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Nov 11, 2023 53 min

Reanalysis: Being John Malkovich

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Trenton Cressy returns to the pod to talk Being John Malkovich. The film follows John Cusack as a puppeteer who finds a portal into the mind of John Malkovich. The odd film launched the careers of both Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze, both of whom were nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Director retrospectively. This film is strange, funny, haunting, and certainly not for everyone. That's partially why it's part of our Reanalysis series, which feature a guest changeling one or both of us to reconsider a film we've previously dismissed. Who didn't like this film on their first watch, and has their opinion changed? Listen to find out!

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