Being John Malkovich (1999)

Highly Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Spike Jonze

Writer: Charlie Kaufman

Cinematographer: Lance Acord

Composer: Carter Burwell

Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Orson Bean

A talented but struggling puppeteer, forced to take a job as a file clerk, discovers a portal that leads directly into the brain of John Malkovich, allowing whoever travels through it to see the world through the eyes of the renowned actor for 15 minutes, which he, along with his wife and an attractive work colleague (whom they both fall for), look to exploit, in Jonze and Kaufman’s intelligent, imaginative, and often hilarious existential comedy-drama. Iain.Stott