“Being John Malkovich” A mysterious work that foreshadows the “present” of identity and technology

"Being John Malkovich" synopsis

Craig, a puppeteer who is having a hard time making progress, decides to get a job in order to escape from his difficult life for the sake of his wife. For some reason, the office where I got the job was on the 7th and 1/2th floor of a building with a low ceiling. One day, Craig discovers a hidden door in his office. Beyond that, a deep hole spreads out, and if you go through that hole, you will be able to step inside John Malkovich's head for just 15 minutes!

If I could be someone else other than myself. If only I could be a better version of myself. Human desire knows no bounds, and it can sometimes come out unexpectedly in unexpected ways.

``Being John Malkovich'' (1999) was the first work in which Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, genius creators now shining brightly in the movie world, teamed up. "Through a hole in a certain office, anyone can step inside John Malkovich's head for 15 minutes." Although it has an extremely unusual setting, it is a work that has a universality that can be understood by anyone living in modern times.

Index

• Two geniuses met and a "door" opened.
• If you go into the hole, you can become Malkovich.
• Identity and desire, twisted and twisted
• Release the oppression, the foresight of the work

Two geniuses met and a "door" opened.

In 2020, the Netflix movie ` `Let's End It.'' ' Charlie Kaufman, a film director and screenwriter, became a hot topic. He is known for writing the screenplay for `` Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind '' (2004) starring Jim Carrie and Kate Winslet, as well as writing and directing `` Synecdoche, New York '' (2008), and is the person who came up with the story of ``Being John Malkovich.'' It is.

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In the early 1990s, Kaufman was working as a sitcom scriptwriter, but he was feeling stressed because his job wasn't going well. Still, while waiting for a job on a sitcom to make a living, he wrote the script for this film with the intention of moving into film.

However, the script for ``Being John Malkovich'' suddenly became a hot topic in the industry, and although it was passed through the hands of executives at studios and production companies many times, it never got made into a film, perhaps because of its unique setting. John Malkovich himself read the script and was impressed by its completion, but at the time, Malkovich offered to accept the role of director and producer on the condition that he would not be the subject, but Kaufman turned him down. . Just as Kaufman was about to give up on making it happen, the script was handed over to the great director Francis Ford Coppola, and Spike Jonze, who was in a relationship with Coppola's daughter Sofia Coppola, was mentioned as a candidate to direct. It was done.

Being John Malkovich marks her feature film debut for Jones, who has previously directed music videos for Björk, Beastie Boys, and Weezer. After this work, he teamed up with Kaufman for `` Adaptation '' (2002), and released `` Where the Giants Are '' (2009) and ` `her '' (2013), gaining enthusiastic fans. Jones is one of the rare filmmakers in the industry, as evidenced by his filmography. However, even back then, his talent attracted the attention of those around him, and Malkovich, who met him for this film, commented on his impression that he was ``a very funny, intelligent, and charming man.''

``Being John Malkovich,'' which had the potential to be shelved, started out in Kaufman's hands, and with Jones as a partner, a producer and a production company, and finally turned into a movie. The production cost is estimated to be between $10 million and $13 million, and filming took place in the summer of 1998. This opened the door to one of the most cult films in movie history, and also marked the beginning of the careers of Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman.

If you go into the hole, you can become Malkovich.