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  • 10 Ways Being John Malkovich Makes the Impossible Feel Normal

    10 Ways Being John Malkovich Makes the Impossible Feel Normal

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    Iván Castillo
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    Being John Malkovich (1999) gives its characters an impossible discovery: a hidden doorway lets anyone spend 15 minutes inside actor John Malkovich’s consciousness. Spike Jonze rarely treats that premise like conventional fantasy, though. The portal sits behind an office cabinet, requires crawling through a cramped tunnel, and eventually deposits visitors beside a highway. Charlie Kaufman’s…