One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Being John Malkovich. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Like Being John Malkovich, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, longing, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, surreal, absurdist, dreamlike, and slow burn.
Both films sit with all-consuming love, figuring out who you are, and longing. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, surreal, slow burn, and escalating.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and longing. They share the same lens on class and money. Same energy: surreal, melancholic, dreamlike, and slow burn.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations and class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
Like Being John Malkovich, this one is rooted in all-consuming love, figuring out who you are, and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on class and money and old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, slow burn, and escalating.
Like Being John Malkovich, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and longing. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and old ways vs. new world. Same energy: dark comedy and escalating.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, longing, and loss of innocence. The feel is the same: absurdist, dark comedy, and slow burn.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, longing, and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on class and money, old ways vs. new world, and men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: melancholic, dark comedy, dreamlike, and slow burn.
