John Malkovich". And, if there is one movie that we can call creative, this is the one."Being John Malkovich" is probably the most creative film ever made. Directed by the video maker Spike Jonze, it will prove to you that being your own self is the best idea, even if you ever wanted to be someone else, with a brilliant and extremely original screenplay that surprises you from the beginning until the last minute of the film. What about John Malkovich being John Malkovich? Got confused? Watch the movie and you will be asking yourself how can a person create such a creative movie. You will not believe in what you will see, specially if you see it through your own eyes.

Conoscevo già questo film, per averlo visto anni fa in versione DVD. Mi aveva particolarmente colpito per l'originalità della sceneggiatura, scritta dal geniale Charlie Kaufman ("Il ladro di orchidee", "Confessioni di una mente pericolosa", etc.), e in generale per l'alta qualità artistica e produttiva. Avevo voglia di rivederlo e ne ho quindi approfittato per acquistare la versione Blu-ray. La mia impressione di anni fa è stata pienamente confermata: sceneggiatura bellissima, ottima regia (Spike Jonze), attori eccellenti... il vero punto di forza di questo film è però, appunto, l'incredibile architettura ideata da Kaufman a livello di soggetto e sceneggiatura: un burattinaio fallito, che diventa burattinaio di un uomo che a sua volta è burattinaio di un burattino. Incredibile. Per non parlare di tutti i testi, sottotesti, rimandi tipici di Kaufman, che sfociano in letture psicanalitiche. E mi fermo qui, perché non voglio svelarvi troppo della trama, dato che DOVETE assolutamente guardare questo film. Ottima l'edizione Blu-ray.

Craig (John Cusack) spielt für sein Leben gern mit Puppen, hat aber keinen beruflichen Erfolg damit. Bei allem künstlerischem Talent und Geschick ist er ein Opfer des Bigger Bang in der Kultur (,wo sein schlimmster Widersacher im Fernsehen mit einer riesengroßen Marionette den Sprung ins Guiness- Buch der Rekorde packt). Als der charmante Dr. Lester (Orson Bean) ihm einen Job verpasst, gerät der Künstler so gut wie vollständig in den Sog der Wirtschaftsmenschen und legt sich, ohne es zu wissen, mit dem geheimnisvollen Captain Mertin (Byrne Piven) an, ein Mann, der Geschäfte macht noch bevor es die anderen können, Grundherr, Baulöwe, Besitzer eines riesigen, anonymen Geschäftsgebäudes, und, was das Brisanteste ist, Erfinder einer Methode, die ihn unsterblich macht. Bei der Arbeit in Mertins Gebäude entdeckt Craig eine Vorrichtung, die Mertin gebaut hat, um in den Leib des bekannten Schauspielers John Malkovich (J.M.) zu gelangen. Was nicht im Sinne des Erfinders ist, wird ihm bald zur Manie. Craig, der sich immer öfter und länger in Malkovich "einloggt", beweist sein Talent für dressierte Gliedmaßen, die diesmal nicht nachgebildet, sondern echt sind. Nicht genug, der Erfolgs- Autor Charlie Kaufman lässt ihn ein Geschäft daraus machen: 200 Dollar für 15 Minuten Body- Moving mit Malkovich, und wie das in Amerika so ist, wer es auch immer bezahlt, ist dabei. Armer Malkovich. Er merkt plötzlich, dass seine ganze Umgebung nicht mehr dieselbe ist und erscheint bitterböse am Ort der Tat, um zu retten, was zu retten ist. Der Loser ist Craig. Nachdem Frau Lotti (Cameron Diaz - ich habe sie erst im 14. Filmkapitel eindeutig erkannt) und Arbeitskollegin Maxine Lund (Catherine Keener) von ihm eingeweiht worden sind, treiben die beiden, mit allen Wassern gewaschenen Frauen ihr transsexuelles Spiel mit Malkovichs Body, der keinen Einwand dagegen hat, und Craig muss auf die Frauen und seinen Marionetten- Ersatz verzichten. Wenn Charlie Kaufman auch in dem Ruf steht, ein Zyniker zu sein, finde ich es ganz witzig, dass die ganze Geschichte für Craig am Schluss nicht zum Alptraum wird. Ohne mehr über den Schluss zu verraten, was kann es Traumhafteres für einen verkannten Künstler geben als das.

Bei Being John Malckovich wurde mir plötzlich klar wie es ist, eine Idee zum allerersten Mal zusehen. Nicht ein neuer Kniff in einem bekannten Setting, sondern völlig neue Gedanken. Ist Kunst, bleibt hier.

Vi dico una cosa.Dovete Assolutamente avere e/o vedere questo film.GENIALEEEEEEPoi anche John m. Tra TNT attori perché??